It has been reported that French bank BNP Paribas, the largest bank in France by assets, is set to open a new online bank.
The reports state that although the bank already offers online banking to its retail customers the new project will be entirely digital.
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Sources say that the project has a target of 25,000 customers by the end of 2013.
It is rumoured that the online bank will be called "Hello Bank".
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