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About BRED - Banque populaire

BRED Banque Populaire is a cooperative commercial bank within Groupe BPCE, created in 1919 as Banque Régionale d’Escompte et de Dépôt and operating under the Banque Populaire banner; it serves retail clients, professionals, SMEs, corporates, and institutional customers through a branch network concentrated in Île-de-France and Normandy and in French overseas departments and collectivities, with additional international operations including Djibouti and subsidiaries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific such as Laos (via Banque Franco–Lao) and Cambodia. Its offering covers current accounts, debit and credit cards, domestic and cross-border payments (including SEPA), savings and regulated products (e.g., Livret A, LDDS, PEL/CEL), life and non-life insurance distributed through group insurers, mortgages and consumer credit, professional and equipment finance, private banking and wealth management, and corporate services such as cash management, trade finance, foreign exchange, interest-rate and currency hedging, and market access via its dealing room and group partners. Digital channels include web and mobile banking for day-to-day operations, while many credit, advisory, and complex treasury services remain relationship-managed through branches and dedicated teams; onboarding and transactions are subject to French AML/KYC rules. As a cooperative, customers may become sociétaires by subscribing to parts sociales that confer voting rights and a capped dividend, with profits largely retained to strengthen capital; BRED is consolidated within BPCE, supervised by the ACPR, and customer deposits are protected by the French deposit guarantee scheme (FGDR) up to the legal limit per depositor. Pricing follows the conventional French model of à la carte fees and bundled packages for account services and cards, with costs varying by profile and optional services; specialized activities (factoring, leasing, merchant acquiring, and investment services) are provided directly or through BPCE entities such as BPCE Factor, BPCE Lease, and Natixis. This setup positions BRED as a full-service cooperative bank with a local-branch focus, complemented by international units and group-scale infrastructure for payments, markets, and risk management.