When Europe’s legacy banks were on life support after the 2008 financial crisis, a new breed of challenger banks emerged.
Analysis
August 6, 2024
France doesn’t have a consumer neobank. That might be about to change.
With both French legacy banks and overseas neobanks competing, the race to become the go-to consumer neobank in France is heating up
4 min read
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Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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