Jean-Yves Forel
Jean-Yves Forel has been Head of Retail Banking Europe and Paris 2024 Project since October 15, 2018.
After graduating from IEP Grenoble and obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Jean-Yves Forel began his career in 1983 at Banque Populaire des Alpes. After a period working in retail banking, he was appointed Head of Operations in 1992, then General Manager in 1995. In 1997, he subsequently joined Banque Populaire Bretagne-Atlantique as General Manager in charge of Business Development and responsible for managing the business line subsidiaries.
In 2000, he was appointed Head of Business Development for Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires and, in 2001, became a member of the General Management Committee. He then joined Natexis Banques Populaires in 2003, where he was appointed member of the General Management Committee and Head of Banking, Financial and Technological Services. In November 2006, he became a member of Natixis’ Executive Management Committee and Head of its Specialized Financial Services division. In December 2012, Jean-Yves Forel became a member of BPCE’s Management Board, serving as Chief Executive Officer responsible for Retail Banking & Insurance. In May 2016, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer in charge of Transformation and Operational Excellence.
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EPI: The European Payments Initiative
July 2, 2020
Major Eurozone banks start the implementation phase of a new unified payment scheme and solution, the European Payment Initiative (EPI).
Groupe BPCE, prior to the launch of its future strategic plan, unveils a plan to transform its retail banking activities
February 21, 2017
Faced with new expectations on the part of its customers and a paradigm shift in the technological environment, Groupe BPCE announces the launch of a retail banking transformation plan.[...]
Apple Pay available to Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne customers starting today
July 19, 2016
Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne will offer customers Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast and convenient[...]
Groupe BPCE will offer Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne customers Apple Pay
June 13, 2016
Groupe BPCE will offer Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne customers Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast[...]
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Groupe BPCE, with its business model as a universal cooperative bank represented by 9 million cooperative shareholders, is currently the 2nd-largest banking group in France. With its 100,000 employees, it serves a total of 36 million customers – individuals, professionals, corporates, investors, and local government bodies – around the world. It operates in the retail banking and insurance sectors in France via its two major Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne banking networks, along with Banque Palatine. With Natixis, it also runs global business lines specializing in Asset & Wealth management, Corporate & Investment Banking, Insurance and Payments. Through this structure, it is able to offer its customers a comprehensive, diversified range of products and services: solutions in savings, investment, cash management, financing, and insurance. The Group's financial strength is recognized by four financial rating agencies: Moody's (A1, stable outlook), Standard & Poor's (A, stable outlook), Fitch (A+, negative outlook) and R&I (A+, stable outlook).
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