Sat, 5 Jul 2008

Coface Group

Coface Australia is part of the Coface Group, a world leader in trade-risk management, serving 105,000 clients in 99 countries worldwide.

The Compagnie Française d'Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur (Coface) was founded in 1946 as the French export credit agency. It was subsequently privatized by the government and continued as a commercial enterprise. Capitalizing on more than 60 years of experience and a database of 50 million companies, Coface sets the global standard in assessing creditworthiness and protecting companies worldwide against the risk of non-payment. Thanks to the worldwide local service delivered by 7,000 staff in 65 countries, over 45% of the world's 500 largest corporate groups are already customers of Coface.

Coface is now part of the Natixis group who have a broad customer base and business portfolio with market leading positions in France and abroad. The Natixis group comprises Caisse d’Epargne Group and Banque Populaire who joined together to combine their corporate and investment banking, asset management and services activities in a listed company. Natixis’ business model is based on specialised business expertise, a solid financial position and a strong international presence.