Native name | Banque marocaine pour le commerce et l'industrie |
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Type | Société anonyme |
BSI | |
ISIN | MA0000010811 |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1943, merger with ABN Amro Maroc in 2001 |
Headquarters | 26 Place des Nations Unies, Casablanca , |
Key people | Mourad Cherif Joël Sibrac Hicham Seffa |
Total assets | approx. MAD 9.5 billion [1] |
Owner | BNP Paribas |
Website | www |
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.
At the end of the 19th century, the Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris (CNEP) – one of the founders of the French: Banque nationale de Paris, now BNP Paribas – had interests in Morocco, while from 1902 the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (Paris and Netherlands Bank) helped financed 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 investment bank in developing the Moroccan economy during the first half of the twentieth century. With holdings such as the Compagnie générale du Maroc (Génaroc) and ONA Group (French: Omnium Nord-Africain, 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.
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