The Crédit national () was a former French banking institution created under the impetus of Charles François Laurent, an expert in international financing, by a special law on . A hybrid between public and private-sector banking templates, it was intended to facilitate the financing of France’s reconstruction following the devastation of World War I. Crédit National eventually merged in 1996 with Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur to form Natexis, later absorbed into Groupe BPCE.
Leaders
Presidents
Charles Lawrence: 1919
Louis Martin: 1920 — 1936
Wilfrid Baumgartner: 1936 — 1949
Jacques Brunet: 1949 — 1960
John Saltes: 1960-1972
Bernard Clappier: 1973 — 1974
André de Lattre: 1974 — 1982
Jean Saint-Geours: 1982 — 1987
Paul Mentré: 1987 — 1990
Yves Lyon-Caen: 1990 — 1993
Jean-Yves Haberer: 1993 — 1994
Emmanuel Rodocanachi: 1994 — 1998
Directors
Marcel Frachon: 1919 — 1929
Jean du Buit: 1929 — 1942
See also
Crédit Foncier de France
Bank of France
Timeline of banks in Europe
Notes
Sources
Robert beef, The National Credit , Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1923. The National Credit, medium credit institution and long term, 1951. National Credit 1919-1969 , Paris, Havas-Conseil 1969. Patrice Baubeau Arnaud Lavit d'Hautefort, Michel Lescure, The National Credit from 1919 to 1994. public history of a private company, Paris, JC Lattes, 1994. National Committee Corporate Credit. Jubilee 1945-1995 1995.
External links
"National Credit, medium credit institution and long term" (1951) on persee.fr
Le Crédit National - Archives pour une histoire de la production cinématographique française (1941-1966) (Cinémathèque française)