Banque de Tunisie

Its founders hoped to secure the exclusive right to issue banknotes in the protectorate from the French government,[1]: 130  which however was eventually granted to the Banque de l'Algérie in 1904.

In 1941, it was acquired together with Banque Transatlantique by the Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC), which took advantage of the Vichy anti-Jewish legislation.

In 1948, it absorbed the Tunis branch of the Banque italo-française de crédit, and in 1951 led the liquidation of the Tunis-based Banca italiana di credito, both of which had primarily served Italian Tunisian customers.

Other European and American banks subsequently acquired minority stakes in the Banque de Tunisie.

[6] In late 2012, Crédit Mutuel increased its stake to 33% by acquiring the shares formerly owned by the Trabelsi family.