May 2004 | |

| Creation of Calyon, the new brand and corporate name of the Crédit Agricole group's financing and investment banking business, through the partial transfer of assets from Crédit Lyonnais to Crédit Agricole Indosuez |
May 2003 | |

| Successful combined friendly takeover bid for Crédit Lyonnais by Crédit Agricole. |
December 2001 | |

| CNCA changes its name to Credit Agricole S.A. ... and goes public. |
1999 | |

| Privatisation of Crédit Lyonnais |
1997 | |

| CNCA consolidates within Crédit Agricole Indosuez its pre-existing International and Capital Markets Activities and its Large Clients' coverage. |
1996 | |

| Acquisition of Banque Indosuez by Credit Agricole to create its wholesale International banking arm. |
1988 | |

| CNCA becomes a public limited company, held by Regional Banks and employees ("Mutualisation"). |
1975 | |

| Merger of Banque de Suez and Banque de l'Indochine to form Banque Indosuez. |
1959 | |
 | Creation of Banque de Suez, following nationalisation of the Suez Canal. |
1945 | |

| Nationalisation of Crédit Lyonnais |
1920 | |

| Set up of Office National du Crédit Agricole, renamed Caisse Nationale de Crédit Agricole (CNCA) in 1926. |
1894 | |
| Creation of Crédit Agricole's Local Banks, then of Regional Banks (Caisses Régionales) for loans to farmers throughout France. |
1875 | |

| Banque de l'Indochine is established as the issuing bank for the French territories in Asia. |
1863 | |

| Creation of Crédit Lyonnais |