This partnership, which entails Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A. obtaining a minority stake of 9.9% in Banco de Cr\u00e9dito Social Cooperativo, the parent entity of Grupo Cajamar, includes several commercial agreements in the areas of asset servicing, factoring, leasing and renting for vehicles and other goods, investment solutions, among others that may arise in the near future.<\/p>\n
The agreement builds on the two groups\u2019 shared cooperative roots and will support Grupo Cajamar\u2019s growth through Cr\u00e9dit Agricole\u2019s expertise in selected financial businesses.<\/p>\n
In the short term, it will further strengthen Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar\u2019s own fund\u2019s structure, raising its total capital ratio from 16.6% to 17.1%. For Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A., the impact on its CET1 ratio will be non-significant.<\/p>\n
In the medium term, the agreement will enhance the positioning of Grupo Cajamar\u2019s 18 rural savings banks in the commercial segments covered by the agreement and will have a positive impact on revenues for both Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A. and Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar.<\/p>\n
This transaction is subject to non-opposition by the competent authorities and is expected to be finalized in the coming months. The transaction is fully aligned with Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A.\u2019s financial investment criteria as well as with the objectives set by Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar.<\/p>\n
For Manuel Yebra, CEO of BCC-Grupo Cajamar, “the incorporation of one of Europe\u2019s largest banking groups as a shareholder, sharing the same affinity with the cooperative credit model, will provide further momentum to our expansion and development strategy, both territorially and in terms of the range and diversification of financial products and services offered to the more than 3.9 million customers of Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar.\u201d <\/p>\n
For Olivier Gavalda, CEO of Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A., “This agreement with BCC-Grupo Cajamar will enable Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A.\u2019s business lines to further develop their activities in Spain with a cooperative bank providing Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar\u2019s customers with a wider range of financial products and services.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar<\/p>\n
Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar is Spain\u2019s leading cooperative banking group and one of the country\u2019s 10 significant institutions. As of 31 March 2026, it had assets amounting to \u20ac64.678 billion, managed business volume of \u20ac113.647 billion and a solvency ratio of 16.6%.<\/p>\n
With 1.8 million members, it plays a relevant role in the modernisation of rural Spain, contributing through its financial and social activity to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the territories. It pays particular attention to the agri-food sector, where it leads the financing of the primary sector with a national market share of 16.4%, as well as to companies, professionals, the self-employed and families.<\/p>\n
Grupo Cajamar is committed to financial inclusion, with its 5,243 employees providing financial products and services to more than 3.9 million customers through its 944 branches and rural service points, 12 of which are mobile banking units serving towns with fewer than 1,500 inhabitants. It also has its own digital banking channels, app and online banking.<\/p>\n
As a nationwide institution, it is present in all Spanish autonomous communities and cities. By size and asset volume, it is one of the 10 significant institutions in the Spanish financial system and is therefore under the direct supervision of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), made up of the European Central Bank and the competent national authorities of the participating countries.<\/p>\n
About Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Group<\/p>\n
Cr\u00e9dit Agricole, the world\u2019s 10th largest bank (The Banker 2025), is the leading financier of the French economy and one of Europe\u2019s foremost banking groups. Present in 46 countries, it is the leader in retail banking in Europe, the leading European asset manager, the leading bancassurance group in Europe, and the third-largest European player in project finance.<\/p>\n
Built on its strong cooperative and mutual roots, its 160,000 employees and the 27,165 directors of its Local and Regional Banks, the Cr\u00e9dit Agricole is a responsible and responsive bank serving 55 million customers and 12,3 million mutual shareholders.<\/p>\n
Thanks to its universal customer-focused retail banking model – based on the cooperation between its retail banks and their related business lines -, the Cr\u00e9dit Agricole supports its customers\u2019 projects in France and around the world: day-to-day banking, home loans, consumer finance, savings, insurances, asset management, real estate, leasing and factoring, and corporate and investment banking.<\/p>\n
Cr\u00e9dit Agricole also stands out for its dynamic, innovative corporate social responsibility policy, for the benefit of the economy. This policy is based on a pragmatic approach which permeates across the Group and engages each employee.<\/p>\n
CR\u00c9DIT AGRICOLE S.A. INVESTOR RELATIONS\u00a0<\/p>\n
CREDIT\u00a0AGRICOLE S.A. PRESS CONTACTS\u00a0 GRUPO CAJAMAR INVESTOR RELATIONS<\/p>\n
Laura Stephany Zwijnenberg Santos | +34 689 10 91 84\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | [email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n GRUPO CAJAMAR PRESS CONTACT<\/p>\n Paloma Bravo | +34 609 38 39 13 | [email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n | +34 950 21 03 86 |<\/p>\n Attachment<\/p>\n
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