Diagnosis of the Credit Management

Abstract

The business center of Credit Agricole has enabled one to appreciate the concept of credit risk business, when the bank decided to support the company by funding needs for its operations, and on the other hand when, it decided to withdraw in order not to pursue a policy of support to ailing firms. Indeed, the risks of granting credit for the bank are: the risk of insolvency of the debtor, the risk capital funds advanced the risks specific to the management of the bank (interest rate, liquidity, etc.), credit risk, operational risk and the market risk. It is thus responsible for the business to properly assess the situation of the company, and take a commercial decision on the credit or not, minimizing the risk taken up by the bank.

Companies that make up the portfolios of charges d'affaires of the business center of Ile de France are SMEs. That's why the focus is only on this category of companies in opposition to "big business" that can result in the development of financial markets access to equities, or bonds to finance. One can indeed estimate that SMEs have difficulty in accessing additional funding, because they have no obligation to disclosure, and thus appear less transparent to investors than larger companies, which is an obstacle to finance capital markets and direct them to bank financing. The first solution that appears to face this obstacle is to develop a relationship of confidence between the Charge d'Affairs and the manager to collect useful information for better risk perception. This information is well beyond the data collection and financial accounting procedures.

After presenting the business center of the Ile de France Credit Agricole Nord, the focus will be on credit risk analysis at Credit Agricole, and the criteria on which the decision is based granting credit to a business. An interview with the director of the center of business will finally highlight the ambiguities of risk assessment model of Credit Agricole and appreciate the need to understand to make decisions related to credit.

The business center of Ile de France Credit Agricole Nord was established in 1981 as an organization dedicated to assisting the SMEs in the departments of 93, 95 and part of 92. Credit Agricole takes on many topics with companies including: the financing of working capital, equipment financing and investment; The refinancing of current accounts and credit and the treatment of domestic and international payments. The business center also works on complex arrangements and structured: business transfers, acquisitions, initial public offering etc.

The Business Centre Ile de France Nord releases a net banking income of 3-4 million euros, the business purpose of its senior business managers is to open 20 new accounts per year. The center now has about 700 client companies with a turnover of 10%.

The banking sector is a highly competitive sector where the actors are numerous and the offers are very similar from one bank to another. This requires banks to set up offensive strategies to always win new customers . In fact, this tough competition has reduced margins and forced the banks to offer products that are more competitive and innovative. The main competitors are the other banking groups such as BNP-Paribas, Societe Generale, HSBC, the Caisse d'Epargne, Banque Populaire etc

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