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On 18 April 2008, Credit Agricole revealed that it would post $1.2 billion in losses related to subprime mortgage securities. In May 2008 Credit Agricole sought to raise €5.9 billion in equity capital from its shareholders. The shares controversially sold off from €19 to €6 over the successive period as the financial crisis escalated. [44]
The next year, again as in France, regional entities were created under the generic name National Agricultural Credit Bank (French: Caisse Régionale du Crédit Agricole, CRCA). In 1968, these were complemented by more decentralized entities under the generic name Local Agricultural Credit Bank (French: Caisse Locale du Crédit Agricole, CLCA ...
CB GIE was created in 1984 by the six founding banks of Carte Bleue, plus Crédit Agricole and Crédit Mutuel. [2] Since 1992, all CB cards are smart cards; France was the first country to bring into the mainstream the use of smart cards with PIN verification in lieu of magnetic stripe cards and signature verification.
In 1997, Carr Futures was acquired by Crédit Agricole, and in 2004, Carr Futures was rebranded as Calyon Financial. On January 2, 2008, Calyon Financial merged with Fimat to become Newedge , which was jointly owned in a 50/50 split between the two forming company's parent banks, Calyon and Société Générale .
In late April 2022, Crédit Agricole announced the sale of its 78.7 percent stake in Crédit du Maroc to the Holmarcom Group. [4] [5] A new visual identity was adopted by Crédit du Maroc following that change of ownership. The International Bank of Tangier (BIT) and SIFIM are subsidiaries of the CDM Group.
Crédit Agricole Indosuez (CAI) was created in 1996 with the purchase of Banque Indosuez by Crédit Agricole. Calyon was created in May 2004 by the transfer to CAI of assets from Crédit Lyonnais's Corporate and Investment Banking division. The division was rebranded Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CACIB) in February 2010.
LCL S.A. is a major French banking network that is part of the Crédit Agricole group, with registered office in Lyon and administrative head office in Paris, France. [2] It was established in 2005 from its predecessor the Crédit Lyonnais , and its name LCL refers to " L e C rédit L yonnais".
The Crédit Lyonnais (French: [kʁedi ljɔnɛ], "Lyon Credit [Company]") was a major French bank, created in 1863 and absorbed by former rival Crédit Agricole in 2003. Its head office was initially in Lyon but moved to Paris in 1882. In the early years of the 20th century, it was the world's largest bank by total assets. [1]