Crédit Agricole Group, sometimes called La banque verte, is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. In 2025, Crédit Agricole is the tenth-larges
Since 2010, Crédit Agricole has been headquartered in a remodeled former Schlumberger plant in Paris, known as Campus Evergreen
Jules Méline spearheaded the creation of the first local banks.
In 1921, the newly created National Office of Agricultural Credit (ONCA) moved from temporary offices to the corner building at the intersection of rue Las-Cases and rue Casimir-Périer, which can thus be viewed as the group's first permanent headquarters.
In the 1930s, the Caisse Nationale du Crédit Agricole moved across the square to a group of buildings with an entrance at 30, rue Las Cases, which remained its head office until the 1966 move to Montparnasse. It is now offices of the French National Assembly.
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 t
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…and Crédit Agricole Indosuez for corporate and investment banking. In 1999, diversification continued as the group took a stake in the newly privatised Crédit Lyonnais, and acquired leading consumer finance company Sofinco. CNCA was listed on the stock market in 2001 under the name Crédit Agricole S.A. This gave the…
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)