France holds the world’s 4th largest gold reserve, valued at over $250B, stored in a secure vault 27 meters beneath the streets of Paris.

The Middle Office of the Banque de France, responsible for the quality of the company database (changes in articles of association and management), in Paris, on August 28, 2023.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for France on July 11, 2025.

Looking for a weekend off the beaten track? On September 20, 2025, push open the doors of the Maison de l'Amérique latine in Paris for a rare Heritage Days visit. A place steeped in history, where ...

If central banks analyze the stablecoin boom, they can make the digital euro and digital everything else better: not by copying stablecoins, but by learning from them.

The Banque de France has been exploring use cases for its CBDC since 2021, when it piloted a trial involving several banks in the country’s debt market, including Societe Generale, BNP Paribas ...

Banque de France, which began experiments on a wholesale CBDC in March 2020, wrapped up its first stage of experimentation in December 2021.

Investing.com -- Wednesday marked a revision in France’s economic outlook as Banque de France adjusted its growth forecast for the nation’s GDP from the previously expected 0.9% to a more ...

H E Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al Thani, Governor of Qatar Central Bank (QCB), met with H E Fran ois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the ...

The Banque de France has completed the last of its interbank settlement in CBDC experiments, demonstrating the possibility of direct ledger interoperability in a hybrid cloud environment across ...

The Banque de France and Societe Generale have tested the use of a blockchain platform to settle a transaction with a central bank digital currency.

The central bank of France — Banque de France — is continuing its work on the development of a European central bank digital currency (CBDC). On Monday the bank officially announced the ...