Wallets/orange-bank
Orange Bank
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Key details
- Users: 4M customers
Overview
Orange Bank is French neobank by Orange Telecom + founded Nov 2017 by Orange SA acquiring Groupama Banque + ~2.7M+ customers France + Spain at peak + BNP Paribas acquired 2024 via customer migration to Hello bank! + Cetelem then wind-down [1, fr-cro].
History
Nov 2017 — Orange Bank launched by Orange SA after acquiring Groupama Banque distinctive French telecom-banking heritage.
2019 — Orange Bank Spain launch.
Apr 2024 — Orange SA announces sale of Orange Bank French + Spanish customers to BNP Paribas Hello bank! + Cetelem + Orange Bank wind-down distinctive French telecom-banking exit.
2025 — Orange Bank operations winding down.
Ownership & operator
Operating entity: Orange Bank SA (French neobank by Orange; BNP Paribas acquired 2024 via wind-down).
Major shareholders: Orange SA (ENXTPA: ORA; French telecom group) historically + BNP Paribas customer migration deal 2024.
Regulators: ACPR France + ECB.
Technical integration
Orange Bank mobile app (iOS + Android; ~2.7M+ customers France + Spain at peak) + orangebank.fr web + Orange Bank Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Wero (post-EPI launch).
Implementations & partners
Major French online + neobank competitors: [[boursobank]] (Boursorama French digital bank subsidiary of Société Générale; 8.4M customers Jul 2025) + [[hello-bank-fr]] (Hello bank! BNP Paribas digital bank brand; Orange Bank customers migrated post-2024) + [[nickel]] (Nickel French neobank distributed via tobacco shops; BNP Paribas subsidiary; ~4M+ customers across 5 EU countries) + [[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]] (Lydia French P2P mobile wallet + neobank) + [[revolut]] (Revolut UK global; ~5M+ French users; Sep 2024 EU bank license via Lithuania).
Regulators: ACPR France + ECB.
Status
Winding down, French neobank by Orange Telecom + founded Nov 2017 + ~2.7M+ customers France + Spain at peak + Apr 2024 BNP Paribas acquired customers via Hello bank! + Cetelem migration + Orange Bank wind-down [1, 2].
Sources
- 1 Orange Bank — official
- 2 Orange Bank — Wikipedia
- fr-cro In-corpus:
reports/countries/FR-france.md
Source
Biography extracted from orange-bank.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.