Crédit Agricole Group
Crédit Agricole Group is the largest financial sponsor of the French economy, the 9th largest bank in the world by total assets, and one of Europe's leading banks.
The group is also the leading European asset manager, the largest bank insurer in Europe and one of the leading European banks in project finance.
Thanks to its universal community banking model - the close collaboration between its local banks and their related businesses - Crédit Agricole Group supports its clients in their projects in France and around the world: payment methods, asset management, leasing and factoring, corporate and investment banking, insurance, sustainable financing...
Being the bank of choice for almost 1 out of every 2 companies in France, the Group operates in 46 countries and has 154 000 employees and 54 million customers.
A global Group committed to supporting companies in their international development
Crédit Agricole Group is a reference bank for companies in international trade and offers them a complete range of services tailored to developing internationally as well as a major support system around the world.
In our French network (Crédit Agricole Regional Banks and LCL), more than 900 relationship managers and 400 International Trade Experts are mobilised to provide customised solutions to their customers' needs thanks to dedicated back offices in the region.
The Group's "International Desks" network supports client companies in more than 90 countries, providing them with expertise in local business practices and access to a wide range of banking services. This is all thanks to Crédit Agricole Group's international locations and a network of major foreign banks with which the group has partnership agreements.
Our main partners
Since 2007 Crédit Agricole Group has developed an exclusive partnership with ALTIOS, the leading French private equity firm in international development consulting. ALTIOS offers services that facilitate the development of internationalisation strategies, prospection and support to implement projects for our corporate clients.
Crédit Agricole Group and Bpifrance signed a partnership agreement in 2015 aimed at strengthening their collaboration in supporting French companies abroad (particularly through co-financing and risk sharing).
Crédit Agricole Group and Business France, the public agency at the service of the internationalisation of the French economy, solidified their historical ties by signing a partnership agreement in 2016.
Crédit Agricole signed, in July 2023, a distribution agreement with Coface (Compagnie française d'assurance pour le commerce extérieur) to support its corporate customers in their international development.
With this agreement, Crédit Agricole offers Coface's credit insurance products to secure the activity of its corporate customers focused on international trade.
The branches and subsidiaries of the Crédit Agricole Group throughout the world are members of the French CCIs abroad (CCIF). The International Desks of the Crédit Agricole Group collaborate regularly with the CCIF to provide our corporate clients with services facilitating their establishment in foreign markets.
All around France, Crédit Agricole Group's international trade experts collaborate with the CCI International network, a key player in the support system for company internationalisation.
OUR BRANDS AND BUSINESS LINES
The Crédit Agricole Group is made up of more than thirty strong brands, around its universal local banking model.