The Crédit Agricole Group has signed an agreement with Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg SA The agreement stipulates that the Crédit Agricole Group takes over the entire customer of Kaupthing Bank Belgium, in two phases.
In the first phase, Crédit Agricole will take over 5,000 customers of Kaupthing Bank Private Banking Belgium. In a second phase and when all legal requirements have been met, Keytrade Bank, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, will take over 16,000 online customers qualified customers "Kaupthing Edge" of the Belgian branch of Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg SA
CREDIT AGRICOLE GROUP IS READY TO WELCOME 21,000 NEW CUSTOMERS
Kaupthing Bank Belgium has two large groups of customers: first, the private banking clients and, secondly, customers or clients online "Kaupthing Edge". Activity on about 5,000 private banking clients. Activities "Kaupthing Edge" consists of savings accounts, current accounts and deposit accounts, and relate some 16,000 customers.
The Crédit Agricole Group is pleased to announce today that it is ready to welcome these two groups of clients. Once all legal requirements have been met, the Crédit Agricole Group will ensure that former customers of Kaupthing Bank Belgium have access to their assets frozen and that, in two phases:
1. The investment portfolios of clients of Kaupthing Bank Belgium will be made available within days on an account under the Credit Agricole. 2. The liquidity of Kaupthing Edge customers and private banking clients will be available to them, within weeks, to an account online or Keytrade a current account of Crédit Agricole. This will be done as soon as the legal barriers and legal have been removed, probably by the end of March 2009.
Luc Versele, CEO of Credit Agricole, "Crédit Agricole offers an effective solution for customers of Kaupthing Bank Belgium may have as soon as possible of their assets blocked. Private Banking Customers can give their portfolio and assets related to a very professional team Credit Agricole. In Keytrade, we found a technical solution to provide efficient access to their assets to customers from Kaupthing Edge customers. Note that clients of Kaupthing Bank Belgium and benefit security and the guarantee of a Belgian banking group solid and solvent, the Crédit Agricole Group. I also want to emphasize that the Credit Agricole Group in this transaction, contains only the customers and deposits of Kaupthing Bank Belgium. Crédit Agricole buys not only the company itself, nor any of its parts. "
A GOOD OUTCOME FOR CUSTOMERS Kaupthing Bank Belgium
Private Banking customers find refuge with the Crédit Agricole and will soon have access to their investment portfolio. December 11, Crédit Agricole has announced the expansion of its activities to the wealth management (private banking). To do this, the bank has entered into a collaboration agreement with Petercam, a leading technology company specializing in asset management in Belgium. Wealthy clients from Kaupthing Bank Belgium can count on personalized service, professional and customized.
Customers of Kaupthing Edge Kaupthing Bank Belgium to find a financial partner Keytrade experienced and competent.
Thierry Ternier CEO Keytrade Bank: "We are pleased to welcome 16,000 new customers and are confident they will quickly discover the many benefits of Keytrade. Rates extremely sharp Keytrade Bank, a 100% subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, and continually ranked among the best in the market, offering broad and efficient investment products, are keys to success in the current circumstances. "
Keytrade Bank confirms that provision of liquidity of Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg SA affected customers will have full access to their deposits through its transactional Web site.
The former customers of Kaupthing Bank Belgium become customers of the Crédit Agricole and dispose of the result of the restructuring of Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg SA for their money with their new bank.
On the technical side, the Crédit Agricole and Keytrade Bank are now ready to receive guests. The effective transfer of customers and assets depends on external factors over which the Crédit Agricole Group has no control.
This transaction was concluded subject to the approval of the Belgian and Luxembourg authorities.
ABOUT CREDIT AGRICOLE GROUP
Crédit Agricole
The Crédit Agricole Group is composed of four entities, fully complementary cooperative bank Crédit Agricole and its three subsidiaries, Crédit Agricole Assurances, banking niche Europabank and online banking, Keytrade Bank.
Crédit Agricole is a strong bank that offers a wide range of banking products and services and insurance.
The Group can count on the commitment of both shareholders robust Belgian Cooperative Banks, and Lanbokas Agricaisse (50%), and the French Credit Agricole (50%), supporting the Crédit Agricole in achieving its ambitions.
Crédit Agricole = 1,764 employees, 291 branches, 512,000 customers, 117,000 cooperators.
Keytrade Keytrade Bank offers integrated services and online banking stock. On a single platform, Keytrade Bank provides brokerage services to 'discount' price, savings products and banking services at lower cost, while providing among the most attractive market. More than 90,000 customers in Belgium and Luxembourg already give us their trust. Online brokerage services: Keytrade Bank currently offers access to U.S. exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, OTC-BB), Canadian stock exchanges (TSX and TSX Venture), Euronext (Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam) and that to the Frankfurt, Milan, Zurich, Madrid, London, Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen. Multi-market and multi-platform, Keytrade Bank can invest in stocks, funds, warrants, options (Euronext and US) and obligations of primary and secondary market. And through its Keytrade Pro, it also provides direct access to Forex, Futures and CFDs (Contracts For Difference) markets, which until now was reserved only to professional investors. Online Banking: Keytrade Bank offers all banking services, deposit accounts, savings accounts high yield deposit accounts, debit cards (Mister Cash - Bancontact - Maestro) and credit cards (VISA and American Express ).
Through its secure site, www.keytradebank.com, Keytrade Bank is to offer retail and institutional investors the ability to manage their own banking and trading transactions from any internet connection in the world. Keytrade Bank is part of Crédit Agricole.
