France

Complete list of 11 challenger banks and neobanks headquartered in France. Compare digital-first banks with API access, sandbox availability, and more.

#Challenger Banks in France

11 digital-first banks headquartered here.

11
Challenger banks
3
With developer portal
2
With sandbox

#All challenger banks

Kard
Kard is a mobile banking alternative for the new generation, offering a never-seen-before customer experience that is cool, social & free.
Lydia
Instantly send money to friends and pay contactless anywhere with your phone. Shared accounts, money pots, card with no fees abroad, and more...
manager.one
manager.one is a bank for professionals, offering you a fixed monthly rate with no strings attached. It includes an online business account and unlimited Visa Corporate cards.
Max
Max is the trade name of the company Nouvelle Vague, a young Breton FinTech company and subsidiary of the Arkéa group.
APISandbox
Memo Bank
Memo Bank (formerly Margo) is a new bank for businesses.
Nickel (Compte Nickel)
Formerly known as Compte Nickel, Nickel is an alternative French banking service. Founded in 2014, the company sells debit cards and current accounts at more than 5,000 tobacconists in France. Customers manage their accounts through a mobile app. Nickel counts some 1.2 million clients in France and now plans to launch in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and Austria. The company was acquired by French bank BNP Paribas in 2017.
Orange Bank
Orange Bank is a bank launched by French telecom company Orange.
Pixpay
Pixpay is a payment card for teens, with an application to learn how to manage your budget on a daily basis.
Qonto
The neobank for SMEs and freelancers. Qonto provides a fully featured business account with a simplified accounting flow.
API
Shine
Shine.fr is a mobile bank that offers a management platform to freelancers for online banking with contract and invoice management.
APISandbox
Vybe
The startup Vybe, a neobank for young people, claims more than 900000 registered users on its site and 170000 pre-orders of cards.
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