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October’s next steps toward a more sustainable activity
La vie est belle A few months ago, our co-founder and Chairman Olivier Goy went on a trip in Antarctica…
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Women in Fintech: 3 numbers you didn’t know about women at October.
It is all over the web: today, March 8, it’s International Women’s Day. On this day, we celebrate the achievements…
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Happy birthday October!
On September 7th of 2014, we launched October in France with the mission to change how companies get financed thanks…
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5 years later at October
On October the 16th we celebrated the 5th anniversary of October, joined by 500 lenders, borrowers, partners, shareholders, journalists,…
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The potential of fintech for social and financial inclusion
A recent publication by the United Nations Secretary Task Force indicates fintech as a lever for sustainable development. The most…
Sergio Zocchi is the new president of ItaliaFintech
Sergio Zocchi, CEO of October Italia, is the new President of ItaliaFintech. In 2019, he will represent the work group…
Story of Fintech: Third part (00s)
This is the third part of the history of FinTech from the very beginning to the 21st century until today.…
Story of FinTech: Second part (90’s)
In our first blog about the history of FinTech, we ended in 1990. This second part covers the 90’s, which…
4 trends driving the European fintech sector in 2019
Alliances between fintechs, large banks and business groups, the implementation of a new European regulation for crowdfunding and the support…
Story of Fintech: First part (50’s – 90’s)
Almost 70 years ago, in the 1950s, the first technological innovations began to emerge. Today, the world is completely different.…