Wallets/hello-bank-fr
Hello bank! (France)
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Key details
- Launch: 2013
- Users: 4M customers
Overview
Hello bank! (France) is BNP Paribas French digital bank brand + founded 2013 in France + Belgium + Italy + Austria + Czech Republic + ~3M+ customers across 5 EU countries + Orange Bank French customers migrated post-2024 ~+730K 1, France report.
History
2013 — Hello bank! launched by BNP Paribas as European digital bank brand across France + Belgium + Italy + Austria + Czech Republic distinctive French banking digital brand heritage.
2013 — Hello bank! mobile + web banking app launch.
2024 — Hello bank! receives Orange Bank French + Spanish customer migration ~+730K customers post-Orange Bank wind-down.
Ownership & operator
Operating entity: Hello bank! (BNP Paribas French digital bank brand; operates under BNP Paribas banking license).
Major shareholders: BNP Paribas (ENXTPA: BNP; French global banking group) fully owned digital bank brand.
Regulators: ACPR France + ECB + national regulators across 5 countries.
Technical integration
Hello bank! mobile app (iOS + Android; ~3M+ customers across 5 EU countries) + hellobank.fr web + Hello bank! Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Wero (post-EPI launch).
Implementations & partners
BNP Paribas parent: BNP Paribas Mes Comptes (BNP Paribas S.A.; ENXTPA: BNP; French global banking group; 65+ countries + 198,000+ employees) + Nickel (France) (Nickel French neobank distributed via tobacco shops; BNP Paribas subsidiary post-Apr 14 2017 ~€200M acquisition; ~4M+ customers across 5 EU countries).
Major French online + neobank competitors: BoursoBank (Boursorama) (Boursorama French digital bank subsidiary of Société Générale; 8.4M customers Jul 2025) + Orange Bank (Orange Bank French neobank by Orange; BNP Paribas acquired 2024 via Hello bank! + Cetelem customer migration then wind-down) + Ma French Bank (Ma French Bank La Banque Postale digital bank; closed 2024) + Fortuneo (Fortuneo French online bank + brokerage; Crédit Mutuel Arkéa subsidiary; ~1.1M+ customers) + Monabanq (Monabanq French online bank; Crédit Mutuel CIC subsidiary; ~600K+ customers) + Lydia / Sumeria (Lydia French P2P mobile wallet + neobank) + Revolut (Revolut UK global; ~5M+ French users; Sep 2024 EU bank license via Lithuania).
Regulators: ACPR France + ECB + national regulators across 5 countries.
Status
Active, BNP Paribas French digital bank brand + founded 2013 in France + Belgium + Italy + Austria + Czech Republic + ~3M+ customers across 5 EU countries + Orange Bank French customers migrated post-2024 ~+730K 1, 2.
Sources
- 1 Hello bank! — official
- 2 Hello bank! — Wikipedia
- France report In-corpus:
reports/countries/FR-france.md
Source
Biography extracted from hello-bank-fr.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.