Caroline Soutarson

Head of the “Mind Fintech” section

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Journaliste chez mind Fintech depuis janvier 2021, je suis en charge de sa rubrique Investissement depuis 2025. Je couvre notamment les sujets liés aux néocourtiers de l'investissement, aux wealthtech, aux cryptoactifs, à l'Investment-as-a-Service mais aussi les néobanques vertes (enfin, ce qu'il en reste), les initiatives des Big Tech dans les services financiers ou encore, le régime pilote DLT.
Faits notables : j'aime étoffer mes articles de dataviz, ajouter des espaces insécables et connais le nom des tous les PSAN enregistrés auprès de l'AMF. Malheureusement, cet atout n'aura plus aucun intérêt passé juin 2026 (tout comme leurs autorisations).

Latest articles by Caroline Soutarson

With stablecoins, Walmart, Amazon, and Shopify want to break free from traditional banking channels

In the US, payment disintermediation continues. Walmart (2024 revenue: US$681 billion, including approximately US$100 billion online) and Amazon (2024 revenue: US$638 billion) are considering...

17 June 2025

Cyber insurance: Stoïk sets course for Spain

Three months after raising €25 million, cyber-insurance specialist Stoïk is setting up operations in Spain. Already selling in France (since 2021), Germany (2023), Monaco and Austria...

23 January 2025

Casino subsidiary suspends stablecoin issuance

“As part of the entry into force of the European MiCA regulation (June 30, editor note) and in accordance with its compliance commitment, Lugh, issuer of the stablecoin euro, announces the...

7 June 2024

Retail media: PayPal creates an advertising division headed by an ex-Uber

PayPal (427 million active accounts in Q1 2024, for 6.5 billion transactions) is to launch an advertising sales platform, PayPal Ads. Based on users’ transactional and behavioural data...

31 May 2024

BoursoBank launches a retail media offer

On May 15, 2024, in France, BoursoBank (6.3 million customers) gave an initial assessment of a “VIP” (Very Important Partners) retail media offer, rolled out at the beginning of the...

22 May 2024

Ikea buys Ikano Bank

Swedish retailer Ikea, which offers fractional payment (BNPL) and consumer credit services, could soon be expanding a range of financial services. The parent company Ingka Group (total sales of...

4 April 2024

BNPL: Affirm and Klarna cope with rising interest rates

With sales of US$497 million in the quarter to September 2023 (up by 37% year-on-year), US BNPL specialist Affirm reported revenue of US$50 million, exceeding analysts’ consensus, reported...

23 November 2023

Tap To Pay: Apple shakes up the offline POS market

Following Google for Android, Apple's Tap to Pay functionality (already live in the U.S.A., Australia, the U.K. and the Netherlands) is now coming to France. By transforming salespeople's iPhones...

16 November 2023

Pierre Fougeat, Lugh (Casino Group): “All platforms combined, €2.5 million of our stablecoin Lugh are in circulation”

Pierre Fougeat, COO of Lugh Financial Services, a subsidiary of Casino Group, presents the Euro stablecoin Lugh. He details the strategy behind this new business.

22 September 2023

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What you absolutely must read this week

The essential content of the week selected by the editorial team.

Personalised pricing: Europe keeps a low profile while New York forces retailers to be transparent

In the State of New York, unprecedented legislation has come into force requiring retailers using personalised pricing algorithms to inform consumers. While the NRF is seeking to counter its...

12 December 2025

Carmila join forces with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to equip 252 malls

On December 9, Carrefour and Carmila signed a partnership with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to create a retail media network combining indoor DOOH and outdoor OOH across their sites in France and...

12 December 2025

Coupang’s C.E.O. resigns after data leak of 33.7 million customers

On December 10, Park Dae-Jun, CEO of South Korean e-commerce retailer Coupang (2024 revenue: US$31.5 billion up by 29%) resigned. The cause was a security breach that exposed the personal...

12 December 2025

Kroger compensates Ocado with US$350 million and scales back robotic warehouses

After improving net margin in 2024, Kroger is closing several automated Ocado warehouses. The strategy is to strengthen in-store picking and delivery partnerships with DoorDash Instacart and Uber...

12 December 2025

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Online Advertising: Leroy Merlin and Auchan at the heart of a political controversy

Since November 17, Leroy Merlin has faced controversy after a report from Sleeping Giants, an activist group against online hate speech. The organisation alerted the Adeo group retailer (GMV 2024...

21 November 2025

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How Maison 123 generated €420,000 on WhatsApp in 5 months

Riding on a reduction in Meta’s commercial policy, Wax start‑up specialised in WhatsApp engagement, is gaining ground, capitalising on messaging as a customer acquisition and retention channel in...

3 December 2025

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Laurent Hugou (Les Mousquetaires): “With Diebold’s camera system, shrinkage at self-check-out is reduced by a third”

Shift towards an omnichannel payment service provider, roll-out of mobile payment and Diebold’s computer vision solution for self-checkout, impact of one-click payment on online sales, adoption of...

11 December 2025

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Retail media: Marionnaud bets on print with Figaro to boost drive-to-store

According to our sources, Marionnaud’s beauty retailer will expand an advertising unit into 3 new countries in 2026 and is launching another retail media lever in the French key market. The goal...

26 November 2025

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Carmila join forces with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to equip 252 malls

On December 9, Carrefour and Carmila signed a partnership with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to create a retail media network combining indoor DOOH and outdoor OOH across their sites in France and...

12 December 2025

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Walmart parts ways with C.E.O. after 9-month revenue up by 4.4%

On November 14, the world’s largest retailer, Walmart (revenue 2024: US$681 billion, up by 5.6% at constant rates), announced the departure of C.E.O., Doug McMillon. In office since...

21 November 2025