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Association française des Sociétés Financières

Industry association · France · EU Transparency Register 97303386616-87

16
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
13
legislative files
of 665 tracked
15
with a full position paper
attached to a submission

Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.

Who they are

Among the 410 trade unions and professional associations on this site, they rank #27 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.

1.8
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2011
in the register since

Declares membership of

  • membre de Eurofinas - Leaseurope - EU Factoring - MEDEF - CPME - AFECEI - ECMI (European Capital Markets Institute)

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).

Register category
Trade unions and professional associations
Registered as
Association française des sociétés Financières (ASF)
Head office
PARIS, France
EU office
Bruxelles

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Their record over time

Association française des Sociétés Financières filed 16 positions between 11 Sept 2020 and 16 Sept 2026, across 13 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 15 times.

2020 · 1 filed2021 · 3 filed2022 · 2 filed2023 · 6 filed2025 · 2 filed2026 · 2 filed

What they argued

Artificial Intelligence Actfiled 2 Aug 2021PDFsource

The Association Française des Sociétés Financières (ASF) represents specialised credit finance and financial and investment services. FSA member institutions finance more than 20 % of loans to the private sector.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Clean corporate vehiclesfiled 4 Sept 2025PDFsource

The Association française des sociétés financières (ASF) welcomes the opportunity offered by the European commission to comment on its Call for evidence for an impact assessment on Clean corporate vehicles published on 25 July 2025. The ASF represents 240 members. They are all regulated by the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) or the Financial Markets Authority (AMF).

Competitiveness in the single banking marketfiled 16 Sept 2026PDFsource

As a feedback to the European Commission communication on banking sector competitiveness, the Association française des sociétés financières (ASF) would like to underline that specialised finance services are an industry of excellence in Europe, with large groups, regulated and supervised under CRR/CRD, operating across Europe in leading sectors such as leasing and factoring.

Competitiveness in the single banking marketfiled 10 Mar 2026PDFsource

The Association française des sociétés financières (ASF) is representing the specialized financing institutions which activities contribute to financing projects undertaken by companies and professionals through specific products such as leasing, both equipment and real estate.

Commercial transactions: combating late paymentfiled 8 Nov 2023PDFsource

The ASF (Association française des sociétés financières) is the French professional association representing 251 French financial and credit institutions, specialized banks, investment firms, payment institutions and electronic money institutions.

Commercial transactions: combating late paymentfiled 15 Mar 2023PDFsource

ASF and its members are closely following the European Commission's work on Late Payment Directive (hereafter LPD) and welcome the Commission's efforts to update its provisions. As the representative body of the French factoring industry, the ASF wishes to provide feedback for the revision of the LPD (2011/7/EU).

Retail investor protection rulesfiled 25 Aug 2023PDFsource

LASF (Association française des sociétés financiers) represents 254 members, financing companies, specialised banks or credit institutions, investment firms, management companies, payment institutions and electronic money institutions, whose common feature is the provision of specialised financial services and financing to businesses and households.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Framework for Financial Data Accessfiled 31 Oct 2023PDFsource

Position of the FSA on the proposal for a regulation on access to data in the financial sector (“IFAD”) – “Have your say” of the European Commission dated 28 June 2023. It is with the greatest interest that the FSA welcomed the consultation for opinion launched on 28 June by the European Commission, whose general aim is “to improve economic performance for customers of financial services (consumers and businesses)…

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulationfiled 22 Feb 2022PDFsource

ASF, the French Association of Specialised Finance Companies, represents specialised financial institutions focusing on 8 business lines offering specialised finance to companies and households (factoring, real estate leasing, equipment leasing, guarantees, consumer credit, investment services, finance of renewable energy and home loans).

Payment services in the internal marketfiled 1 Nov 2023PDFsource

In France, lassociation des Sociétés Financières (ASF) represents in France the activities of financing specialising in credit and in financial and investment services. Its 270 members are active in the service of businesses and professionals (factoring, leasing of furniture and real estate, financing of energy) and households (consumer credit and housing credit).

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financingfiled 18 Nov 2021PDFsource

The Association Française des Sociétés Financières (ASF) represents in France the specialised credit, financial and investment services sectors. Its 270 members serve businesses and professionals (factoring, leasing of furniture and real estate, energy financing) and households (consumer credit and housing credit). They also offer a range of financial services (sureties) and investment services.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Capital markets – research on small and mid-sized companies and fixed income (updated rules in light of the COVID-19 pandemic)filed 11 Sept 2020PDFsource

The ASF first wishes to thank the European Commission for the opportunity given to comment on the proposed revision of the delegated directive EU 2017/593. The ASF would like to point out once again that its members very early on expressed their concerns about the negative effects of MiFID 2 on financial research, in particular for SMEs.

Payment services and electronic money services in the Internal Marketfiled 1 Nov 2023PDFsource

In France, lassociation des Sociétés Financières (ASF) represents in France the activities of financing specialising in credit and in financial and investment services. Its 270 members are active in the service of businesses and professionals (factoring, leasing of furniture and real estate, financing of energy) and households (consumer credit and housing credit).

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Financial services contracts concluded at a distancefiled 8 Jul 2022PDFsource

The ASF (Association française des Sociétés Financières) represents establishments specialising in consumer credit in France, but also in leasing, factoring, guarantees and guarantees and investment services. In the area of consumer credit, the members of the FSA account for almost 50 % of the total outstanding amount of all credit institutions (and the majority of revolving loan transactions).

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Financial services contracts concluded at a distancefiled 25 Jun 2021source

Directive on distance marketing of consumer financial services Inception impact assessment ASF response The European Commission has launched its inception impact assessment for the Distance marketing of Financial Services Directive (DMFSD).

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