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Palatine, a banking house dating back to 1780, has honed its expertise, agility, and culture of excellence to become a trusted partner to its clientele of French mid-sized companies (especially family-owned businesses), their senior managers, and private banking clients.
86 rue de Courcelles
75 008 Paris
Phone : +33 (0) 1 55 27 94 94
Palatine boasts a history stretching back more than 240 years; the successor of two financial institutions – Banque Vernes and Banque Commerciale de Paris, which merged in 1970 to form Banque Vernes & Commerciale de Paris (BVCP) – it became Banque Sanpaolo in 1988, then Banque Palatine in 2005, and finally Palatine in 2025.
Palatine pursues a dual commitment to excellence by providing considerable support for the growth of mid-sized companies and by offering the expert services of an exacting Private Bank dedicated to serving the needs of each individual client.
Building on its conviction that mid-sized companies are crucial to the success of the French economy, Palatine offers solutions to support their business performance and growth and to help them organize their succession planning. It offers its assistance more particularly to family-owned mid-sized companies, providing solutions for their financing needs, long-term financing operations, international expansion, and their completion of the energy transition.
Palatine delivers high-value-added services in wealth management, wealth structuring, legal and tax services, investment advice, and financing. Its private bankers forge long-term relationships with their clients with a view to defining a wealth management strategy tailored to each individual situation.
Within the framework of a relationship built on trust and high standards, Palatine establishes a strategic dialogue with senior managers to anticipate key milestones in their professional and personal lives and to ensure the success of their operations: protection of loved ones, financing, transfer of their businesses, investment advice, equity transactions, etc.
Building on its long-standing commitment to film industry professionals, Palatine is expanding this expertise to embrace all cultural and creative sectors with a view to becoming one of France’s benchmark banking players in this sector by 2030.
Palatine also boasts recognized expertise the property management market, where it enjoys leadership status, and works with real estate professionals, large corporations, and institutional clients.
In 2026, Palatine was awarded the Engagé RSE (‘CSR Committed’) label – ‘Confirmed’ level – awarded by AFNOR, the French Standardization Association. This recognition attests to the bank’s adoption of a structured and responsible approach based on the principles of the ISO 26000 international standard.
It confirms Banque Palatine’s commitment to making social, environmental, and governance issues an integral part of all its activities. This certification testifies to a commitment to continuous improvement, transparency, and engagement with all stakeholders. In line with this approach, Banque Palatine published in 2025 its first sustainability report for the 2024 financial year.
Reducing its carbon footprint, promoting social inclusion, responsible purchasing, support for caregivers, and local sponsorship: Banque Palatine is active at every level. Through concrete and measurable actions, it reinforces its positive impact year-by-year, bringing together employees and partners around an ambitious, pragmatic, and forward-looking CSR project.
In 2022, Palatine created the Palatine Women Project, a mentoring program designed to support female athletes and para-athletes who have a business project and are transitioning to a new career.
Palatine also became the lead sponsor of the Alice Milliat Foundation in 2021. The foundation is named after the co-founder and president of the French Federation of Women’s Sports Clubs, recognized as one of the pioneers in the recognition of women’s sports at the international level.
Since January 2023, Palatine has also been an official partner of the French Golf Federation. This long-term partnership, designed to promote golf in France, is rooted in values that are dear to the Bank: the pursuit of excellence, the fostering of trust and perseverance.
In 2026, Palatine became a sponsor of CANNESERIES, a festival setting out to be one of the major events dedicated to TV series. This partnership reinforces Palatine’s longstanding commitment to supporting the film industry and, more broadly, the audiovisual and creative sectors.
Since 2011, Palatine has also supported the Quinzaine des Cinéastes film festival (the ‘Directors’ Fortnight’ section of the Cannes film festival), helping to promote talent and diversity in cinematographic works.
Since 2023, Palatine has also been a cultural patron in Paris and across the regions, aiming to help foster the spirit of innovation and excellence in contemporary art throughout the country. In this capacity, it supports the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, the Luma contemporary art and cultural complex in Arles, Frac Sud in Marseille, the Caumont Art Center in Aix-en-Provence, and the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
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Palatine, a banking house dating back to 1780, has honed its expertise, agility, and culture of excellence to become a trusted partner to its clientele of French mid-sized companies (especially family-owned businesses), their senior managers, and private banking clients.
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