{"id":1566,"date":"2024-07-03T08:57:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T06:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amafi.dev39.fr\/become-a-member\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T09:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:19:10","slug":"become-a-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/become-a-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bg-white-70-lg-center triangle-top-bottom purple | mb-5 has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--spacing-5);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--spacing-5)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joining AMAFI brings multiple benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Be closely involved in strategic thinking and discussion on financial market<br\/>developments<\/strong> and take part in industry-wide projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Take part in collaborative projects<\/strong> handled through AMAFI\u2019s committees, commissions and working groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Play a role in AMAFI&#8217;s activities<\/strong> (direct members only) by voting at the Annual General<br\/>Meeting and putting forward candidates for seats on the Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Access all AMAFI documents<\/strong>, available on the Association&#8217;s website: responses to consultations, position papers, briefing notes, standard contracts and best practices, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get in touch with AMAFI\u2019s full-time staff <\/strong>on issues encountered in the course of<br\/>financial market activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get the opportunity to take out<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/contrat-assurance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AMAFI\u2019s master insurance contract<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Membership of AMAFI is open to all institutions engaged in financial market activities:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Credit institutions, investment firms, market undertakings, clearing houses, central depositories and settlement system operators.<\/strong><strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Three levels of membership<\/strong> are available: <strong>Direct Member<\/strong>, <strong>Associate Member<\/strong> and <strong>Correspondent Member<\/strong>. The choice of category depends on the amount of information applicants wish to receive and the role they want to play in AMAFI&#8217;s activities. The Board vets all choices. Each category has specific entitlements, with corresponding dues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bg-white-70-lg-center | mb-5 has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--spacing-5);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--spacing-5)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Direct Member<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies that elect AMAFI to fulfil their legal obligation to be affiliated with the French<br\/>Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms (Association fran\u00e7aise des<br\/>\u00e9tablissements de cr\u00e9dit et des entreprises d\u2019investissement \u2013 AFECEI) must sign up as<br\/>a <strong>Direct Member<\/strong>,<em>pursuant to Art. L. 531-8 et L. 511-29 of the Monetary and Financial Code.<\/em>).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Direct Member : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Can vote at AMAFI&#8217;s Annual General Meeting. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are entitled to join Standing Committees and Working Groups. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get full access to information issued by AMAFI (mail-outs, website, newsletter, etc.) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can attend conferences organised by AMAFI. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The dues required of Direct Members are generally based on the entity\u2019s net banking<br\/>income or turnover. However, for two sub-categories, a flat-rate contribution may be applied (see contribution rules). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Associate Member<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This category is intended for firms that are not legally required to join an AFECEI-affiliated professional association but that wish to play a part in <strong>AMAFI&#8217;s work<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Members may: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Join Standing Committees and Working Groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get full access to information issued by AMAFI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attend conferences organised by AMAFI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Members are subject to flat-rate dues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Correspondent Member<\/strong><strong> <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This category is intended for any person or entity that is not legally required to join an<br\/>AFECEI-affiliated professional association but that wishes to play a part in AMAFI&#8217;s work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>Correspondent Member<\/strong> may : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get full access to information issued by AMAFI. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attend conferences organised by AMAFI. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, they may be involved in discussions led by AMAFI and in the organisation of conferences in partnership with AMAFI on an ad hoc basis only. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Law firms and consultancies<\/strong> working to promote market activities within the Paris<br\/>financial centre may be admitted as Correspondent Members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Correspondent Members are subject to flat-rate dues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correspondent Members (\u201csocial status\u201d)<\/strong> are a sub-category of Correspondent<br\/>Members that are entitled to take part in work by AMAFI on labour relations through the<br\/>Collective Bargaining Commission. Any company voluntarily applying the national collective bargaining agreement for financial market activities (CCNM) may be admitted as a Correspondent Member (\u201csocial status\u201d). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bg-white-70-lg-center | mb-5 has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--spacing-5);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--spacing-5)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Apply to join us<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the link below to access the membership application form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-button-tertiary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/become-a-member\/become-a-member\/\">Complete the membership application form<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once completed and sent to the Association, your membership application will be examined by the Board. You will receive a reply as soon as possible. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joining AMAFI brings multiple benefits Be closely involved in strategic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19636,"href":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1566\/revisions\/19636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amafi.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}