Wallets/shine
Shine
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Key details
- Launch: 2017
- Users: 4M customers
Overview
Shine is French B2B neobank for SMEs + freelancers + Société Générale subsidiary post-Jun 2020 ~€100M acquisition + ~100K+ business customers in France [1, fr-cro].
History
2017 — Shine founded by Nicolas Reboud + Ralph Ruimy in France distinctive French B2B neobank heritage.
2018 — Shine mobile + web business banking app launch.
Jun 2020 — Société Générale acquires Shine for ~€100M distinctive French banking-fintech acquisition.
Ownership & operator
Operating entity: Shine SAS (French B2B neobank for SMEs + freelancers; Société Générale subsidiary).
Major shareholders: Société Générale (ENXTPA: GLE; French banking group) fully owned post-Jun 2020 acquisition.
Regulators: ACPR France + ECB.
Technical integration
Shine mobile app (iOS + Android; ~100K+ business customers) + shine.fr web + Shine Mastercard prepaid business cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Wero (post-EPI launch).
Implementations & partners
Société Générale parent: [[boursobank]] (Boursorama French digital bank subsidiary of Société Générale; 8.4M customers Jul 2025) + [[societe-generale-mobile]] (Société Générale Mobile French banking group app).
Major French + EU B2B neobank competitors: [[qonto]] (Qonto French B2B neobank for SMEs + freelancers; ACPR France credit institution licence post-Jul 2022; ~600K+ business customers across 8 countries; European business banking unicorn ~€4.4B valuation) + [[memo-bank]] (Memo Bank French B2B neobank for mid-market businesses) + [[finom]] (Finom European B2B neobank for SMEs + freelancers) + [[revolut-business]] (Revolut Business UK + global B2B neobank) + [[wise-business]] (Wise Business UK + global B2B multi-currency account) + [[sumup]] (SumUp UK + global SME payments + business banking).
Regulators: ACPR France + ECB.
Status
Active, French B2B neobank for SMEs + freelancers + Société Générale subsidiary post-Jun 2020 ~€100M acquisition + ~100K+ business customers in France [1, 2].
Sources
- 1 Shine — official
- 2 Shine — Wikipedia
- fr-cro In-corpus:
reports/countries/FR-france.md
Source
Biography extracted from shine.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.