You launched b.connect in September 2025. What is the status of the deployment?
Five shareholder banks (BNP Paribas, BPCE, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel and Société Générale each invested €7 million for 20% of the capital, Editor’s note) are all connected to the b.connect platform since the end of October 2025, which means 42 million clients can create a b.connect account. There is no application to download as we use banking authentication apps. We are currently in the beta test phase. To date, we recorded 2,000 b.connect client account creations, 2,300 account creations with merchants (or pairing with existing accounts) and 4,000 logins to sites via b.connect.
How many e-merchants have already integrated b.connect?
We speak of service providers, as these are e-merchants such as Leroy Merlin, Boulanger, Celio, Courir, but also Sofinco, Libération, Ouest-France. We have already signed 24 contracts, 75% of which are in production at the end of January 2026. The others will be in the coming months. The goal is to continue recruiting new major retailers, and we are already in very advanced discussions.
