Joining other financial institutions to receive permission to operate as a Digital Assets Service Provider (DASP) is one of France's oldest banks, SG Forge, a digital asset division of the Société Générale which have been in existence for 150 years.
The institution has been granted the right by L'Autorité Des Marchés Financiers (AMF) to start offering crypto related services.
This step marks a huge positive development for SG as after it was launched in 2018, it quickly emerged to become the leading department to champion digital assets in the financial institution.
This approval seems to be the latest to join the other Financial institutions in France as earlier this year, Binance became the first leading crypto company to gain approval and it's acceptance marked the largest crypto currency exchange's approval in Europe.
Although, SG Forge have not been given access to operate as a trading platform, it's still a plus for them as they are next after Singapore based crypto platform, Crypto.com to be given DASP recognizance. More details about it
https://beincrypto.com/france-leading-new-wave-of-crypto-approvals-with-bank-registration/