Archive for December 2019
Richard Alden, entrepreneur: “We need to reform the last mile of parcel delivery”
This year’s Black Friday is expected to have garnered record sales in France—but it’s also sparked considerable controversy. Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo indicated last week that she is moving towards taxing major firms like Amazon for the environmental impact of their deliveries, while on Black Friday itself, environmental demonstrators around the country protested against the […]
Fintech startup PixPay offers debit cards for teens, with tools for parents
The French fintech startup PixPay is offering a new alternative for kids and their parents to manage money, instead of cash or a conventional bank account. Unlike with most other digital challenger banks such as Revolut, kids 10 years and up can create an account with PixPay, according to TechCrunch. Often, conventional banks do little to meet […]