At the end of an agreement signed in Brussels between the French popular banks and their European counterparts, the user will now be able to withdraw money in all European countries. The president of the Crédit populaire de France presents the characteristics of this new service with a card called the intercarte. The latter will not replace the credit card already present.
The credit card has been entering France for a few months. Banque Populaire travelled to Provence to present its advantages to consumers and merchants.
Nait Hamon, restaurateur, talks about the interest for him to be paid by card by his customers. It is a guaranteed and very useful payment method for foreign tourists. However, it has a 7% commission on the bills. . [Zoom out] "diner’s club" label. [Panoramic view] credit card, manipulated by employee [American plan] employee had computer screen, arranging disks. [Panoramic view] hand devices handling credit cards.
A jeweler explains the credit card interest, new payment system. It explains the differences, for the merchant and then for the consumer, between foreign cards, blue cards and intercards.
Report on the upcoming use of the smart card. The new card is expected to allow for far more diverse payments than previous ones, such as its use in phone booths. Paul BELLANGER, representative of the banks, evokes the potential of these cards which, in the end, can be used on a large scale. Security systems are also developing.
At the port of Le Havre, in the presence of the administrator of the Marshall Plan for France and the Minister of Agriculture, Pierre PFLIMLIN, unloading the first tractors supplied by the United States to France as part of the economic recovery plan for Europe .
On the initiative of Ernest BEVIN (Great Britain) and Georges BIDAULT (France), 16 European nations discuss the modalities of implementation of the Marshall Plan of aid to Europe at the economic conference which takes place in Paris. Speech by G. BIDAULT.
Arrival in Cherbourg of 2500 wagons in spare parts sent by the United States as part of the international cooperation plan (MARSHALL plan). Images of the unloading of the assembly of the wagons in the presence of the Minister of the Navy, André COLIN, Marcel FLOURET president of the SNCF and David BRUCE, representative in France of the American aid to Europe.
The COVID epidemic has weakened some small businesses. To help them the State has set up guaranteed loans. Now those who have benefited from it must begin the refund. Some fear that it will be difficult to do so. Example with David JEU, beautician in Jenlain in the North who brings his testimony.
The COVID crisis is hurting the cash flow of businesses and creating risks on employment. To help companies in difficulty, the State has set up PGE, Loans Guaranteed by the State. Interviews with Annie CHAMAILLARD, Country Support Manager for France, Corine COUDERE, President of the Taux moins cher group, Nicolas DUFOURCQ, Country Director for France.
Some banks have taken the minitel. This makes it possible to offer a new service to their customers. Interview with Bernard Maincent of Société Générale and a client of this bank.
The channeling of the Moselle to the Rhine is a joint work of the French, German and Luxembourg states. Beyond its economic interest, this waterway that connects Metz to Koblenz and then to Rotterdam via the Rhine is a symbol. It brought together the heavy industry of Lorraine with that of the Ruhr, formerly rivals, and represented a stage in the construction of Europe.
Société Générale, a public bank since 1945, was privatized. Back here on this privatization, illustrated by a visit of the central branch of the bank in Paris: facade, interior, counters with customers, dome, giant safe opened by an employee, bankers working on computer.
Société Générale is located on the campus of the University of Jussieu in Paris. This approach aims to broaden the circle of its customers, especially young people. Interview with Raymond Chapeau, Director of Societe Generale.
On the occasion of the Heritage Days, visit the central Paris branch of Société Générale, located near the Opéra Garnier. The building whose interior has been rebuilt in the art nouveau style, has a prestigious vault, which we discover here, guided by employees of the banking company.
The first French bank nationalized in 1945, Société Générale, becomes a private bank. Report in an agency of the bank and iInterview of its president and CEO, Marc Viénot. It presents the different facets of the bank.
Societe Generale will soon be leaving Paris. He will take charge of the business district at Defense. Interviewed, Societe Generale’s CEO, Marc Viénot, speaks on the subject.