Updated September 28, 2026
What is FR_ACPR?
In short
FR_ACPR is the French authority that licenses banks and payment service providers, and each licensed firm gets a register code.
FR_ACPR is the entry used for the French authority that licenses banks and payment service providers, and each licensed firm appears in the public payment register with its own code. Providers of accounts and cards such as Alior, Qonto, Qonto_AT, Shine and Spendesk are listed there, which is a quick way to confirm the firm is supervised in France. Alior holds licence PSD_PI FR_ACPR!89914, Qonto and Qonto_AT share licence PSD_PI FR_ACPR!68677, Shine holds licence PSD_PI FR_ACPR!71758 and Spendesk holds licence PSD_PI FR_ACPR!95851. A shared code covers a whole group, so confirm your own account sits under it.
Sources
- euclid.eba.europa.eu, checked September 26, 2026