Banque de France is France's central bank and a public institution founded in 1800. Its technology division, DGSI (Direction Générale du Système d'Information), employs over 2,000 internal and external staff and runs the institution's information systems across several sites in France, including Paris, Vincennes, Marne la Vallée, Paris La Courneuve and Poitiers.
Technical work spans AI systems evaluation, cybersecurity operations, digital resilience, technological risk monitoring and IT and information systems engineering. The ACPR (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution), the bank's prudential supervision and resolution authority, is involved in AI surveillance of the financial sector. Teams work in specialised domains across a workforce of thousands of professionals.
The bank's institutional mandates cover monetary policy, financial stability and consumer protection. It is a member of the European System of Central Banks, and operates across France as part of the country's financial infrastructure. The working environment is that of a multi-site public institution.
