3S Money Expands in Europe with French IBANs and New Paris Office
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Today... another FinTech quietly expanding its footprint. This time in France 🇫🇷
Global payments provider 3S Money has launched local French IBANs and opened a new Paris office, strengthening its presence in the EU’s second-largest economy.
Corporate clients can now access French IBAN accounts, enabling SEPA Direct Debits, Instant payments, and SWIFT transfers.
The move builds on 3S Money’s existing European network, with offices already in London, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, and Riga.
Paris now becomes the latest hub as the company looks to support internationally active businesses operating in and out of France.
With the addition of France, clients can now access local business accounts across multiple jurisdictions, including GB, LU, NL, and AE IBANs, all within a single global payments infrastructure.
A quick note from closer to home for me... 🇳🇱
Dutch payments infrastructure startup Silverflow just raised $40M in Series B funding, led by Picus Capital with participation from Rabo Investments.
The company plans to use the capital to expand globally and continue developing its cloud-native card processing platform, targeting $100B+ in annual payment volume.
Over the past 2.5 years, Silverflow has grown from roughly 180 transactions per day to nearly 1.75 million daily.
Nice to see strong momentum coming out of the Dutch payments ecosystem.
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