Crédit Agricole

Credit Agricole is a French mutual and cooperative banking group that describes itself as the number one bank in France for housing, agriculture, businesses, professionals and local authorities and the world's ninth-largest bank. Its origins lie in the first local agricultural lending bank created in 1885 in Salins in the Jura, and the Act of 5 November 1894 that authorised farmers' unions to set up local credit banks; today the group comprises 39 regional banks together with Credit Agricole S.A. and its subsidiaries, including LCL, BforBank, Credit Agricole Private Banking, the asset manager Amundi with some 2,000 billion euros under management, Credit Agricole Assurances, Credit Agricole Immobilier, Credit Agricole Titres and the asset servicer CACEIS, renamed Credit Agricole CACEIS from 1 October 2026. In 2026 the group launched Credit Agricole Deutschland, a digital-first universal bank for German retail customers, agreed to acquire IKB Deutsche Industriebank, and created Credit Agricole Capital Naturel, a division dedicated to the preservation and regeneration of natural capital.

Aircraft financing

Aviation finance is provided through Credit Agricole CIB, the group's corporate and investment bank, whose Aviation and Rail group is an integrated global business with offices in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Tokyo. The bank states that it has been a world leader in aircraft financing for 48 years, with around 50 years in the air transport industry, 11 billion US dollars invested and more than 120 clients including passenger and cargo airlines, leasing companies, airports, manufacturers and rail operators. Each client is supported by a senior banker who centralises all services.

• Financing of passenger and cargo aircraft, replacement engines and business jets for airlines, aircraft and engine lessors, manufacturers and private owners
• Advice on the acquisition and financing of aircraft, fleet assessments, ratings, debt restructuring and growth strategy
• Export credit financing guaranteed by Bpifrance, Euler Hermes, UK Export Finance, Exim and SERV; securitisation of aircraft and engines; operating and hybrid leases; Japanese operating leases and French optimised leases; and interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives
• Recognition on 19 occasions by Airfinance Journal, Airline Economics and Global Transport Finance, including Aviation Finance House of the Year and Aviation Finance Bank of the Year
• Membership, with five other major aviation lenders, of a working group with the Center for Climate-Aligned Finance to develop the CAF Aviation Framework with shared CO2 reduction objectives, and participation in Virgin Australia's sustainability-linked aircraft financing syndication in Asia Pacific

Shows

Credit Agricole appears in the sponsor lists of the Ishka Airfinance Investival North America 2026, where it is listed as a supporter.

Contact

France; aviation finance via Credit Agricole CIB in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Tokyo
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