French Tax-Reduction Group

French Tax-Reduction Group

One banking infrastructure for hundreds of SPVs

One banking infrastructure for hundreds of SPVs

How a French investment structuring group consolidated five banking platforms, automated VAT payments and gained real-time visibility across 250,000 annual transactions.

How a French investment structuring group consolidated five banking platforms, automated VAT payments and gained real-time visibility across 250,000 annual transactions.

Anonymised client case

Anonymised client case

Wide Paris avenue leading toward the La Défense business district
Wide Paris avenue leading toward the La Défense business district
Wide Paris avenue leading toward the La Défense business district

Situation

A French tax-reduction group creates hundreds of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) each year to pool client investments, with each SPV legally required to hold its own dedicated bank account.

Industry

Tax-reduction / investment structuring

Company size

Medium — More than EUR 30 million annual turnover — 15 staff

Managing hundreds of dedicated SPV accounts meant juggling five different banks, each with its own policies, pricing and interface. Six staff were fully dedicated to banking monitoring and payment management for more than 250,000 transactions annually, with no ERP or integration system in place to tie any of it together.

The challenge was to regain control over a highly fragmented banking structure. The group had no consolidated view of cash across its SPVs, while VAT payments were processed manually and separately for every entity. Five banking providers generated different fee structures and additional intercompany transfer costs, and slow reconciliation processes delayed monthly reporting.

How we approached the challenge

How we approached the challenge

We started by mapping the full banking landscape — five providers, hundreds of tokens and logins — and identified where consolidation, automation and direct integration with the tax authority could remove manual work at scale rather than just optimise it entity by entity. We managed to identify a bank able and willing to onboard hundreds of SPVs and adapt its compliance procedure accordingly, allowing fast onboarding by automation

We started by mapping the full banking landscape — five providers, hundreds of tokens and logins — and identified where consolidation, automation and direct integration with the tax authority could remove manual work at scale rather than just optimise it entity by entity. We managed to identify a bank able and willing to onboard hundreds of SPVs and adapt its compliance procedure accordingly, allowing fast onboarding by automation

What we implemented

What we implemented

A single banking platform

Consolidated all SPVs under one banking provider in France, on a single monthly subscription at reduced cost

VAT direct debit automation

ERP & TMS integration via banking API

A single banking platform

Consolidated all SPVs under one banking provider in France, on a single monthly subscription at reduced cost

VAT direct debit automation

ERP & TMS integration via banking API

3-person team redeployed to value-added roles

3-person team redeployed to value-added roles

Full real-time treasury visibility

Automated compliance across all SPVs

Hundreds of SPV accounts consolidated under a single banking provider

How we help international companies move beyond fragmented banking

  • Independent advice

    Solutions selected around your needs, not tied to any provider.

  • International expertise

    Support across entities, jurisdictions, banking, payments and FX.

  • End-to-end execution

    From initial assessment to provider selection and implementation.

How we help international companies move beyond fragmented banking

  • Independent advice

    Solutions selected around your needs, not tied to any provider.

  • International expertise

    Support across entities, jurisdictions, banking, payments and FX.

  • End-to-end execution

    From initial assessment to provider selection and implementation.

Theseus Solutions helps international companies design and implement the right banking, payments and FX setup across multiple entities and jurisdictions.

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