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L’ensemble des protections du FGDR font appel à des mécanismes bancaires et financiers relativement complexes. Ce lexique vous propose la définition de nombreux termes techniques utilisés dans ce site ou dans les documentations du FGDR.

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Factoring

Factoring is a method of financing a company’s accounts receivable. This method involves selling the amounts due from its customers to a specialist financial institution. In this way, it receives cash immediately  and the factoring company is responsible for collecting payment on the debts.

Source: FBF

FBF - Fédération Bancaire Française

Professional organisation created on 1 February 2001 which represents and defends the interests of the banking profession as a whole. See the website www.fbf.fr.

Source: FBF

FCP - Mutual Fund

A UCITS that issues units but which, unlike a company – such as a SICAV (open-end investment company) – does not have a legal personality. An investor who purchases units becomes a member of a co-ownership of financial instruments but has no voting rights. The investor is not a shareholder. An FCP is represented by a management company, which provides administrative, financial and accounting management.

Source: Banque de France

FGAP - Guarantee scheme for policyholders that protects against the failure of personal insurance companies

Guarantee i scheme created in 1999 which is designed to protect the rights of policyholders, subscribers, members and beneficiaries of life insurance and capitalisation policies covering bodily injury in the event that an insurance company fails.

source: CCSF

FGDR functional requirements

Document that provides all the information that the Member Institutions i need to produce the SCV in accordance with the applicable and draft regulations.

Source: FGDR

fiduciary money

Money used in the form of coins and notes (cash).

Source: FBF

Financial crisis

A financial crisis occurs when there is an imbalance between the real sphere (goods and services) and the financial sphere (banks and stock market) of the economy. 

Source: Larousse

Financial Instrument

All securities including stocks, debt instruments (including bonds), units or shares of investment funds (see UCITS) and financial contracts.

 

Source: Banque de France 

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System used by the FGDR member institutions to identify the eligibility, exclusion or “special cases” in the Single Customer i View (SCV) file which they send annually for control purposes. 

Source: FGDR