Our history

Our history
  • 2010-2012 : Development of online banking in France

    2012 : m-banking rollout, implementation of initiatives to develop customers mobility: tablets applications, introduction of new email or sms alerts, commercial partnership with PhoneHouse
    August 2012 :
    Boursorama exceeds 400,000 customers in France
    July 2012 :
    launch of "Boursorama Expert", an offering dedicated to the Forex, CFDs and Futures markets
    2011 :
    confirmation of the strategic priority focusing on the development of online banking in France
    Continuation of the policy of introducing innovative products and services (automatic aggregation for the MoneyCenter, mobile banking application, launch of "Direct Emetteurs")
    August 2011 : overhaul of the boursorama.com portal
    October 2011 : Selftrade obtains the banking licence in the United Kingdom from the FSA
    August 2010 : Boursorama continues to expand in Germany with the acquisition of Nordnet's German customer portfolio by On Vista Bank
    Mai 2010 : new communication campaign "La banque en ligne avec son époque"
  • 2007-2009 : Expansion in Europe

    February 2009 : creation of SelfBank in Spain in partnership with La Caixa
    May 2008 : launch of the comercial offer in Germany under the name OnVista Bank
    January 2008 : announcement of the creation of an online bank in Spain in a joint venture with La Caixa
    September 2007 : take over bid on OnVista AG, in order to buy the financial portal www.onvista.de
  • 2004-2006 : Orientation towards online banking

    2006 : announcement of the merger with CaixaBank France in February and absorption in July, then launch of a new banking offering
    December 2005 : Boursorama launches Boursorama Bank
    August 2005 : acquisition of the online broker Squaregain (formerly Comdirect UK)
    September 2004 : launch of the offer of free access to online savings with 0% upfront fee on Boursorama Vie and marketing of Boursorama 0% mutual funds account
    March 2004 : launch of Boursorama Vie in partnership with Generali
  • 2002-2003 : Growth

    January 2003 : change of name, Fimatex becomes Boursorama
    December 2002 : acquisition of Selftrade, one of the most important competitors of Fimatex in France
    March 2002 : acquisition of Finance Net (owner of the leading Internet portal of financial information in France, boursorama.com)
  • 2001 : Streamlining

    2001 : authorisation to carry out banking activities in France
  • 2000 : Initial Public Offering

    March 2000 : Initial Public Offering of Fimatex (Paris, Nouveau marché, Eurolist B)
  • 1998-1999 : Expansion

    1999 : offer extension with the set up of the mutual funds platform
    1998 : launch of the first online trading website in France (www.fimatex.fr)
  • 1995-1997 : Establishment

    1997 : launch of the German subsidiary in Frankfurt
    1996 : launch of GTS (Global Trading System)
    1995 : the company Fimatex, subsidiary of Société Générale launch a service on Minitel (3615 Fimatex), allowing individual investors to carry out real time transactions on the Matif, the Monep and the stock markets, the beginning of Internet services