OREANDA-NEWS. May 29, 2013. Credit Agricole has been present in Ukraine since 19 May 1993. At that time it was first subsidiary of a Western  bank to operate in Ukraine.

Today “CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK” PJSC is a universal customer-centric bank that ranks among TOP 20 Ukrainian banks and benefits from the best FITCH assigned international and national scale ratings among Ukrainian banks.

“CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK” PJSC serves all types of customers – from private individuals to large international corporations – and provides them with the full range of financial services, through its specialized teams and its 208 points of sale covering all Ukrainian regions. “CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK” PJSC has 405,000 private customers and 30,000 companies including large international and Ukrainian corporations, leaders in their respective sectors, financial institutions, international charitable organizations, and diplomatic missions.

“CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK” PJSC occupies leading market positions in agribusiness financing, car loans for individuals, SME-financing, cash management and FX for international corporations.

Philippe Guidez, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK” PJSC, responsible for the development of Credit Agricole business in Ukraine: “Credit Agricole has common history with Ukraine since 20 years now. Besides being the oldest-established bank, we are one of the most efficient foreign banks in Ukraine. We strongly developed in financing agriculture, where we are the leader among Ukrainian banks awarded both by our customers and by banking performances’ watchers, which is a good track record for our specialized teams!. On individual market, we are also a  leader in car loans activity!

CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK belongs to the powerful financial group - the Credit Agricole Group.

Credit Agricole Group is market leader in full-service retail banking in France and one of the largest banks in Europe.

With operations in 50 countries, Credit Agricole Group is a leading partner in supporting clients with their projects in all areas of retail banking and associated specialised business lines: day-to-day banking, savings, home and consumer loans, insurance, private banking, asset management, leasing and factoring, and corporate and investment banking.

On the strength of its cooperative and mutualist foundations, Credit Agricole Group's expansion is based on balanced growth serving the real economy and respecting the interests of its 51 million customers, 1.2 million shareholders, 6.9 million mutual shareholders and 150,000 employees.