Boursorama
Encyclopedia
Boursorama is a European online financial services company. Activities range from stock broking to direct banking
and financial information.
The Boursorama group is present in France
, Germany
, the United Kingdom
and Spain
.
The brokerage started in France in 1995 under the name Fimatex with online order via the minitel
system. A separate financial information portal named Boursorama.com was created that same year in Nancy. The two merged in 2003 and retained the brand Boursorama.
The group has been present in Germany since 1997 where the Fimatex brand was changed to OnVista following the acquisition of the information site of the same name in 2007. In the United Kingdom and Spain, the Group is present with the Selftrade brand.
Boursorama is listed on the Euronext B compartment in Paris (ISIN: FR0000075228, Euronext code: BRS, Reuters code: FMTX.LN, Bloomberg code: BRS FP). The company is majority owned by banking group Société Générale
and 20% by Criteria CaixaCorp
.
Virtual bank
A direct bank is a bank without any branch network. It offers its financial services by:* Telephone banking* Online banking* Automated teller machines * Mail banking* Mobile banking...
and financial information.
The Boursorama group is present in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
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, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
The brokerage started in France in 1995 under the name Fimatex with online order via the minitel
Minitel
The Minitel is a Videotex online service accessible through the telephone lines, and is considered one of the world's most successful pre-World Wide Web online services. It was launched in France in 1982 by the PTT...
system. A separate financial information portal named Boursorama.com was created that same year in Nancy. The two merged in 2003 and retained the brand Boursorama.
The group has been present in Germany since 1997 where the Fimatex brand was changed to OnVista following the acquisition of the information site of the same name in 2007. In the United Kingdom and Spain, the Group is present with the Selftrade brand.
Boursorama is listed on the Euronext B compartment in Paris (ISIN: FR0000075228, Euronext code: BRS, Reuters code: FMTX.LN, Bloomberg code: BRS FP). The company is majority owned by banking group Société Générale
Société Générale
Société Générale S.A. is a large European Bank and a major Financial Services company that has a substantial global presence. Its registered office is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, while its head office is in the Tours Société Générale in the business district of La...
and 20% by Criteria CaixaCorp
Criteria CaixaCorp
Caixabank, S.A. is a financial services company, controlled with an 81% stake by Spanish savings bank La Caixa...
.