Press release of October 14th, 2014 (PDF - 241.30 kB)

Groupe BPCE launches an innovative payments solution
enabling individuals to pay via a simple tweet
Paris, le 14 october 2014
All Twitter users who hold a French bank card can now send money via a tweet:
a simple, quick, free and secure means of payment.
This world first in the payment media field was achieved by Groupe BPCE’s
specialist mobile payments subsidiary, S-money.
As Jean-Yves Forel, Groupe BPCE Chief Executive Officer responsible for
Commercial Banking and Insurance explains: “This initiative between Groupe
BPCE and S-Money on Twitter, illustrates our Group’s ability to deliver payment
solutions in synch with new forms of usage and behaviour exhibited by
individuals”.
“This innovation opens up numerous opportunities in the payments field:
charitable donations, crowdfunding in all its forms, ticketing, cash-back
programmes, etc. Action Contre la Faim, Le Pot Commun and Fundovino are the
first partners to associate themselves with our approach” says Nicolas Chatillon,
CEO of S-money.
How to send money between individuals via a simple tweet ?
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To find out about this new service, register now on http://s-money.fr/twitter
À propos du Groupe BPCE
Groupe BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France, includes two independent and
complementary commercial banking networks: the network of 19 Banque Populaire banks and the
network of 17 Caisses d’Epargne. It also works through Crédit Foncier in the area of real estate
financing. It is a major player in wholesale banking, asset management and financial services
with Natixis. Groupe BPCE serves more than 36 million customers and enjoys a strong presence
in France with 8,000 branches, 115,000 employees and more than 8.8 million cooperative
shareholders.
À propos de S-money
S-money is a wholly-owned subisidiary of BPCE geared to furnishing mobile payment and
electronic wallet services and specialist fund collection solutions. S-money obtained the official
French label as a provider of electronic banking services (Etablissement de Monnaie Electronique)
from the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (Banque de France) in 2012.
www.s-money.fr
Contacts presse Groupe BPCE
Christophe Gilbert : +33 1 40 39 66 00 / 33 6 73 76 38 98
Ulric Streit : +33 1 58 40 41 49 / +33 6 25 47 59 80
Oriane Bauduin : +33 1 58 40 73 95 / +33 6 07 23 97 27
Blogger and social networks contact::
Sonia Vidal : 06 85 41 82 79
FOLLOW US ON
www.bpce.fr
@GroupeBPCE
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