France · Payments & e-money
Aether Financial Services S.A.S.
Legal name in the LEI recordAETHER FINANCIAL SERVICES
Aether Financial Services is a French société par actions simplifiée (simplified joint-stock company) based in Paris. The Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) authorised it as a payment institution on 21 August 2023. Its co-founders Edouard Narboux and Henri-Pierre Jeancard own it together with other managers and Capital Croissance, which took a minority stake in July 2024. It acts as escrow agent, paying agent and loan, bond and security agent in private debt, M&A and restructuring transactions for investment funds, financial institutions, advisers and corporates.
Licences and registrations
Held by Aether Financial Services (LEI 969500YSO8ERY4Y76I64). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBA PSD2 RegisterPrudential Supervisory and Resolution AuthorityLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Payment institutionPayment Institution | 811475383 | France | Active | 2023-08-21 | — |
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- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- AFRAFRP2XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Reverse billingThe institution is connected to Swift. Messages sent to it are billed to the institution, not to the sender. The “2” in the eighth character of AFRAFRP2 marks reverse billing.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2023-11-04
- Last updated
- 2025-06-17
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Privately held
Firm type
Other
Trades as Aether
- Ownership
- The co-founders Edouard Narboux and Henri-Pierre Jeancard and other managers own the firm alongside Capital Croissance, which holds a minority stake through its Edelweiss vehicle.
- Head office
- 36 rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris, France
- Company register
- RCS Paris 811 475 383
- Incorporated
- 17 Apr 2015
- Founders
- Edouard Narboux · Henri-Pierre Jeancard
Online
- Websites & references
- aetherfs.com ↗
- Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- aetherfs.com/legal/legal-notices
- aetherfs.com/
- aetherfs.com/about/teams
- aetherfs.com/about
- aetherfs.com/articles/aether-financial-services-new-era-2023
- aetherfs.com/expertise/escrow-agent
- aetherfs.com/expertise/paying-agent
- capitalcroissance.fr/2024/09/05/capital-croissance-entre-au-capital-d-aether-financial-services/
- capitalcroissance.fr/participations/aether-fs/
- capitalcroissance.fr/2025/04/14/capital-croissance-aether-expansion-europeenne/
- ethifinance.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CPAetherFInancialServices-EthiFinance.pdf
- finyear.com/aether-acquiert-october
- boursorama.com/bourse/actualites/aether-acquiert-october-et-lance-son-activite-d-asset-management-3af8b3
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The ACPR authorises the firm as a payment institution. The EBA register lists payment services and card acquiring as its authorised activities.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) France | Payment institution (établissement de paiement / prestataire de services de paiement) | 17688 B | In its own name | Active | aetherfs.com ↗ |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
The firm handles third-party funds as escrow agent and paying agent in private transactions. It also provides agency, valuation, corporate and issuer services and asset management services.
It serves clients from Paris and has offices in London, Milan and Madrid, which opened in 2025.
- Sells to
- Enterprises · Financial institutions · Other
- Serves customers in
- France
- Latest funding round
- Minority stake (owner buy-out) Jul 2024Led by Capital Croissance (Edelweiss Transition & Impact I)
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Edouard Narboux
CEO & Managing Partner
- Chair
-
Henri-Pierre Jeancard
Chairman
- Executive
-
Louis Thuillez
Managing Director, Private Debt
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
Aether announced the acquisition of October, a lending fintech, and launched a new Aether Asset Management Services business line.
finyear.com ↗ -
Funding
Capital Croissance acquired a minority stake in the firm through its Edelweiss Transition & Impact I vehicle.
capitalcroissance.fr ↗ -
Licence
The ACPR authorised the firm as a payment institution, effective 21 August 2023.
aetherfs.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- AFRAFRP2XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- AFRABank
- FRCountry · France
- P2Location · reverse billing
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 969500YSO8ERY4Y76I64
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · EBA-PSD2
- 811475383
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entry: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry ID
- c2bb561ea613
- National bank code
- Code interbancaire (CIB) 17688
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Register licences
- 1 entry on 1 register
- Activities
- Payment services
- Card acquiring
- Licensed in
- France
- Country · region
- France · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Not on the ECB's list of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 36 RUE DE MONCEAU PARIS 75008 FRANCE
- Operational address
- 36 RUE DE MONCEAU PARIS 75008 PARIS FRANCE
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>AFRAFRP2XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>969500YSO8ERY4Y76I64</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>AFRAFRP2XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>969500YSO8ERY4Y76I64</LEI>
<Nm>AETHER FINANCIAL SERVICES S.A.S.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>PARIS</TwnNm>
<Ctry>FR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>36 RUE DE MONCEAU PARIS 75008</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
National bank codes
Code interbancaire (CIB) · France
1 code
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17688 | AFRAFRP2XXX | AETHER FINANCIAL SERVICES | PARIS |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- National bank codes—France (Source: ACPR – REGAFI).
- EBA PSD2 Register—European Banking Authority (EBA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: aetherfs.com (official website); Edouard Narboux: aetherfs.com (official website) · original; Henri-Pierre Jeancard: aetherfs.com (official website) · original; Louis Thuillez: aetherfs.com (official website) · original.
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