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Business account, invoicing, expense management and financing in one platform built for European freelancers, startups and SMEs.

The European business finance platform: business account, certified e-invoicing, expense management, financing and company creation, licensed by the French regulator ACPR.

Qonto is the business finance platform built for European companies, combining a business account with invoicing, expense management and financing in one dashboard. Freelancers open an account in minutes, SMEs run their whole financial operations on it, and founders can even create their company through Qonto in 24 hours.

The platform goes well beyond banking basics: certified e-invoicing, SEPA transfers, physical and virtual cards, Tap to Pay, POS terminals, overdrafts and pay-later financing, plus AI agents that automate repetitive finance tasks. More than 2,000 integrations connect Qonto to accounting and business tools.

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Key benefits:

  • Business account with local European IBANs and debit and credit cards
  • Certified e-invoicing compliant with incoming EU invoicing mandates
  • Expense management with team cards, budgets and receipt capture
  • Financing options including overdraft and pay-later
  • Company creation with 24-hour registration for new founders
  • 2,000+ integrations with accounting and business software

Qonto SA is headquartered at 18 rue de Navarin in Paris, France, and is a licensed payment institution authorized by the ACPR, the French banking regulator, since 2018. Your business finances stay inside the European regulatory perimeter, under the GDPR.

Ideal for European freelancers, startups and SMEs that want modern business banking without depending on a US neobank that cannot even open accounts for them.

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