Customer story: a web freelancer between Paris and Dakar, verified in two minutes
A French web freelancer who lives between France and Senegal asked an AI assistant how to get paid, signed up, and was verified two minutes after submitting his ID.
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In brief. A web freelancer who works between Paris and Dakar wanted one account to be paid by French clients in euros and to move his earnings to Senegal. He found Storspay by asking an AI assistant, and was verified two minutes after submitting his ID.
The customer
A French freelancer who builds websites and runs digital projects for clients in France and Senegal. He spends part of the year in Dakar. He is a sole trader: no company, he invoices in his own name.
The problem
His clients pay in euros by bank transfer. His costs are partly in Senegal, in CFA francs, on mobile money. A French bank account does the first half well and the second half badly: sending to a mobile-money wallet in Senegal means a transfer service built for families, with its own limits, or a bank wire that takes days.
What he does on Storspay
- Signed up as a sole trader through the freelancer form and verified with an ID and a selfie. The account was approved two minutes after he submitted.
- Received his first euros by SEPA. They are held as euros.
- Added his mobile-money wallet in Senegal as a recipient, so he can move earnings there at 2% all-in, the same business day.
- Applied for euro account details in his own name, so French clients see his name as the account holder. Our banking partner approved him on 9 November 2026.
The result
One account now covers both halves of his work: euros in from French clients, CFA francs out to Senegal, with the euros untouched in between. He is at the start: this story will be updated as he uses the account.
Why it works
A sole trader is a business on Storspay. The account is opened for the work, not for family transfers, which is why it can offer euro account details and same-day payouts to mobile money in the same place.
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Customer name withheld at this stage. Figures are from the customer’s Storspay account as of 9 November 2026 and are shared in a form that does not identify them. Fees shown are the published fees on the Pricing page.
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