Group profile
A GROUP
IN FULL-GROWTH MODE
The tenth largest bank in the world today, Crédit Agricole was created more than 125 years ago to meet the financing needs of farmers. The Group has always developed with two guiding principles. Utility through the great transformations of society, and the Universal reach of its business lines, offers, regions and customers.
2017 - 2019
AMPLIFICATION AND ACCELERATION
| 2019 | - Group Project and 2022 Medium-Term Plan
- Expression of the Raison d’être of the Group
- Merger of CACEIS and Santander
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| 2018 | - Partnership of CACF with Bankia and Banco BPM
- Partnership of CAA with Creval, Novo Banco
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| 2017 | - Amundi’s acquisition of Pioneer Investments
- Integration of Banca Leonardo and three Italian banks
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2011 - 2016
SIMPLIFICATION
| 2016 | - Completion of the Eureka transaction to simplify the Group’s capital structure
- Presentation of the 2020 Strategic Ambition Medium-Term Plan
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2002 - 2010
DIVERSIFICATION
| 2010 | - Creation of CACF, CAL&F and CACIB. New head office in Montrouge
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| 2009 | - Launch of BforBank, creation of CAA and Amundi
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| 2006 | - Acquisition of Cariparma, CA Egypt, CA Ukraine and Emporiki
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| 2003 | - Acquisition of Crédit Lyonnais (renamed LCL in 2005) and acquisition of Finaref
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1986 - 2001
REINFORCEMENT
| 2001 | - CNCA renamed Crédit Agricole S.A., IPO on 14 December 2001
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| 1990 | - Creation of Pacifica (property and casualty insurance)
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| 1988 | - Act organising the transfer of ownership of CNCA, which became a public company, to the Regional Banks.
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| 1986 | - Creation of Predica (life insurance)
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1885 - 1985
CREATION ET DEVELOPMENT
| 1959 | - Order allowing Crédit Agricole to distribute housing loans, in rural areas, to non-farming households
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| 1945 | - Creation of Fédération Nationale du Crédit Agricole (FNCA), the sounding board for the Regional Banks
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| 1899 | - Viger Act (Articles of Association of the Regional Banks) which allowed the creation of the Regional Banks
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| 1894 | - Birth certificate of Crédit Agricole, the Méline Act, allowing the creation of the first Local Banks
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| 1885 | - Creation of the first Local Bank in Poligny (Jura)
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