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Crédit Agricole to acquire Santander stake in Caceis

Crédit Agricole SA will continue to strengthen Caceis’ position as one of the major European players in asset servicing, supporting its clients’ business development objectives.

20 December 2024

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Blockchain platform issues first digital green bond

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first digital green bond on a blockchain-based platform developed by SEB and Credit Agricole.

23 June 2023

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Credit Agricole and Worldline to create merchant payments joint venture

Credit Agricole and Worldline have entered discussions on the establishment of a joint venture company to create a major payments player servicing merchants in France.

19 April 2023

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Crédit Agricole CIB hails quantum computing experiment results

Crédit Agricole CIB has declared two quantum computing experiments - one investigating the valuation of financial products, the other the assessment of credit risks - a success.

02 February 2023

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Sibos 2021: How can banks take meaningful action on climate change?

With COP26 fast approaching, and the financial industry facing additional costs to comply with government actions on climate change, it needs to start asking itself some tough questions, namely: Are we acting responsibly for the future? Are we driving carbon neutrality in the businesses we finance? Are we acting as an enabler for investments to lower the cost and increase the deployment of low-carbon technologies?

14 October 2021

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Credit Agricole CIB kickstarts quantum project

The corporate and investment banking arm of CIB has teamed up with Pasqaland and Multiverse to explore applications for quantum computing in finance.

30 June 2021

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ING spin out Cobase welcomes Nordea and Crédit Agricole CIB as new shareholders

ING spin-out Cobase, a provider of multi-bank treasury management services, has raised €10 million in funding from Nordea and Crédit Agricole CIB.

10 June 2020

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Crédit Agricole acquires majority stake in account aggregation vendor Linxo

Crédit Agricole has acquired a majority stake in bank data aggregation and payment initiation vendor Linxo for an undisclosed amount.

28 January 2020

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Banks join forces on digital platform to help firms trade globally

A group of 14 banks - including Santander, RBC and MUFG - has launched a digital platform designed to tackle international trade barriers.

01 October 2019

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Credit Agricole sets €15bn tech budget through 2022

French bank Credit Agricole (CA) is set to spend €15 billion on new technology over the next four years as part of its digital transformation.

06 June 2019

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Banks bid to transform commodities trade finance with new blockchain platform

Some of the world's biggest banks, including Citi, MUFG and Societe Generale, have joined forces on a venture bidding to digitalise the trade and commodities finance sector through a blockchain-based open platform.

19 September 2018

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French banks to introduce P2P mobile payments

Paylib, the mobile wallet developed by a consortium of French banks, is set to introduce person-to-person payments utilising customer phone numbers.

15 May 2018

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