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Agricole Cib

Can a large European corporate and investment bank modernise its trade finance, supply chain finance, and capital markets infrastructure through technology partnerships to maintain competitiveness against both global peers and fintech challengers?

Founded1894
HQMontrouge, France
IndustryBank / National
The story

Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group, one of France's largest banking groups. It operates as a full-service CIB offering capital markets, structured finance, international trade finance, and supply chain finance to corporate and institutional clients globally. The bank has expanded its trade and transaction banking capabilities through technology partnerships (e.g. Demica for APAC receivables), and is exploring quantum computing applications through its partnership with Pasqal and Multiverse Computing.

Last 12 months
2024-02
2024
Product timeline
1894
Crédit Agricole founded as a French agricultural cooperative bank.· banking
2004
Calyon created as the corporate and investment banking arm following the merger of Crédit Agricole Indosuez and Crédit Lyonnais CIB.· pivot
2010
Calyon rebranded as Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB).· pivot
2018
Launched Supply Chain Finance solutions including receivables discounting and web-based SCF platform for corporate clients globally.· lending
2024
Partnered with Demica to launch a new receivables and supply chain finance platform for Asia-Pacific markets.· lending
Regulated entities
Bank (Credit Institution)
France / EU
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
The stack
Lending
Supply Chain FinanceReceivables discounting (without recourse)Working capital financeTrade finance
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