Societe Generale (OTC Pink - Current Information:SCGLY)

Société Générale SA provides international commercial banking services. It operates through the following businesses: Retail Banking, Specialized Financial Services and Insurance; Private Banking, Global Investment Management and Services; and Corporate and Investment Banking. The company's Retail Banking division operates three complementary distribution networks in France: Société Générale, a nationwide reference in banking; Crédit du Nord, a group of regional banks with a strong culture of local customer relations; and Boursorama Banque, a major player in online banking. These three networks share best practices, simplify processes, and provide offers tailor-made to meet clients' needs in an ongoing and constant bid to improve the quality of service. Through its International Retail Banking division, the company is present in more than thirty seven countries. Its focus is on maintaining its universal banking model while continuing to respect the specificities of local markets. The Specialized Financial Services and Insurance division meets the financial and service needs of companies and individuals in France and in countries abroad. For its corporate clientele, the company provides financial solutions for fleets of vehicles, and for computing equipment, and financing solutions for the sale and equipment of professionals. For its retail clientele, it offers a wide range of consumer credit products, as well as insurance and life insurance products. The Global Investment Management and Services business incorporates asset management, private banking, securities services and multi-asset brokerage. The company's private banking offers wealth management solutions to entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals with financial assets in excess of one million euros. Its offering include international wealth planning and fiduciary services, a global expertise in structured products, hedge funds, mutual and private equity funds, real estate investment solutions and access to capital markets. Societe Generale's securities services provides a full range of securities services that are adapted to the latest financial markets and regulatory evolutions, which include clearing services, custody and trustee services, retail custody services, liquidity management, fund administration and asset servicing, fund distribution and global issuer services. Through its interest in Amundi, Societe Generale possesses a major player in Europe and a major global player in asset management. Amundi offers a comprehensive range of products covering all asset classes and major currencies. Through its joint venture with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Société Générale is a major in global multi-asset brokerage in the execution and clearing of listed derivative products. It provides its clients with a full range of clearing and execution services covering options and futures contracts for financial products and commodities, as well as for fixed income, foreign exchange, equities and indexes, and commodities on OTC markets. It also provides a range of value added services such as prime brokerage, asset financing, an electronic platform for trading and order routing, cross margining, and the centralized processing and reporting of client portfolios. Societe Generale's Corporate and Investment Banking business is centered on the principles of serving the long-term needs of its clients, sustaining growth by building on its key strengths, and applying rigorous risk management across its activities. Its Investment Banking division provides clients with strategic advisory and capital raising solutions. It offers a global advisory approach from M&A to capital management. The company's Global Markets division offers investment and risk management solutions for investors. Its integrated cross-asset platform provides seamless access to global markets across all asset classes. It develops advisory, investment and risk management solutions for the specific needs of each investor, supported by its worldwide equity derivatives franchise and positions in fixed income, commodities and research. Its Global Finance division provides integrated capital raising, financing and hedging solutions for issuers. The global financing solutions for issuers encompass debt to equity capital raising, expertise in structured finance, as well as customized hedging services for interest rate and currency risk. The company was founded on May 4, 1864 and is headquartered in Paris, France.