Cortal Consors SA was a

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an broker in personal investing and online trading. Formed by a merger of French company Cortal and German company Consors, they launched a 2003 rebranding campaign. Cortal Consors was a subsidiary of

BNP Paribas BNP Paribas is a French international banking group, founded in 2000 from the merger between Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP, "National Bank of Paris") and Paribas, formerly known as the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas. The full name of the grou ...

.Plunkett, Jack W. (2006). ''Plunkett's Banking, Mortgages & Credit Industry Almanac 2007: Banking.'' Plunkett Research, Ltd., By 2010, Cortal Consors had more than 1 million customers in three countries (

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and

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). In 2013 BNP Paribas launched its new

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Hello bank! Hello bank! is a digital direct bank owned by BNP Paribas that started operations in 2013. The bank operates in France, Belgium, Germany (using the name Consorsbank), Italy, the Czech Republic and Austria. BNP Paribas has claimed that it is "th ...

in France and a few other European countries to replace Cortal Consors. In December 2014, services in Germany were relaunched under the

Consorsbank Consorsbank is a brand of ''BNP Paribas S.A. Niederlassung Deutschland'' with its seat in Nürnberg. Activities As a direct bank, Consorsbank offers its full range of products online. They include a current account, with two free debit card ...

brand, adopting a very similar logo to Hello Bank!. In 2015 the accounts of French Cortal Consors customers were transferred to Hello bank! France and in 2016 Cortal Consors France ceased its operations. In Spain, services are now offered under the "BNP Paribas Personal Investors" brand.

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