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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Powens (formerly Budget Insight).\n\nRomain 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.\n\n## What Romain builds\n\n- [Powens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/powens.md), graded E, 42.8/100, in Bank data \u0026 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 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Fabien Oliveira](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/fabien-oliveira/), Chief Product \u0026 Technology Officer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [PSG Equity](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/psg-equity/)\n- [Crédit Mutuel Arkéa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/credit-mutuel-arkea/)\n- [Grupo Elektra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/grupo-elektra/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Romain Bignon?\n\nRomain 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.\n\n### What does Powens SAS make?\n\nAnchor 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.\n\n### Who has invested in Powens SAS?\n\nThe sources our research read name PSG Equity, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and Grupo Elektra.\n\n### How are Romain's tools graded?\n\nPowens is graded E, 42.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.powens.com/about-us/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabien-oliveira-1880911a/\n- https://www.powens.com/\n- https://x.com/Powens_eu\n- https://www.powens.com/contact-us/\n- https://powens.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/14\n- https://linuxfr.org/news/creation-d-entreprise-et-logiciel-libre-romain-bignon-de-la-societe-budget-insight\n- https://powens.com/?p=3567\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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