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


Tom Matsuda

4 min read

Paris, France

When Europe’s legacy banks were on life support after the 2008 financial crisis, a new breed of challenger banks emerged. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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