In the first phase, Crédit Agricole will take over 5,000 customers of Kaupthing Bank Private Banking Belgium. In a second phase and when all legal requirements have been met, Keytrade Bank, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, will take over 16,000 online customers qualified customers "Kaupthing Edge" of the Belgian branch of Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg SA
CREDIT AGRICOLE GROUP IS READY TO WELCOME 21,000 NEW CUSTOMERS
Kaupthing Bank Belgium has two large groups of customers: first, the private banking clients and, secondly, customers or clients online "Kaupthing Edge". Activity on about 5,000 private banking clients. Activities "Kaupthing Edge" consists of savings accounts, current accounts and deposit accounts, and relate some 16,000 customers.
The Crédit Agricole Group is pleased to announce today that it is ready to welcome these two groups of clients. Once all legal requirements have been met, the Crédit Agricole Group will ensure that former customers of Kaupthing Bank Belgium have access to their assets frozen and that, in two phases:
1. The investment portfolios of clients of Kaupthing Bank Belgium will be made available within days on an account under the Credit Agricole. 2. The liquidity of Kaupthing Edge customers and private banking clients will be available to them, within weeks, to an account online or Keytrade a current account of Crédit Agricole. This will be done as soon as the legal barriers and legal have been removed, probably by the end of March 2009.
Luc Versele, CEO of Credit Agricole, "Crédit Agricole offers an effective solution for customers of Kaupthing Bank Belgium may have as soon as possible of their assets blocked. Private Banking Customers can give their portfolio and assets related to a very professional team Credit Agricole. In Keytrade, we found a technical solution to provide efficient access to their assets to customers from Kaupthing Edge customers. Note that clients of Kaupthing Bank Belgium and benefit security and the guarantee of a Belgian banking group solid and solvent, the Crédit Agricole Group. I also want to emphasize that the Credit Agricole Group in this transaction, contains only the customers and deposits of Kaupthing Bank Belgium. Crédit Agricole buys not only the company itself, nor any of its parts. "
A GOOD OUTCOME FOR CUSTOMERS Kaupthing Bank Belgium
Private Banking customers find refuge with the Crédit Agricole and will soon have access to their investment portfolio. December 11, Crédit Agricole has announced the expansion of its activities to the wealth management (private banking). To do this, the bank has entered into a collaboration agreement with Petercam, a leading technology company specializing in asset management in Belgium. Wealthy clients from Kaupthing Bank Belgium can count on personalized service, professional and customized.
Customers of Kaupthing Edge Kaupthing Bank Belgium to find a financial partner Keytrade experienced and competent.
Thierry Ternier CEO Keytrade Bank: "We are pleased to welcome 16,000 new customers and are confident they will quickly discover the many benefits of Keytrade. Rates extremely sharp Keytrade Bank, a 100% subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, and continually ranked among the best in the market, offering broad and efficient investment products, are keys to success in the current circumstances. "
Keytrade Bank confirms that provision of liquidity of Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg SA affected customers will have full access to their deposits through its transactional Web site.
The former customers of Kaupthing Bank Belgium become customers of the Crédit Agricole and dispose of the result of the restructuring of Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg SA for their money with their new bank.
On the technical side, the Crédit Agricole and Keytrade Bank are now ready to receive guests. The effective transfer of customers and assets depends on external factors over which the Crédit Agricole Group has no control.
This transaction was concluded subject to the approval of the Belgian and Luxembourg authorities.
ABOUT CREDIT AGRICOLE GROUP
Crédit Agricole
The Crédit Agricole Group is composed of four entities, fully complementary cooperative bank Crédit Agricole and its three subsidiaries, Crédit Agricole Assurances, banking niche Europabank and online banking, Keytrade Bank.
Crédit Agricole is a strong bank that offers a wide range of banking products and services and insurance.
The Group can count on the commitment of both shareholders robust Belgian Cooperative Banks, and Lanbokas Agricaisse (50%), and the French Credit Agricole (50%), supporting the Crédit Agricole in achieving its ambitions.
Crédit Agricole = 1,764 employees, 291 branches, 512,000 customers, 117,000 cooperators.
Keytrade Keytrade Bank offers integrated services and online banking stock. On a single platform, Keytrade Bank provides brokerage services to 'discount' price, savings products and banking services at lower cost, while providing among the most attractive market. More than 90,000 customers in Belgium and Luxembourg already give us their trust. Online brokerage services: Keytrade Bank currently offers access to U.S. exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, OTC-BB), Canadian stock exchanges (TSX and TSX Venture), Euronext (Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam) and that to the Frankfurt, Milan, Zurich, Madrid, London, Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen. Multi-market and multi-platform, Keytrade Bank can invest in stocks, funds, warrants, options (Euronext and US) and obligations of primary and secondary market. And through its Keytrade Pro, it also provides direct access to Forex, Futures and CFDs (Contracts For Difference) markets, which until now was reserved only to professional investors. Online Banking: Keytrade Bank offers all banking services, deposit accounts, savings accounts high yield deposit accounts, debit cards (Mister Cash - Bancontact - Maestro) and credit cards (VISA and American Express ).
Through its secure site, www.keytradebank.com, Keytrade Bank is to offer retail and institutional investors the ability to manage their own banking and trading transactions from any internet connection in the world. Keytrade Bank is part of Crédit Agricole.
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