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Crédit Agricole and Worldline unveil the name of their joint venture CAWL, a new payment brand for merchants in France

CAWL is the name of the brand born out of the strategic partnership between Crédit Agricole and Worldline, which aims to become the French market leader in merchant payment solutions.

CAWL will offer merchants high value-added all-in-one payment solutions that help them efficiently track their business performance, optimise their sales and safeguard against fraud risk, thus positioning their business to grow.

CAWL’s offerings will be underpinned by Worldline’s various technologies and ability to innovate and by Crédit Agricole’s tried and tested knowledge of the French market:

E-commerce: a platform with new functionality enabling merchants to offer their customers a streamlined omnichannel buying experience, optimise their conversion rates, track performance, etc.
In store: multiple SmartPOS* solutions and next-generation Android payment terminals offering a wide variety of applications.

These offerings will enable merchants to access multi-currency, multi-country, multi-network payment services and alternative payment methods powered by a pan-European acquiring platform and personalised services.

* SmartPOS is a payment acceptance solution that runs on Android touch tablets and electronic payment terminals. It can accept payment methods used in stores: Carte Bleue, Mastercard, American Express, contactless, etc.

Crédit Agricole du Finistère has held its first Agricultural Transitions Meet-Up. The goal was to present the Group’s strategy for helping customers navigate the agricultural and agri-food transition to the agricultural ecosystem in Finistère. A number of guests involved in agriculture spoke at the meet-up, all focused on feeding the Finistère region while sharing transition-related challenges. This first meet-up was a big success, attracting 180 industry participants including large cooperatives.

Crédit Agricole CIB’s Export Finance teams came second in the global and European 2023 League Tables*and first in Asia-Pacific. Operating from over 20 locations and covering 30 markets across all five continents, CACIB’s Export Finance teams work with the biggest export credit agencies, prompting Global Finance to recognise CACIB as the world’s top bank for export finance in 2024.

* Benchmark finance industry rankings based on transaction volume data.

The Normandie and Normandie-Seine Regional Banks have joined e-RIS, the Regional Bank and LCL brokerage network. They will be able to tap into brokerage services based on the Group’s expertise and the M&A vertical to help local business leaders with strategic transactions ranging from acquisitions and disposals to external growth.

Portfolio reviews apply to all Group entities that give rise to counterparty risk. Procedural Memorandum NP 2024-15, “Monitoring through portfolio reviews at Crédit Agricole group entities”, details the process for periodically monitoring changes in counterparty credit quality with the aim of anticipating any deterioration in risk and adjusting risk strategies accordingly.

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World Health
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Health is a basic human right but also a major challenge for a fairer and more sustainable future. Given the priorities of opening up access to healthcare for all and transforming the healthcare sector, the latter needs to reinvent itself with the help of the private sector. Crédit Agricole and Amundi are taking the opportunity offered by World Health Day to raise awareness among their customers and suggest that they put their savings to work via two solutions: Amundi Delta Capital Santé and CPR Global Silver Age.

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Paris-Roubaix: braving the cobblestones of the “Hell of the North”

The world’s best cyclists were back in northern France last weekend for the legendary Paris-Roubaix cycle race. The men’s and women’s races followed a route that included several sections of cobblestones such as the Trench of Arenberg and the Carrefour de l’Arbre before reaching their final destination, the Roubaix Velodrome.
A key partner of French cycling since 1981, LCL this year partnered with the women’s race for the first time.

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MobiliJeunes launches

From 8 April to 10 May 2024, work-study students and interns at the Crédit Agricole S.A. group are invited to the fourth MobiliJeunes.
At the heart of the Human-Centric Project and the Young People’s Plan, this all-digital event includes webinars, workshops with HR and business line experts and exclusive content (video advice, an escape game, job opportunities, etc.) to help young people coming to the end of their course or internship find a new job, whether within the Group or elsewhere.