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Like the other Canadian chartered banks, BCN issued its own paper currency until the Bank of Canada Act of 1934 created the Bank of Canada and it relinquished this right. In 1968, Banque Canadienne Nationale was one of the four original banks to form CHARGEX Ltd. through a licence from BankAmericard , providing Canada with its first interbank ...
The merged bank was renamed "Banque Canadienne Nationale" (BCN) (English, "Canadian National Bank"). In 1968, BCN, in conjunction with a number of other banks, launched Chargex, the first credit card to be issued by a Canadian bank. During the 1970s, Quebec-based rival Provincial Bank of Canada expanded rapidly through a number of acquisitions.
The Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃k nɑsjɔnal puʁ lə kɔmɛʁs e lɛ̃dystʁi]; "National Bank for Trade and Industry"; abbr. BNCI) was a major French bank, active from 1932 to 1966 when it merged with Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris to form Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP).
With 190,000 employees, the bank is organized into three major business areas: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services (CPBS); Investment & Protection Services (IPS); and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB). BNP Paribas is listed on Euronext Paris and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. [10]
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 "Le Crédit Lyonnais".
Banque Libano-Française (BLF) was created in 1930 as a branch of the French bank, Compagnie Algérienne. In 1967, BLF became a bank established under the Lebanese law, with 70% French shareholding.
The Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations succeeded the Caisse de garantie et d'amortissement, created by Napoleon and liquidated in 1816 following his demise. It was the brainchild of Louis-Emmanuel Corvetto, Finance Minister under King Louis XVIII, in a context of government debt distress in the aftermath of the Hundred Days turmoil of 1815 and of Louis XVIII's distrust of the Bank of France ...
Former head office of BCEN-Eurobank at 79-81, boulevard Haussmann in Paris. Banque Commerciale pour l’Europe du Nord (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃k kɔmɛʁsjal puʁ løʁɔp dy nɔʁ], BCEN) or Banque Commerciale pour l'Europe du Nord – Eurobank (BCEN-Eurobank) was a Soviet-controlled bank in Paris, [1] founded in 1921 by wealthy Russian emigres and supported by the Council of People's ...