The Crédit Martiniquais was a commercial bank based in Fort-de-France, Martinique, France.
The Crédit Martiniquais was colloquially known as the "bank of the békés" for its links with the local establishment of white merchant families who collectively held three-quarters of its capital.
[1] Its expansion to Guadeloupe, Guyane and Paris was associated with financial overextension and ultimately collapse.
[2] The bank was liquidated with financial support from the French Fonds de Garantie des Dépôts (FGD) which was created on that occasion.
[4] The FGD sued the former management of Crédit Martiniquais for liability in the failure,[5] but eventually lost the case in 2014.