Exclusive - Orange is the new bank? Telecoms giant ventures into lending

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Telecoms giant Orange launches its own bank on Thursday, aiming to win 25 percent of France's online banking market by capitalising on the rising use of smartphones to steal share from established lenders with inferior technology.

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