AFTE

What AFTE does

AFTE (Association Française des Trésoriers d'Entreprise) is the leading French professional association for corporate treasury, financing, and financial risk management professionals, founded on 28 October 1976 and operating as a non-profit (Association loi 1901, SIREN 314 974 338). Headquartered at 46 rue d'Amsterdam in Paris, the association serves approximately 1,700 members from the French treasury ecosystem, including corporate treasurers, finance directors, students, and banking/consulting professionals. AFTE organizes its community through 15+ specialized commissions (covering treasury operations, financing, risk, compliance, payments, IFRS, sustainable finance, fraud prevention, and other topics), 9 regional delegations across French territories, a mentorship program (mentORat), and a diversity network (Réseau Mix.In.T).

AFTE generates revenue from five streams: annual membership dues, training programs delivered through its Qualiopi-certified and CPF-eligible Centre de formation, event participation fees from flagship events (Journées de l'AFTE, Treasury Innovation Day, and Trophées de l'AFTE awards), publications including La Lettre du trésorier and technical notebooks, and job posting fees. Distribution combines direct membership sign-up, in-person and remote training delivery, regional and commission events, and a digital platform providing member directory, Calendrier Target+, and Treasury Tools Cartography. Marketing is community-led and content-driven, relying on owned newsletters, the website, LinkedIn, and member referrals.

The association holds the 50th-anniversary milestone in 2026, is affiliated with EACT (European Association of Corporate Treasurers) and AFIA, and co-produces the AFTE-METI-Rexecode barometer on treasury conditions. Governance is provided by a Board of Directors (12-15 elected members), Bureau, and Committee of Sages, with Daniel Biarneix as President and Pascal Baudier as Délégué Général and DPO. AFTE is GDPR-compliant with a 36-month data retention policy and holds Qualiopi and CPF certifications for its training center.

Name

AFTE

Legal name

ASSO FRANCAISE DES TRESORIERS ENTREPRISE

Website

https://afte.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AFTE is a French non-profit professional association serving approximately 1,700 corporate treasury, financing, and financial risk management professionals through membership, Qualiopi-certified training, events, publications, and mentorship programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Annual membership fees paid by Active Members, Corresponding Members, and Student Members. Membership provides access to events, publications, commissions, and the directory.
2. Training and professional development: Revenue from the Centre de formation AFTE, offering inter-company (catalog), intra-company, and bespoke training sessions. Certified Qualiopi and CPF-eligible. Billing is per-session, with certification pathways.
3. Event participation fees: Revenue from conferences, seminars, regional meetings, and flagship events (Journées de l'AFTE, Treasury Innovation Day, Trophées). Exhibitor and sponsor fees also contribute.
4. Publications and subscriptions: Revenue from La Lettre du trésorier (monthly newsletter), technical notebooks (cahiers et fiches), surveys, and meeting materials. Offered in paper and digital formats.
5. Job postings: Fees for publishing job and internship offers on the AFTE platform, with differentiated rates for members versus non-members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AFTE is a non-profit professional association serving approximately 1,700 corporate treasury and finance professionals in France. It offers annual membership, a Qualiopi/CPF-certified training centre (inter-company, intra-company, and bespoke), flagship events (Journées de l'AFTE, Treasury Innovation Day, Trophées), publications (La Lettre du trésorier, technical guides, surveys), and networking structures (commissions, regional delegations, mentORat mentorship, Mix.In.T diversity network).

Product overview

AFTE (Association Française des Trésoriers d'Entreprise) is a professional association for corporate treasury and finance professionals with approximately 1,700 members. The organization operates as a comprehensive professional services platform offering membership with access to networking communities, specialized commissions, and regional delegations. Its core offerings include a training center (Centre de formation) providing Qualiopi and CPF-certified treasury training programs in inter-company, intra-company, and customized formats; flagship events including the annual AFTE Days (Journées de l'AFTE), Treasury Innovation Day, and the Trophées de l'AFTE awards; professional development programs such as the mentORat mentorship program and Réseau Mix.In.T diversity network; publications including the monthly La Lettre du trésorier newsletter, technical guides (Cahiers et fiches techniques), surveys and barometers; and member services like the online directory, Calendrier Target+, and digital treasury tools cartography.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adhésion à l'AFTE (Membership) Annual membership program for treasury and finance professionals providing access to networking, specialized commissions, regional delegations, training centre, events, and publications. Offered in Active, Corresponding, and Student categories.
• Centre de formation AFTE (Training Centre)
• Journées de l'AFTE
• Treasury Innovation Day
• Trophées de l'AFTE Annual awards program recognizing innovation and excellence in treasury management and corporate financing, with categories for transformation and financing operations. Winners are eligible for nomination to the EACT Awards.
• La Lettre du trésorier
• Programme de mentORat (Mentorship Program)
• Réseau Mix.In.T
• Prix du meilleur mémoire de finance et de trésorerie

