France, here is the bank of the poor

27 May 2013, 12:36 | di Joseph Baselice | 0

All you need to do is go to your newspaper seller or to the tobacconist near your home: the initiative comes from Hugues Le Bret, former director of communications at Société Générale and the online credit institution Boursorama.

Eleven million euros for the less well-off, to be distributed through newsstands and tobacconists: it was established in France the “bank of the poor”, on the initiative of Hugues Le Bret, former director of communications at Société Générale and the Boursorama online credit institution.

The news is revealed by the business newspaper Challenges.fr: the new account is called “Compte-Nickel”, will start with a basic capital (approved by the transalpine electronic payment finance company) of 11 million euros and will be accessible to all.

“The current account – explained Le Bret – can be opened in 5 minutes, without any guarantee of income, deposit or assets, and without any discrimination". Simply go to your newspaper retailer or to the tobacconist near your home.

Joseph Baselice

Born in Naples on 1 October 1980, he studied between Italy and France and then, starting from 2004, worked as a journalist between Milan and Rome. From 2011 to 2021 he was editor of FIRSTonline, with which he continues to collaborate from Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he moved to live at the end of 2021. He currently also writes for other Italian newspapers and magazines, on current political and economic issues of South America. He speaks French, Portuguese and English (in that order of level).