Banque Commerciale pour l'Europe du Nord

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The Banque Commerciale pour l'Europe du Nord (also called BCEN and BCEN-Eurobank) was a Soviet- controlled bank in Paris, founded in 1921.

In 2005, the Russian Vneshtorgbank became the main shareholder. Vneshtorgbank changed its name to VTB Bank and Banque Commerciale pour l'Europe du Nord was renamed VTB Bank (France) SA. BCEN has a representative office in Moscow and minority stakes in two Russian banks. The main business of BCEN is structured trade finance. The bank's clients are mainly Russian exporters and international companies trading with Russia.

history

The government of the Second Spanish Republic used its gold reserves to finance military support from the Soviet Union during the Spanish Civil War . The Soviet Union used the BCEN to manage this gold. From Paris, finance brokers and diplomats paid to buy weapons and equipment in Brussels, Prague, Warsaw, New York and Mexico City.

One of the directors was Dimitri Navachine, who was assassinated by OSARN ( Cagoule ) in 1937 .

During the Cold War , the bank served as the house bank for the French Communist Party PCF and its organizations: the PCF had 219 accounts and the CGT trade union 200 accounts, all with tens of millions of francs. Georges Gosnat, the party's main cashier, was responsible for the administration. This information was passed on thanks to Jean Montaldo, who provided the bank with the container, freely accessible on the sidewalk in front of his headquarters, which contained the bank's archives.

Executives

The presidents include Guy de Boysson and Charles Hilsum. In addition to Navachine, the directors also include Gilles Peillon (1928–2007), director general and father of Minister Vincent Peillon .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ intelligence report Russian banks in the West Intelligence Report Soviet-owned banks in the West
  2. ↑ Fitch Affirms Banque Commerciale pour l'Europe du Nord-euro bank. Retrieved March 14, 2019 .
  3. ^ Stalin and the Spanish Civil War - gutenberg-e.org
  4. ↑ WG EICHLER: France. In: EUROPE speaks. June 16, 1942, see Editorial Notes No. 7 , accessed on March 14, 2019 (English).
  5. ↑ Annette Finley-Croswhite: Murder in the Metro: Mysterious Death Leads to Scholarly Work on Gender and Fascism in 1937 France. In: ODU Digital Commons. Old Dominion University, 2006, p. 20 , accessed March 14, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Jean-François Revel Mémoires, Le voleur dans la maison vide, p. 549.
  7. ↑ Raymond Aubrac, Où la mémoire s'larde, based on: Opcit, based on: pp. 247–255.
  8. ↑ Vincent Peillon, the PS's new key man, Candice Nedelec, Gala, June 2009.