Societe Generale
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Societe Generale is one of the largest financial services groups in Europe with around 119,000 employees serving more than 26 million clients in 62 countries (December 31, 2025). The company operates in three main business areas: French Retail, Private Banking and Insurance; Global Banking and Investor Solutions; and Mobility, International Retail Banking and Financial Services. With about 12 million individual and business customers, Retail Banking in France operates under two brands: Societe Generale, into which Credit du Nord was merged on January 1, 2023, and BoursoBank, the online bank previously named Boursorama, which reported almost 8.8 million clients in the fourth quarter of 2025. The company’s International Retail Banking network operates well-established universal banks in the Czech Republic, Romania and several African countries, including Côte d’Ivoire. Societe Generale withdrew from Russia through the sale of Rosbank and its Russian insurance subsidiaries to Interros Capital, completed on May 18, 2022 at a net loss of about EUR 3.2 billion, and on July 15, 2025 it agreed to sell its 58.08% stake in Societe Generale Cameroun to the State of Cameroon, raising the State’s holding to 83.68%. Societe Generale Burkina Faso and Societe Generale Guinea have also been divested. Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) is at the heart of Société Générale’s universal banking business model. SG CIB is present in more than 35 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. Lyxor Asset Management, formerly a division of Societe Generale, managed and advised on EUR 124 billion of assets in June 2017 and provided alternative investments, ETFS and indexing, multi-asset investments and structured investments. Lyxor was acquired by Amundi, which dates the acquisition to January 2022. Societe Generale Private Banking, the wealth management arm of Societe Generale, had assets under management of EUR 119 billion in September 2017. On August 5, 2024 the group announced agreements to sell its United Kingdom and Swiss private banking subsidiaries, SG Kleinwort Hambros and Societe Generale Private Banking Suisse, which together held close to EUR 25 billion of assets under management, to Union Bancaire Privée; both disposals were completed in 2025. Societe Generale Private Banking was named Outstanding Private Bank in Western Europe (Private Banker International Awards 2017) and the Best Wealth Planning Team (WealthBriefing European Awards 2017). SG’s specialized financial services include insurance, vehicle leasing and fleet management. Sogecap and Sogessur are the life and property and casualty insurance companies of the Société Générale Group. ALD Automotive, the group’s vehicle leasing and fleet management business, now trades as Ayvens, the brand adopted for the combined ALD and LeasePlan operations, and Societe Generale Equipment Finance (SGEF) was sold to Groupe BPCE under an agreement announced on April 11, 2024 for EUR 1.1 billion. Société Générale was established in 1864 and is headquartered in Paris, France. As of December 31, 2025, the company had a total consolidated balance sheet of EUR 1,547 billion and Group shareholders’ equity of EUR 70 billion. Revenues for 2025 were EUR 27.3 billion and Group net income was EUR 6.0 billion.
Head office address:
29 Boulevard Haussmann
Paris 75009
France
Phone: +33 1421 42000
Websites: www.societegenerale.com
Former UK office:
SG Hambros Bank Limited, later SG Kleinwort Hambros
8 St James’s Square
SW1Y 4JU London
United Kingdom
Sold to Union Bancaire Privée in 2025 and no longer a Societe Generale office.
New York Head Office:
Societe Generale Branch & SG Americas Securities
245 Park Avenue
10167 New York
Phone: +1 212 278 6000
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