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4 unusual facts about Credit Agricole


Calyon Building

It is named for the Calyon Corporation which resulted from the merger of Crédit Agricole Indosuez and the corporate and investment banking division of the Crédit Lyonnais corporation as a result of the takeover of the latest by Crédit Agricole S.A. in 2002.

Château La Tour de Mons

The estate was sold to a group of investors, the Crédit Agricole and the Caisse des Dépôts et des Placements du Québec, in 1995, followed by extensive restorations.

Gene Bates

In 2003 Bates won the Australian Under 23 road championship, and he joined Crédit Agricole for a period as a stagiaire.

Jérôme Neuville

He had a break in his track cycling career between 1999 and 2002, during which time he competed on the road as a professional cyclist with the Crédit Agricole team (1999 to 2001), and Cofidis (2002).


Altarea SCA

According to reports from the company, 48.9 percent of it is owned by its founders, 16.6 percent by Prédica Crédit Agricole Assurances, 12.1 percent by Foncière des Régions, 7.7 by ABP Fund and 14.7 percent by smaller shareholders.

Avolon

Avolon has also raised US$4.4 billion in debt from a range of commercial and specialist aviation banks including Wells Fargo Securities, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Credit Agricole, UBS, DVB, Nord LB and KfW IPEX-Bank.

Lidings

In 2009 Lidings major international companies listed in the Fortune Global 500 3M, ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Crédit Agricole, ExxonMobil, ING Group, Japan Tobacco International, Norsk Hydro ASA, OMV Group, Royal Dutch Shell and UniCredit Group choose Lidings as their legal advisor in Russia.


see also

TIPANET

The UNICOPAY principals were Caisse National de Crédit Agricole-Indosuez, France; Istituto Centrale delle Banche di Credito Cooperativo, Italy; KBC Bank (formerly CERA), Belgium; Lloyds TSB Bank, United Kingdom; OKOBANK, Finland; Rabobank, Netherlands; Raiffeisen Zentralbank, Austria and DG BANK, Germany.