Bank Account File (Ficoba)
Verified 05 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The national file of bank accounts and similar (Ficoba) lists all bank accounts opened in France: current accounts, savings accounts, securities accounts, etc. Ficoba also lists safes rented in France. Want to check the information listed in the file? We explain who can access it, how to apply and what steps you need to follow to correct the information in the file.
The Ficoba file lists all bank accounts opened in France: current accounts, savings accounts, securities accounts, etc.
Ficoba also lists safes rented in France.
It shall indicate the operations of opening, modifying and closing an account, specifying the following information:
- Name and address of the bank managing the account
- Identity of the holder(s)
- Essential features of the account (number, type of account, etc.)
- Date and nature of the transaction declared (opening, closing, modification)
It does not indicate the transactions carried out and the balance of the accounts.
The information is retained throughout the life of the account and 10 years after its closure.
The file is completed and updated by the banks.
You cannot object to the registration of your accounts in Ficoba.
The following people can access the file:
Other people and organizations also have access to Ficoba. These include the tax administration, judicial police officers, certain judges, notaries in charge of a succession, commissioners of justice (formerly bailiff and judicial auctioneer) and certain agents of the Caf: titleContent.
The access request is free.
The access procedures vary depending on the person to whom the bank account concerned by the request belongs.
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Bank account in your name
You must address your request to the National Commission of Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil).
You can apply online:
You can also send your request in writing to the indirect access rights unit of the National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil). You must attach proof of identity to your mail.
Who shall I contact
National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil)
By mail
3 Place de Fontenoy
TSA 80715
75334 Paris cedex 07
The CNIL does not receive the public or provide any information on the spot.
By telephone
+33 1 53 73 22 22
Telephone reception open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm.
Legal information open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 12pm.
By email
Access to contact form
Bank account of a person you represent
This concerns, for example, the request of parents for the bank account of a child or a lawyer for the bank account of a client.
You must address your request to the National Commission of Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil).
You can apply online:
You can also send your request by mail to the indirect access rights unit of the National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil). You must attach proof of identity to your mail.
Who shall I contact
National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil)
By mail
3 Place de Fontenoy
TSA 80715
75334 Paris cedex 07
The CNIL does not receive the public or provide any information on the spot.
By telephone
+33 1 53 73 22 22
Telephone reception open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm.
Legal information open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 12pm.
By email
Access to contact form
Another person's bank account
This includes applying for the bank account of a deceased person of whom you are the heir.
You must send your request in writing to the FBFV National Treatment Center. You must attach to your mail a copy of the death certificate, proof of your identity and a document proving that you are an heir.
Who shall I contact
FBFV National Treatment Center
By mail
BP 31
77421 Marne La Vallée Cedex 02
If the data transmitted is false, you can exercise your right of rectification. To do this, you must send the bank concerned the documents necessary for the rectification (for example: death certificate of the account holder).
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
- Department in charge of taxes (treasury, tax department...)
National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil)
By mail
3 Place de Fontenoy
TSA 80715
75334 Paris cedex 07
The CNIL does not receive the public or provide any information on the spot.
By telephone
+33 1 53 73 22 22
Telephone reception open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm.
Legal information open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 12pm.
By email
Access to contact form
FBFV National Treatment Center
By mail
BP 31
77421 Marne La Vallée Cedex 02
- General Tax Code: Articles 1649 A to 1649 ACTransmission of banking information to tax authorities
- Tax Procedures Book: Articles L148 to L151-BDerogations for ministerial officers (Article L151-B)
- Order of 14 June 1982 concerning the bank account register
- Request a Verification on FicobaNational Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil)
- File of bank accounts and similarSupervisory and Resolution Authority (ACPR)
- FicobaNational Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil)