By Charlotte GAUCHON
5 May 2025
The Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution, better known by its acronym ACPR, is a key institution in the French financial landscape. Whether you are a bank customer, an insurance policyholder or the director of a financial institution, understanding its role and missions is essential. This article summarises the key points concerning this authority, its organisation, its powers and the situations in which the intervention of a lawyer may be appropriate. What is the ACPR? A key supervisory authority for banking and insurance The ACPR is the French body responsible for supervising the banking and insurance sectors. Its primary mission is twofold: to preserve the stability of the financial system and to ensure the protection of customers, policyholders, members and beneficiaries of the services offered by the organisations under its supervision. It is not a regulatory authority in the strict sense, as it does not have regulatory powers...
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