Crédit Industriel d'Alsace et de Lorraine
Building at 14, rue de la Nuée-Bleue in Strasbourg, head office of CIAL from 1931 to 1973, with the spire of Strasbourg Cathedral in the background | |
| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding |
| Predecessor | Banque d'Alsace et de Lorraine |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Defunct | 2007 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Banking services |
The Crédit Industriel d'Alsace et de Lorraine (CIAL, lit. 'Industrial Credit [Bank] of Alsace and Lorraine') was a bank in France, based in Strasbourg. It resulted from the acquisition in 1931 of the Banque d'Alsace et de Lorraine by the Société Alsacienne de Crédit Industriel et Commercial (SACIC, est. 1919), the local affiliate of Paris-based Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC). Upon the merger, the SACIC changed its name to CIAL and expanded dynamically in the later 20th century.
Following its 1998 acquisition by Crédit Mutuel Centre Est Europe, the CIC undertook a streamlining of its regional affiliate banks and phase-out of their brands. As part of that nationwide process, the CIAL was fully absorbed into the CIC network and brand identity in 2007.