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,700 treasury professionals from French enterprises are members of the AFTE community
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• METI / RexecodecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024AFTE partners with METI (Mouvement des Entreprises de Taille Intermédiaire) and Rexecode (economic research institute) to conduct monthly treasury surveys. These joint surveys produce the AFTE-METI-Rexecode barometer on treasury conditions among French ETIs and large enterprises, published regularly on the AFTE website.
• EACT (European Association of Corporate Treasurers)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1976AFTE is affiliated with EACT, the European umbrella association for corporate treasurers. This partnership connects AFTE members to the European treasury community and enables participation in the EACT Summit and EACT Awards, to which Trophées de l'AFTE winners receive nomination candidacy.
• AFIA (Associazione Italiana FIAmilli Tesorieri)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1976AFIA is the Italian association of corporate treasurers. AFTE maintains international relationships with comparable associations in Europe and beyond, as indicated in its founding statutes and ongoing network activities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants): A leading global professional body for management accountants and finance professionals. CIMA's CGMA designation, training catalogue, and corporate-finance policy work make it a broader-finances incumbent competitor for both individual members' certification spend and corporate training budgets, even though it does not specialize in treasury.
• IMA (Institute of Management Accountants): A large global association for management accountants and finance professionals. IMA runs the CMA credential, training, and large-scale conferences, overlapping with AFTE's continuing-education and certification-adjacent offerings from a broader accounting-and-finance angle rather than the narrow treasury niche.

Others

• ACFE (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners): The global anti-fraud professional body. ACFE overlaps with AFTE only at the level of the Fraud Prevention commission — it does not compete for treasurer membership but represents an adjacent credential and conference ecosystem that French treasury professionals may consume in parallel to AFTE programming.

Direct peers

• AFP (Association for Financial Professionals, US): The largest US-based association serving treasury, corporate finance, and FP&A professionals. AFP runs the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) credential, large annual conferences, and benchmark surveys — overlapping directly with AFTE's qualifications, training, and barometer offerings, but at materially larger US scale.
• EACT (European Association of Corporate Treasurers): The pan-European umbrella body for corporate treasurers, headquartered in Brussels. EACT is AFTE's most direct counterpart: it operates at the same membership-and-policy model, runs the EACT Summit and EACT Awards (which AFTE Trophées winners feed into), and serves the same corporate-treasurer persona across multiple European national associations.
• DFCG (Association Nationale des Directeurs Financiers et de Contrôle de Gestion): The leading French association for CFOs and financial controllers. DFCG serves a directly adjacent French-finance persona (CFO/controller rather than treasurer) with overlapping training, networking, and publications — competing with AFTE for the same French corporate finance professionals' attention and corporate training budgets.
• ACT (Association of Corporate Treasurers, UK): The UK membership body for corporate treasurers. ACT is the closest historical analogue to AFTE — a long-established association that runs professional treasury qualifications, training, networking events, and policy advocacy — and competes for international treasury thought leadership and global member visibility.

Regional players

• VdZ (Vereinigung Deutscher Treasurer): The German counterpart for corporate treasurers. VdZ runs the German-language equivalent of AFTE's programming (membership, commissions, events, treasury publications) for the largest single European market. It is comparable in mission but does not compete with AFTE inside France.
• AFIA (Associazione Italiana Tesorieri): The Italian association of corporate treasurers. AFIA is both a co-partner of AFTE (per the data) and the structural Italian counterpart — operating the same membership/training/events model but focused exclusively on the Italian market, with no direct commercial overlap with AFTE outside of cross-border EACT-level initiatives.
• ACT New Zealand (Association of Corporate Treasurers New Zealand): The New Zealand association of corporate treasurers, part of the global ACT network. Operates the same membership-and-training model as AFTE in a small but mature treasury market, providing comparable content formats (newsletters, awards, mentoring) at a much smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/afte
• Xx.com/afte_france

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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