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[edit] History

Banque de l'Indochine was a note-issuing bank established in Paris on January 21, 1875, for the territories of France in Asia. Up to World War II, the bank experienced three phases of development. From 1875 to 1888, it functioned as a colonial bank to help the French government manage its colonial properties in Southeast Asia. Then from 1889 to 1900, the bank shifted its operations from Indochina to China. Thereafter, from 1900 to 1941, the bank represented the interests of the French government in handling the Boxer indemnity and transacted international trade between France and China. It merged with Banque de Suez in 1974 to form Indosuez, and still operates under that name as a member of Crédit Agricole group.

[edit] Branches in Asia

City	Country	Opening	Closing down
Tokyo	Japan	November 1942	September 1945
Yokohama	Japan	July 1941	November 1942
Shanghai	China	1899	1955
Tianjin	China	1902	unknown
Beijing	China	unknown	unknown
Hanoi	Indochina	1887	unknown
Haiphong	Indochina	1885	unknown
Guangzhouwan	French colony	unknown	unknown
Hong Kong	British colony	1894	19742
Singapore	British colony	1905	unknown
Port Vila	French/British colony	1905	unknown
Papeete	French Polynesia	1905	unknown
New Caledonia	French colony	1888	unknown

² Merged with Banque de Suez.

[edit] Source

• Meuleau, M. 1990. Des Pionniers en Extrême-Orient: Histoire de la Banque de l’Indochine, 1875-1975. (Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard).