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Since opening its first office in Prague in 1991, Calyon has implemented a strategy of corporate wholesale banking and attracted a rapidly growing number of corporate customers, both large domestic and international companies active in this new member state of the European Union (May 1st, 2004).
This strategy has proved to be successful as our bank has achieved a sound position in the Czech financial market and ranks among the top foreign banks. Calyon has been concentrating on prime level customer service, continuously expanding its scope and range of services and answering the needs of its clients. |
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Capital markets and investment banking
 | Capital markets | [Capital markets and investment banking] |
The capital markets team provides support for our clients' management of financial exposures by offering a broad range of either mature, or new, and innovative products such as:- plain vanilla FX (spot, forward, FX options) and MM (deposits, T-bills, repos) products,
- FX options strategies and alternative forwards (participator, convertible, extendable, enhancer),
- structured deposits (enhanced yield, range accrual, no-touch, min-max),
- promissory notes,
- interest rates products (FRA, IRS, CCIRS, IR options incl. caps, floors, collars, etc., IR swaptions),
- structured products including hedging techniques, credit linked notes, total return swaps,
- private placement.
Calyon is also active in securitization and bond issues, and a major player in the field of fixed income for sovereign financial institutions and corporates.
| Clients and sectors | [Capital markets and investment banking] |
- automotive, consumer and diversified industries,
- integrated energy, chemicals and pharmaceuticals,
- telecoms, media and technology,
- financial institutions.
CALYON is a contact bank for Generali Funds.
Financing
| Corporate banking | [Financing] |
- working capital financing under appropriate security configuration,
- current assets short-term financing (multi-currency),
- export pre-finance,
- receivables financing,
- bill of exchange financing,
- documentary business (Import-Export LCs, SBLCs, payment against documents),
- issuance of all types of commitments by signature, bonds, guarantees, as required by commercial contracts (Bid-bonds, Advance Payment Bonds, Performance, Warranty, promises to issue, etc.) in various sectors (Export contracts, building industry, etc.),
- current accounts opening and maintenance in CZK, EUR and other foreign currencies,
- domestic incoming, outgoing transfers,
- foreign incoming, outgoing transfers,
- special operations: escrow accounts, assistance in equity transactions/change of ownership on shares.
| Cash management and e-banking | [Financing] |
Calyon was among the first banks to offer electronic banking services in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, references include more than 600 large corporates throughout the region, with 50-90% of payments processed by the bank arriving in an electronic form (varying per country).
To anticipate increasing market demand, Calyon introduced a common, regional offer for Cash Management services. The system Optim Clic, was designed to cover both daily paying and receiving activity and advanced cash management. This allows a flexible and secure way of banking from any location on the planet, available through the internet.
| Syndicated loans | [Financing] |
Calyon is a major player in the field of international syndicated lending. The Specialized Finance division of Calyon has a very good knowledge of the local market and combines it with Calyon's placing power worldwide as well as the support of syndication teams in Europe, America and Asia.
Clients and sectors- telecoms and media,
- energy and utilities,
- infrastructure,
- aircraft.
| Structured finance | [Financing] |
The local Calyon Specialized Finance division offers a broad combination of structured finance and investment banking products and services to meet the specialized requirements of its customers, from accessing the capital markets to preparing for expansion through acquisition. Over the years, Specialized Finance has completed significant transactions and has raised financing for blue-chip Czech companies and subsidiaries of international companies.
The strength of Calyon's specialized finance business is best evidenced by successfully arranged syndicated loans, project financings, export financings and corporate advisory. However, the specialized finance team is also skilled in aircraft and real estate finance. Locally, Calyon has a long-standing expertise in structuring and negotiating export and trade financing, utilising available facilities covered not only by EGAP, but also by other export credit agencies. In its activities it could rely on close and efficient cooperation with the worldwide business lines as well as Calyon's large network.
In export and Trade Finance, Calyon offers the following products and services: letters of Credit, many specific types of guarantees, Czech buyer's credit, multisourced export finance, co-financing with multilateral institutions, pre-export finance, international technical bonds.
Clients and sectors- telecoms and media,
- energy and utilities,
- petrochemical industry,
- infrastructure,
- aircraft,
- real estate,
- others.
| Acquisition finance | [Financing] |
The Specialized Finance division offers a broad range of products and services in acquisition Finance.
| International Support to Middle Market Clients Network | [Financing] |
Located in Vienna, the Czech offices of Crédit Agricole's International Support to Middle market clients network (ISM) assist Crédit Agricole's mid-cap corporate customers in their international operations, by providing a thorough knowledge of the local environment as well as by securing access to a wide spectrum of banking services abroad.
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