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		   Banking 
		in France 
		  
		France, officially the French Republic (French: 
		République française, is a state in Western Europe with several overseas 
		territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, 
		Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the 
		Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the 
		Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The 
		Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is 
		bordered (clockwise starting from the northeast) by Belgium, Luxembourg, 
		Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Monaco; with Spain and Andorra to the 
		south. France is linked to the United Kingdom by the Channel Tunnel, 
		which passes underneath the English Channel. In addition to these 
		borders on the European continent France has land borders with Suriname 
		and Brazil through French Guiana, as well as with The Netherlands 
		through the Collectivity of Saint Martin. France is the largest west-European 
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						List 
						of Banks in France
						The Banque de France 
						was created on 18 January 1800 by Napoléon Bonaparte, 
						who was then First Consul, to foster renewed economic 
						growth in the wake of the deep recession of the 
						Revolutionary period. The new Bank's task was to issue 
						bank notes payable to the bearer on sight in exchange 
						for discounted commercial bills. 
						
						
						The Banque de France is 
						the central bank of France; it is linked to the European 
						Central Bank (ECB). Its main charge is to implement the 
						interest rate policy of the European System of Central 
						Banks (ESCB). It is headquartered in Paris. 
						 
						On 1 June 1998, a new 
						institution was created, the European Central Bank (ECB), 
						charged with steering the single monetary policy for the 
						euro. The body formed by the ECB, and the national 
						central banks (NCB) of all the member states of the 
						European Union, constitute the European System of 
						Central Banks (ESCB). 
						 
						The ESCB is an institutional framework of a single 
						monetary policy for the euro. According to the Banque de 
						France's website, the "sharing of responsibilities 
						between the ECB and the NCBs is based upon significant 
						decentralization of the conduct of the ESCB's single 
						monetary policy".
						 
						
						
						31 rue Croix des petits 
						champs 
						75001 PARIS 
						France 
						 
						 
						Switchboard: 01 42 92 42 92 or 01 64 80 20 20 (from 8 am 
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						Banking in 
						
						
						France 
						Banks Operating in 
						
						
						France 
  
				 
			 
		 
		
		Complete List of Commercial banks and savings banks in 
						
						
		France.
						  
						Natixis 
						Banque de Savoie 
						Banque de la Réunion 
						Banque Populaire 
						BNP Paribas (merger in 2000 between BNP and Paribas) 
						Caisse d'épargne 
						Calyon 
						Crédit Industriel et Commercial 
						Crédit Agricole 
						Crédit Agricole Indosuez 
						Crédit Lyonnais (LCL) 
						Crédit Mutuel 
						HSBC SA 
						La Poste 
						Société Générale 
						  
						Banks in France with 
						filliates outside France 
						
						
						
						
						
						
							
								
									
										
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FBN Bank Succursale de Paris - 
											15 798
											 
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FEDERAL FINANCE BANQUE - 15 900
											
											www.federal-finance.fr 
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FRANSABANK FRANCE SA - 18 689
											 
										 
									 
								 
							 
						 
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
							
								
									
										
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NATIONAL BANK OF ABU DHABI - 17 
											989
											
											www.nbad.com 
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NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT (INTERNATIONAL) 
											PLC - 41 639
											
											www.nbk.com 
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NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN - 14 
											139
											 
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NATIXIS - 30 007
											
											www.natixis.fr 
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NATIXIS PAIEMENTS - 15 930
											 
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NATIXIS TRANSPORT FINANCE - 19 
											239
											 
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NEWEDGE GROUP - 12 198
											
											www.newedgegroup.com 
										 
									 
								 
							 
						 
						
						
						
						
						
						
							
								
									
										
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TOYOTA KREDITBANK GMBH - 13 878
											 
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TUNISIAN FOREIGN BANK - 43 849
											 
										 
									 
								 
							 
						 
						
						
							
								
									
										
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VOLKSWAGEN BANK - 15 128
											 
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VTB Bank (France) SA - 40 238
											 
										 
									 
								 
							 
						 
						
							
								
									
										
										  
										Source: http://www.fbf.fr/Web/Extranet/Members.nsf/FBFAdherents?ReadForm&RestrictToCategory=W&count=9999  
								 
							 
						 
						 
						See the exhaustive list of banks operating in France, on 
						the FBF website  
 
  
				 
			 
		 
		
		  
		
		
		
 
        
		
        
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