BMCI

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BMCI
OwnerBNP Paribas
Websitewww.bmci.ma

BMCI (French: Banque marocaine pour le commerce et l'industrie, "Morocco Bank of Commerce and Industry") is a bank based in Morocco. It is a majority-owned subsidiary of the French financial group BNP Paribas.

History

At the end of the 19th century, the

Sherifian Empire
in Morocco.

Loans to Morocco, including those of 1902 and 1904 by the Paris and Netherlands Bank, helped finance the First Moroccan Crisis which led to the formation of Morocco as we know it today. However, these loans were at extremely high repayment rates. France, claiming payment guarantees, took control of Morocco's customs duties, which led to its taking control of the country in 1912 as the French protectorate in Morocco.

The bank played a key role as a capital

Arabic: مجموعة أونا), it was actively involved in financing Morocco's infrastructure (roads and railways, electricity, mining, and so on) in partnership with the State Bank of Morocco
.

In 1950,

Savings and Loan Association
", SMDC).

The Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie en Afrique ("National Bank for Trade and Industry in Africa", BNCIA) had also been developing interests in Morocco since 1941. developed its activities Morocco from 1940.

Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie was created in 1964 from these origins, as part of the nationalization of Moroccanization businesses.

In 2000, Banque nationale de Paris, itself created in 1966 by the merger of the CNEP and

BNCI, merged with Paribas to form BNP Paribas. In November 2001, Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie acquired its dormant ABN Amro Bank Maroc
arm, to consolidate its position in the Morocco financial services market.

Ownership

Subsidiaries

References

  1. ^ "CDG Capital Bourse". cdgcapitalbourse.com. 28 December 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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