Here you will find all the articles with the tag: France.
US-based ecommerce platform, BigCommerce has started its global expansion. They have now launched in Spain, Mexico, and Germany. Texas-based ecommerce platform BigCommerce has officially launched in Spain, Germany, and Mexico. However, this is just the start of their global expansion. The compan... Read more
2 years ago
France announces its 25th privately owned startup valued over $1 billion reaching government set goals three years earlier. A unicorn is a privately held startup that has a value of over $1billion. The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, aimed for France to have 25 unicorn companies before 202... Read more
2 years ago
Qonto is close to a 5-billion-dollar net-worth after recent fundraising, signaling the rise of fintech in France. Qonto, an online bank in France, primarily for SMEs, announced on Tuesday that it raised almost 490 million euros in funding, boosting its overall valuation to approximately 4.5 bill... Read more
2 years ago
The fine is because they failed to allow French users to easily reject cookie tracking technology. Google and Facebook parent company Meta Platforms are facing another big fine after France’s data watchdog found them guilty of violating European Union privacy rules. According to a report in PO... Read more
2 years ago
Vodafone and Orange were talking about a potential merger without reaching an agreement. The merger can still happen. French opposition French authorities aren’t in favor of a proposed merger between Vodafone and Orange, Europe’s largest mobile provider. The companies had been in talks a... Read more
2 years ago
Rome is trying to convince the chipmaker to invest in Italy rather than France. Rome is trying to convince Intel to invest billions of euros in an advanced chipmaking plant in Italy. This is according to reporting by Reuters last week. Italy is making their move as Germany seems set to land an e... Read more
3 years ago
France is derailing a joint EU-US declaration on technology cooperation against the sentiments of other European Union countries, according to several EU diplomats. The top US and EU officials plan to discuss semiconductor shortages, artificial intelligence, and competitiveness in the tech marke... Read more
3 years ago
A group of hackers backed by the Chinese government may be expanding from state based targets to go after the private sector. French cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at French organizations carried out by China-linked APT31 group. APT31 (aka Zirco... Read more
3 years ago
A collective of powerful brands (including Heineken and L'Oréal) have won the first round in a legal battle against Amazon, concerning contracts made with the e-commerce giant. A French court ruled against the US giant’s efforts to delay the case, in a ruling given on June 22. According to de... Read more
3 years ago
France is ready to make a binding promise to the US to remove a national tax on digital giants, as soon as a new global taxation deal is created. The news came from French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Tuesday. He hinted that the international deal would not have any impact on the EU's plan... Read more
3 years ago
