CNP Assurances Logo — Founded in 1959, CNP Assurances is a company of insurance people in France. She is leading sectors of the life insurance and creditor insurance in France, and is the 6 th European insurer in 2010. By the privatization law of July 1992 and the ownership structure, CNP is a public sector company. Since its IPO in 1998, CNP Assurances relies on a stable ownership, by the signing of a pact between its main shareholders: The Caisse des Depots (which is owned 40%), La Banque Postale and BPCE grouped within the holding Sopassure, and the state.

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The origin of CNP Assurances since the mid nineteenth century with the creation of three funds in the Caisse des Depots : the National Insurance Fund in case of death (1848), the Pension Fund for old age (1850) and National Insurance for accidents (1868). CNP Assurances has been there more than one hundred fifty years, a pioneer of life insurance in France. The first two cases come together in 1949 and formed the National Insurance on the life, which merges itself 10 years later with the insurance fund in case of accident to give birth to the National Provident Fund in in 1959. In 1992, the NPC becomes a corporation and changed its name. It is now called CNP Assurances and an IPO in 1998. More

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Westpac Logo — Westpac is a leading multinational in financial services, became the largest bank in Australia (by market capitalization), then that acquired the St. George, and the second largest bank in New Zealand. The bank is one of the “big four” banks in Australia, joining the National Australia Bank, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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Since the merger with St. George, in December 2008, the bank has 10 million customers, the largest branch network in Australia with nearly 1,200 branches and a network of 2,800 ATMs. The bank is the second largest provider of home loans Australia and the bank lender is the second largest commercial bank in Australia and the second largest bank in Australia by assets. Westpac was recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as the sustainable bank in the world for five consecutive years until he shared the title with the ANZ in 2007, and the only one awarded in 2008. More

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Commonwealth Bank Logo — The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is the largest bank by market capitalization in Australia, with businesses throughout New Zealand, Fiji, Philippines, Asia, USA and the United Kingdom. The Commonwealth Bank offers a variety of financial services, which include retail and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and brokerage services. The Commonwealth Bank is now the second largest company in Australia that is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in January 2008, with brands such as BankWest, Colonial First State Investments Limited, ASB Bank (New Zealand), Commonwealth Securities Limited (CommSec) and Commonwealth Insurance Limited (CommInsure).

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Founded in 1911 by the government of Australia, the Commonwealth Bank is one of the “big four” banks in Australia and the National Australia Bank (NAB), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and Westpac. The bank was listed on the Stock Exchange of Australia in 1991 and the government fully privatized in 1996. On August 14, 2008, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia said annual earnings of $ 4.7 billion. The bank has about 7.7 million customers, 1,011 branches and 3,350 ATMs. More

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Credit Agricole Logo — The Credit Agricole, often called the Green Bank result of its original activity in the service of world agriculture, is a French network of cooperative banks and mutual has become since 1990 general international banking group. The History of Credit Agricole was at the end of the xix century : the creation of the first local fund held 23 February 1885 in Salins-les-Bains (Jura). Thus, the building started “from below” (Local and Regional Banks of Crédit Agricole Mutual). Local Banks have their regulated status in 1894 by a law introduced by Jules Meline. In 1895 it was the turn of the Regional Banks.

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In the early years, the activity is first composed exclusively of short-term loans. These advances on crops that allow farmers to live better. Next came prepared medium and long term that will allow them to equip themselves, to buy cattle. It appears that there was only in 1920 under the auspices of Louis Tardy, the National Credit Agricole, became in 1926 the National Fund for Credit Agricole. In September 2011, Crédit Agricole change slogan, in fact the slogan “A lasting relationship it changes your life” gives way to the new slogan “Common sense has a future”. More

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ABN AMRO Logo — ABN AMRO is a bank Dutch , founded in 1991 by the merger of Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN General Bank means the Netherlands) andAmsterdam-Rotterdam Bank (Amro Bank). In turn each of these banks came from the merger of several banks, the oldest of which, theNederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (Commercial Society of the Netherlands) was founded in 1824 . Today belongs to the Dutch state, which the bank purchased Belgian Fortis .

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In late 2007 a ​​consortium of banks Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Fortis and Banco Santander acquired ABN AMRO’s intention to divide and share the different business areas. Fortis acquired the operations in Belgium and Holland , keeping the brand for its retail banking business in these countries, the Banco Santander acquired Banco Real in Brazil and Banca Antonveneta of Italy (which sold shortly thereafter) and RBS acquired the wholesale banking division and other businesses, such as Asians and people of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. Furthermore, the Bank of America was the business of the United States , as the bank LaSalle . More

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Banco Bradesco Logo — Bradesco is the second largest bank private Brazil and Latin America (in total assets), it has grown primarily through mergers and aquisiciones.Founded in 1943 in the city of Marilia — São Paulo by Amador Aguiar and two other friends. His original name was Almeida Banking House and then Discount Brazilian Bank SA, whose acronym was “Bradesco” which became the name .

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Similar agreements are under review with other shareholders of Bradesco: as Banco Espirito Santo — BES to participate in remittances from Brazilians working in Portugal (estimated at 100 000) and BBVA — Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, to enter the market Spanish. More

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