Article L722-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code
For the application of the provisions of this Book: 1° A “financial institution” is a company other than a credit institution mentioned in Article L. 511-1 or an investment firm mentioned in Article L. 531-4 and other than a purely industrial holding company, whose main activity consists of acquiring holdings or carrying out one or more of the following activities: a) Lending; b) Leasing; c) Payment services; d) Issuing and…