Compare Prices
Note: The Ministry of Finance and Economy's consumer and fraud unit
and the consumer association UFC have investigated how independent such sites
are from the companies presented. 11 out of 12 sites were reminded about the
regulations in force, since they were not respecting them. Five sites incorretly
made the consumers believe that their selections of traders were exclusive. One
privileged their trading partner that were paying for a better presentation.
Packaging and post may or may not be included. The sites may be useful, but it
is advised not to depend exclusively on them.
Twenga. No payment to be
included.
Acheter-moins-cher.com.
Buycentral from Lycos.
Idealo.fr.
Leguide.com.
Kelkoo.fr from Yahoo.
Monsieurprix.com.
Pricerunner.fr.
Banking & Finance
Financeinfrance.
Mortgage broker and information.
Meilleurtaux.
Mortgage broker and information.
MortgageFrance.
French mortgage information in English. Targets UK buyers.
Association française des usagers des banques.
French bank customers association. Interest rate overviews and more.
Banque de France.
European
Central Bank: Daily euro exchange rates.
Expatinvestor. Brings
news and information to high-earning British expatriates around the world..
Fédération Bancaire Française.
French banks organisation.
Yahoo France.
Expat Finance & Insurance
Financial Expat.
English Chartered Institute of Insurance qualified expatriate based in Troyes
helps with finance and insurance for expats in France.
International Money Transfer
Capital IFX. Money
transfer.
Currenciesdirect.
Money transfer.
The Currency People. Transfer of large amounts of money.
CurrencyUK.
Money transfer.
Global Currency Solutions. Money transfer.
HiFX. Money transfer.
Moneybookers. Money
transfer and online payment.
Moneycorp. Money
transfer.
Schneiderfx. Money
transfer.
XE. Money transfer.
French Banks
Stolen French credit cards, charge cards, cheques:
Cardstop for all credit and charge cards issued by French banks: 0892
705 705 (0.34 € per minute).
Cheque stop for all cheques issued by French banks: 0892 68 32 08
(0.34 € per minute).
It is illegal to stop cheques except in cases of loss or theft.
|
Banque Accord.
Low-cost bank. Owner of Oney (formerly Egg France). Auchan group.
Crédit
Agricole. Also knwon as CA. Owner of LCL.
Axa Banque. Online bank.
Formerly Banque Directe. Does not take business clients.
Barclays Bank France.
British bank.
BNP Paribas. Bank.
Caisse d'Épargne. Bank.
Caixa Bank France.
Spanish bank.
Banque Chaix. Regional
bank for Provence. 100% owned by CCF, again part of the British HSBC group.
CIC Banque Scalbert Dupont. Crédit Industriel et
Commercial.
Citibank France. American
bank.
Cortal Consors. Investment bank for
private investors.
Banque Courtois.
Crédit du Nord group.
Créatis. Local bank
for the Nord département.
Fortis Banque. Good
for small businesses.
HSBC. British HSBC
group.
ING Direct. Dutch bank.
High interest from time to time on savings accounts.
Banque Kolb. Crédit du
Nord group.
Banque Laydernier.
Crédit du Nord group.
LCL. New name for Le Crédit
Lyonnais. Purchased by Crédit Agricole in 2003.
Crédit Maritime.
Bank for the French coastal regions.
Monabanq. High interest
on savings
Crédit Mutuel. Bank.
Crédit du Nord. Bank.
Banque Nuger. Crédit
du Nord group.
Oney. Formerly Egg France,
sold to Banque Accord and renamed.
Free credit cards - unique in France. Auchan group.
Banque Populaire.
They have a reputation for being good
for small businesses, but in practice, they don't seem to be very interested in
new customers.
Banque Postale.
The French government bank formerly known as La Poste before it became a bank in
January 2006. Lowest fees on the market.
Banque Rhône-Alpes.
Crédit du Nord group.
Société Générale. Bank.
Sofinco. Bank. Subsidiary
of Crédit Agricole.
Banque Tarneaud. Crédit
du Nord group.
Banque Transatlantique.
Quickly opens accounts for foreigners.
Euronext. Stock exchange news. In English and French.
Insurance
Expat Insurance
See Expat Finance & Insurance above.
Travel insurance
Find travel insurance links on our page with Travel
Links for France.
French insurance
Note that some of the major banks also propose insurances. Even though they
propose insurances to customers without accounts in their banks, they do use the
insurances as bargaining chips. Some banks are simply resellers of insurance
companies' products, while others propose their own insurances.
English- and Danish-speaking Insurance Agents in France
Agence Jean-Paul Brun. Danish-
and English-speaking Axa agent. Cabinet 3B Assur, 39 rue Gioffredo, Nice, tel. +33
(0)4 93 92 16 32
Agence Eaton. English-speaking Generali
agent.
Assur.net. Comparison
between several companies.
Assurland. Comparison
between several companies.
Web-assurance/Netassurances. Comparison
between several companies through the insurance broker Empruntis. Same as
empruntis.com. Problems experienced: surcharged phone number; often
engaged/busy, inefficient administration, late handling of files and delivery of
insurance papers too late. My suggestion: Use them to compare quotes but don't
deal directly through Empruntis.
Empruntis'
list of insurance companies. Describes the particularities of each
insurer.
AGF.
Alptis. Health,
accident, life etc.
Aviva.
Axa. One of the large
insurance companies.
Azur.
Direct Assurance.
Insurance through phone or Internet.
Low cost and low level of cover. Axa group. Note that this
company refuse to recognise car insurance bonus from other countries, and they
also refuse to insure anyone not speaking French. If you want to give them a
try, be sure to get someone who speaks French to call them in your place.
Eurofil. Insurance
through phone or Internet. Note that this
company refuse to insure anyone not speaking French. If you want to give them a
try, be sure to get someone who speaks French to call them in your place.
Euroleader. Used
to be cheap but can now be more expensive than a mainstream company like AXA.
Unfriendly and obstructive when you want to cancel an insurance. Slow and
inefficient handling of claims.
Generali France. Italian
company.
GMF.
Groupama.
La Mondiale. Health,
accident, life etc.
Maaf. One of the large
insurance companies. They provides quotes online and call you back but will only
insure if you go to one of their agencies; not by phone or Internet.
Macif. One of the large
insurance companies.
Maif. One of the large
mutual insurance companies.
Matmut. One of the
large insurance companies. Clients with non-French noclaims bonus are only
considered if they go to one of their agencies.
MMA. One of the large
mutual insurance companies. Bought Winterthur France.
MFA. Mutual insurance
company.
SOS Malus. They take
on the risks considered 'bad' by other insurers. Provided by Cabinet JP
Labalette, Paris.
|
