Crédit Lyonnais
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The Crédit Lyonnais (French: [kʁedi ljɔnɛ], "Lyon Credit [Company]") 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 the 20th century, it was the world's largest bank by total assets.[1]
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Industry | Bank |
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Founded | 6 July 1863; 160 years ago (1863-07-06) in Lyon, France |
Founder | Henri Germain |
Defunct | 2003; 21 years ago (2003) |
Fate | Acquired and absorbed by Crédit Agricole |
Successor | |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Website | creditlyonnais.fr at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
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Its former French retail network survives as LCL S.A., a fully owned subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, under the brand LCL adopted in 2005 with reference to "Le Crédit Lyonnais".