With the increase in public spending in Western countries, sovereign debt has become a central concern for the markets. Societe Generale's exposure to debt in the more fragile eurozone countries - Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain - is however very limited.

Societe Generale launches a comprehensive and evolving range for the migration to European payment instruments, developed by the Bank's partner ATOS WORLDLINE, a leader in means of payment and electronic transactions.

Why the global slowdown starting in Europe has affected Asia so much?

Anne-Marie de Couvreur, Founding Director of Mediameeting, tells us how her SME was created.

The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), created in May 2010, carried out a bond issue on 25 January for Ireland in which Société Générale was joint bookrunner.

Jean-Paul Rame was appointed Societe Generale Private Banking's Global Market Manager for African clients in September 2012. This new role was created in response to the emergence of a large number of private entrepreneurial clients in Africa, where annual growth rates have been just under 5% fo ...

Societe Generale was named “Best Bank” in Central and Eastern Europe in the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence, which recognise banks’ leadership, innovation and momentum.

Contactless smart cards, mobile payment, data security: a revolution for payment instruments? Issues and challenges. A report published in our corporate magazine for iPad Review.

Two things characterised 2012: the slowdown in activity in the US, the euro zone and China for most of the year and the ECB's intervention aiming to put an end to the sovereign debt crisis. The reduction of systemic risk in the euro zone thanks to the ECB's decisions has resulted in renewed appe ...

Economic growth nearly four times that of France in H1 2010. The lowest unemployment rate in 18 years. Germany is turning heads.