# Romain Bignon (slim)

> Romain Bignon is co-founder of Powens (formerly Budget Insight). Powens on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Powens (formerly Budget Insight).

Romain Bignon co-founded Budget Insight, now Powens, in February 2012 and was its backend developer in the early years.

## What Romain builds

- [Powens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/powens.md), graded E, 42.8/100, in 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 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Fabien Oliveira](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/fabien-oliveira/), Chief Product & Technology Officer

## Backed by

- [PSG Equity](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/psg-equity/)
- [Crédit Mutuel Arkéa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/credit-mutuel-arkea/)
- [Grupo Elektra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/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.

### What does Powens SAS make?

Anchor Terminal lists Powens from Powens SAS.

### 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

- 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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