The Compagnie Algérienne, from 1942 to 1948 Compagnie Algérienne de Crédit et de Banque, was a significant French bank with operations in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon as well as mainland France. It was formed in 1877 in a restructuring of its predecessor entity, the Société Générale Algérienne, itself founded in 1865-68. The Compagnie Algérienne eventually merged in 1960 with the Banque de l'Union Parisienne. Following a series of subsequent restructurings, its main successor entities as of 2022 are the Crédit du Nord in France, the Crédit populaire d'Algérie in Algeria, the Banque de Tunisie in Tunisia, Attijariwafa Bank in Morocco, and the Banque Libano-Française in Lebanon.
Building at 11-13, rue des Capucines in Paris, head office of the Compagnie Algérienne until 1908; later offices of Crédit Foncier de France and of the French Post Office
Louis Frémy (1805-1891), founding chairman of the SGA
Former branch in Mascara, now Crédit Populaire d'Algérie
Former Tunis branch at 4, rue de Rome, now Banque de Tunisie
Banque de l'Union Parisienne
The Banque de l'Union Parisienne (BUP) was a French investment bank, created in 1904 and merged into Crédit du Nord in 1973.
Former seat of the BUP at 6, boulevard Haussmann in Paris
Engraving of the headquarters of Banque Parisienne at 7, rue Chauchat, late 1870s
The same building in 2022, with the main BUP headquarters wing on boulevard Haussmann in the background
