Transaction Banking

This year, Universwiftnet becomes UniversFinance. We are once again delighted to take part, as an official sponsor, in the 22nd edition of UniversFinance, organized by AGEFI, which will take place on May 19 at the Palais Brongniart.

Over the past two years, sustainable trade finance has moved decisively from policy debate to operational reality. What was once dominated by frameworks and commitments is now about implementation: embedding sustainability criteria into real transactions, real workflows and real client conversations. The release of the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC)...

Mota-Engil, a leading player in the construction sector in Portugal, has secured two “green-labelled” guarantees covering its €47.6 million equity contribution to the construction of the country’s first highspeed rail line. This transaction illustrates Societe Generale’s commitment to supporting and financing low-carbon projects and the transition toward...

As cross-border payments evolve, Frantz Teissèdre, Head of Public Affairs for Cash Clearing Services at Societe Generale and a member of the G20 Payments, Interoperability, and Extension (PIE) Task Force, examines how the focus on transparency is raising the bar for efficiency, security, and trust in global payments systems.

As global trade undergoes one of its biggest transformations in decades, transaction banking has become a strategic priority rather than a back-office function. In response, Andreea Parneci and Florence Escaffre, co-deputy heads of Global Transaction & Payment Services, outline how to deliver the real-time visibility, seamless global coverage and solutions...

Welcome to this new whitepaper, in which we bring together four of today’s most pressing topics for corporate treasurers. All are connected, in the midst of ongoing global trading uncertainty, by the urgency with which each must be tackled, whether in risk mitigation or in the leveraging of opportunity.

Societe Generale won “Best Transaction Bank in Europe” at the Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards 2025, held in London on November 13th.

Taking sustainability to mean both commercial resilience and environmental and social responsibility, Marie-Gabrielle de Drouas, Head of Sustainability, Global Transaction Banking, Societe Generale, explores the pressures and prospects for treasurers in this most challenging of times.