Founder of a listed tool
Romain Bignon
Co-founder, Powens (formerly Budget Insight), named behind the Powens listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Romain builds
Powens E · Bank data & open banking
Powens is a French open banking platform, formerly Budget Insight. Its REST API and hosted Webview read bank accounts, balances and transactions with the account holder's consent, verify account ownership and start bank payments in Europe.
Co-founder, Powens (formerly Budget Insight), researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Fabien Oliveira Chief Product & Technology Officer
Backed by
PSG Equity Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Grupo Elektra
Questions
Who is Romain Bignon?
Romain Bignon co-founded Budget Insight, now Powens, in February 2012 and was its backend developer in the early years. Budget Insight began with a consumer budgeting app and took part in free software through the Weboob project.
What does Powens SAS make?
Anchor Terminal lists Powens from Powens SAS. Powens is a French open banking platform, formerly Budget Insight. Its REST API and hosted Webview read bank accounts, balances and transactions with the account holder's consent, verify account ownership and start bank payments in Europe.
Who has invested in Powens SAS?
The sources our research read name PSG Equity, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and Grupo Elektra.
How are Romain's tools graded?
Powens is graded E, 42.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (8)
- https://www.powens.com/about-us/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabien-oliveira-1880911a/
- https://www.powens.com/
- https://x.com/Powens_eu
- https://www.powens.com/contact-us/
- https://powens.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/14
- https://linuxfr.org/news/creation-d-entreprise-et-logiciel-libre-romain-bignon-de-la-societe-budget-insight
- https://powens.com/?p=3567
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