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17 November 2025

iBanFirst strengthens its governance and announces two new appointments
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8 October 2025

iBanFirst launches iBanPay, its AI-powered invoice processing assistant

16 July 2025

iBanFirst ranked among the world’s top fintechs by CNBC

6 March 2025

Fintech iBanFirst Secures UK EMI License to Expand Market Operations

3 May 2024

Now processing 2 billion euros a month, iBanFirst announces that it has reached profitability

1 March 2024

iBanFirst in the Financial Times’ ‘FT 1000’ for the 5th time in a row

30 May 2023

iBanFirst launches local USD accounts to support companies in their US expansion

30 March 2023

iBanFirst confirms hypergrowth and announces new brand identity

1 March 2023

iBanFirst listed in the Financial Times’ “FT 1000” ranking for the 4th year in a row

16 November 2022

iBanFirst announces closing of acquisition of Cornhill, the UK-based FX provider, to establish itself as a key player in the most dynamic market in Europe

22 September 2022

French fintech iBanFirst announces a string of recruitments and new appointments to its Executive Committee to support its fast-growing operations

15 March 2022

iBanFirst appoints Sonia Boudier as new Chief of Tech and Strategy Officer

29 June 2021

iBanFirst takes a smart approach to open banking for SMEs, finally delivering on PSD2 promises

27 May 2021

iBanFirst teams up with global investment firm Marlin Equity Partners to finance organic growth and M&A initiatives

2 March 2021

FT 1000 2021: iBanFirst among Europe’s fastest-growing companies for the second year in a row

14 January 2021

iBanFirst launches real-time cross-border ‘Payment Tracker’ for both payers and payees

12 November 2020

Deloitte nominates iBanFirst for its Technology Fast 50 for a third consecutive year

11 June 2020

Elaia and Bpifrance acquire stakes in iBanFirst in a €21 million third round of funding

11 December 2019

iBanFirst expands in central Europe with the acquisition of German competitor Forexfix

20 November 2019

iBanFirst ramps up its international expansion with the acquisition of NBWM

In the media

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This article highlights how iBanFirst brings experienced executives into key positions to assist its growth phase and regulatory requirements.

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This article discusses how strategic leadership appointments at iBanFirst strengthen its governance and operational capabilities as it scales.

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This article explores how businesses can protect their financial operations from the impacts of rising producer prices and inflation pressures.

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This article highlights how iBanFirst is expanding its AI-powered platform into the UK market through the launch of iBanPay, an invoice automation tool designed to reduce manual processing and payment errors.

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This article discusses how emerging technologies are transforming cross-border payment systems and what this means for the future of global commerce.

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This article explains why proper currency risk management strategies are crucial for businesses operating across multiple markets and jurisdictions.

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This article covers how iBanFirst secured FCA authorisation as an EMI to expand its UK presence and target accelerated revenue growth in 2025.

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This article reports how iBanFirst achieved its first full year of profitability in 2024, generating €65m in revenues and eyeing €100m ARR.

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This article covers how iBanFirst and SeedBlink teamed up to streamline multi-currency fundraising for startups, cutting investor onboarding from 10 days to a few hours.

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This article ranks iBanFirst among Europe's 1000 fastest-growing companies, as measured by the Financial Times and Statista over 2019-2022.

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This article announces how iBanFirst appointed Julien Molez as its new Chief Operating Officer.

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This article explores the nascent yet growing venture capital ecosystems in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, with iBanFirst's CEO sharing insights on market immaturity and fragmentation.

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This article illustrates how iBanFirst helps European businesses cut the cost and complexity of cross-border payments, with a focus on its expansion into Central and Eastern Europe.

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This opinion piece by iBanFirst's CEO argues that payment specialisation is reshaping European banking, with fintech pure players gaining trust and ground over traditional institutions.

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This article notes how iBanFirst earned a spot in the FT 1000 for the fourth consecutive year, climbing from 815th to 378th place on sustained annual growth above 70%.

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This opinion piece by iBanFirst's CEO examines how global currency devaluations and central bank interventions in 2022 have sparked a new era of monetary instability and protectionism.

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This article details how iBanFirst acquired London-based FX provider Cornhill to enter the UK market and ease post-Brexit cross-border payment friction for European SMEs.

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This article describes how iBanFirst launched an M&A strategy with the Cornhill acquisition, backed by a €100m war chest to build its global multicurrency payments footprint for SMEs.

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This article outlines how iBanFirst secured a $243m partnership with Marlin Equity Partners to fund European expansion and simplify large-scale cross-border payments for corporations.

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Marlin becomes iBanFirst’s biggest shareholder

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This article features iBanFirst at rank 257 in the FT 1000's fifth annual list of Europe's fastest-growing companies, with a 90% CAGR recorded between 2016 and 2019.

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This article covers how iBanFirst launched its Payment Tracker, giving SMEs and mid-caps real-time visibility on international transfers for both payers and payees, much like parcel tracking.

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This article reports how Marlin Equity Partners became iBanFirst's largest shareholder following a $243m deal designed to accelerate the company's growth and acquisition strategy.

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This article covers how iBanFirst raised a $23.8m Series C round led by Elaia and Bpifrance to scale its multi-currency payment platform for European SMEs across 30 currencies.

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iBanFirst S.A. is duly authorised and regulated by the National Bank of Belgium (under company number 0849.872.824) as a payment institution. Our registered address is at Avenue Louise 489, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. The products and services that iBanFirst S.A. offers are limited to unregulated spot FX transactions and deliverable forward payment contracts (forward payment, flexible forward payment and dynamic forward payment) excluded from MiFID and EMIR regulation, as they are intended to cover an underlying future payment for identifiable goods and services. iBanFirst S.A. does not offer options or any other financial instruments for investment or speculative purposes.