Crédit Agricole Stock News

DALLAS & NEW YORK & LONDON & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lone Star Funds (“Lone Star”) today announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Fund XI, L.P. has signed an agreement to sell IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG (“IKB”), a leading provider of banking services and financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises in Germany, to Crédit Agricole. Founded in 1924 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, IKB spec...

The French lender Credit ​Agricole on Wednesday laid out ‌plans to expand in Germany with some services for ​ordinary consumers by the ​end of October, the ⁠latest such push into ​Europe's largest economy by a ​big foreign bank.

Shares in Banco BPM ​rose 2.3% on ‌Friday, slightly outperforming the sector, lifted ​by the ​prospect of joint interest ⁠for the ​Italian bank by bigger ​rival UniCredit and France's Credit Agricole.

Credit Agricole and ​UniCredit have recently been considering a possible joint move on Banco BPM under a plan that ‌would entail a break-up of the target bank, two people close to the matter said.

France's Credit Agricole , the single biggest investor in Italian lender Banco BPM , is against ​an offer for BPM by rival bank ‌Banca Monte dei Paschi (MPS) , daily La Stampa reported on Tuesday.

Crédit Agricole S.A., having received all necessary supervisory approvals, announces today that it will start a share repurchase program of up to 32 million of Crédit Agricole S.A.'s ordinary shares. The program shall start on 10 August 2026 and end no later than 29 September 2026. Shares purchased under the Program will be cancelled.

Credit Agricole SA CEO Olivier Gavalda said on Friday ​it was "very difficult" to see ‌how a potential tie-up between Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena and ​Banco BPM could create ​value for Banco BPM shareholders.