BPCE
BPCE (Groupe BPCE) is a French cooperative banking and insurance group and the second-largest banking group in France. It provides retail banking and insurance through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne networks, and offers corporate and investment banking and asset and wealth management globally through Natixis.www.bpce.fr
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Oct 7, 2026
Jean-Yves CaminadeGUEST
Uh, we think it's a practical funding tool, uh, for BPI France, but also this is the proof that we can use covered bond technology to finance SMEs, and that's very important for us.
Jean-Yves CaminadeGUEST
Uh, BPI France is the promotional bank in France, so we are...
Jean-Yves CaminadeGUEST
Our mission is really to finance SMEs.
Jean-Yves CaminadeGUEST
Uh, but we need on the continent, we need in the Eurozone, uh, more solution within the Capital Markets Union in order to achieve this goal and to facilitate SME financing.
Jean-Yves CaminadeGUEST
Um, we don't have, you know, insurers because our maturity was maybe too short for them.
Jean-Yves CaminadeGUEST
We issued, uh, on a five-year tenor, which is really too short for them.
Jean-Yves CaminadeGUEST
Um, and we don't have also the bank treasuries because we don't have any legal privileges as traditional covered bonds.
Richard KemmishHOST
Mm.
Caroline HepkerHOST
Meanwhile, Sabadell, the bank, um, there's a group that has taken a stake in it, but, but it's about what that means for Sabadell, isn't it?
Tiwa AdebayoCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, so their shares are up this morning as much as about 3.3%, and as you mentioned, the French banking group BPCE has acquired a stake of about 7%.
Tiwa AdebayoCORRESPONDENT
Um, and this is because the CEO of BPCE is seeking to expand the business outside of the French home market.
Tiwa AdebayoCORRESPONDENT
Uh, it's said that this investment is of a friendly nature, and the goal is to explore strategic, uh, cooperation.
Tiwa AdebayoCORRESPONDENT
That's according to a joint statement from the two firms today.
Tiwa AdebayoCORRESPONDENT
Uh, we'll expect BPCE to have board representation at Sabadell, but it has pledged to keep the stake below 10%.
Tiwa AdebayoCORRESPONDENT
Um, it will make the French lender the la- second largest shareholder in Sabadell.
Tiwa AdebayoCORRESPONDENT
That's after BlackRock, um, according to data.
Louise MoonCORRESPONDENT
Yes.
Louise MoonCORRESPONDENT
So BPCE, the French banking group, has bought a seven percent stake in, in Sabadell.
Louise MoonCORRESPONDENT
Um, that value-- that's valued at just over kind of one billion euros-ish, making it the second-largest shareholder.
Louise MoonCORRESPONDENT
They will also have board representation, but they've pledged to keep their stake below ten percent, so this investment is being called a friendly investment.
Dwayne GefferieHOST
Okay.
Dwayne GefferieHOST
So you have just announced a new merchant business unit inside of Groupe BPCE with Payplug at the core, and you're leading both of them.
Dwayne GefferieHOST
Um, in your own word, what is the ex- what, what exactly is being brought together?
Antoine GrimaudGUEST
Yeah.
Paul de VillepinGUEST
La Société Générale, on se souvient, comme je vous l'ai dit, qu'en 2017, elle avait fermé le compte de, de Marine Le Pen.
Paul de VillepinGUEST
Les banques mutualistes sont plus enclines à, à prêter : le Crédit Agricole, le Crédit Mutuel, euh, le groupe BPCE, auquel notamment est rattaché le crédit coopératif qui prête à la gauche et, ou aussi, euh, Renaissance, euh, a récemment obtenu le feu vert pour un emprunt.
Paul de VillepinGUEST
Et tout ça pour une simple et bonne raison qu'aux yeux des banques, les politiques ne sont pas des clients intéressants.
Paul de VillepinGUEST
À trois égards, car ils représentent un risque de solvabilité, un risque de conformité et un risque réputationnel.