The Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie 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). It was itself the successor of the Comptoir d'Escompte de Mulhouse, a bank founded in 1848 under the Second French Republic that had become German following the Franco-Prussian War, and its French subsidiary formed in 1913, the Banque Nationale de Crédit.
Headquarters of the BNCI in Paris, 16 boulevard des Italiens
Nicolas Koechlin (1781-1852), first director of the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Mulhouse
Building at 20, rue Le Peletier in Paris, BNC head office from 1913 to 1917
Head office built by BNC and used by BNCI at 16, boulevard des Italiens
Crédit Lyonnais
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The Crédit Lyonnais 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.
Former Crédit Lyonnais headquarters from 1882 to 2010 at 17-23, boulevard des Italiens in Paris
Share of the Crédit Lyonnais, issued 1 November 1863
1881 Calendar advertising the Crédit Lyonnais, including the new Paris head office (center) and branches at rue de Rivoli (left) and Les Halles (right)
1955 advertising poster