Institutional
Our business model
As the oldest financial institution in Paris, Crédit Municipal de Paris has demonstrated the robustness of its financial model for almost four centuries.
A simple credit activity for private individuals, a loan against the pledging of an object of value
Crédit Municipal de Paris (CMP) is a credit and welfare institution. Our lending to private individuals is based solely on the pledging of valuables by our customers. These are independently appraised by commissaires de justice (formerly judicial auctioneers). We lend at least 50% of the estimated value of the pledge, with a limit set by the French Monetary and Financial Code at 80% for gold or platinum items and 66% for other items. In the event of default on the loan, the items held by the CMP are sold at auction.
Our refinancing comes from the outstanding savings we collect from individuals and from the financial markets.
Pawnbroking is a simple, virtuous system of lending to individuals, monopolized by municipal credit unions.
Given the value of the loan collateral, Crédit Municipal de Paris' cost of risk is negligible. The main purpose of our cash management activity is to provide Crédit Municipal de Paris with a cushion of liquidity to absorb external shocks.
A financially solid establishment
Le Crédit Municipal de Paris est un établissement à capitaux publics, la Ville de Paris est notre unique actionnaire. Il est particulièrement bien noté par les agences de notation, Standard & Poor’s lui ayant décerné la note A+ en juin 2024.
Authorized by the European Central Bank, Crédit Municipal de Paris is supervised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and is subject to all banking and prudential regulations applicable to credit institutions.
Nos comptes sont soumis à la certification de deux commissaires aux comptes (KPMG et Grant Thornton en 2024) et notre établissement déploie une politique de contrôle interne rigoureuse conformément aux attentes des régulateurs (gestion des risques et de la conformité, contrôle permanent et périodique, lutte contre le blanchiment et le financement du terrorisme, sécurité informatique, protection des données personnelles). Les juridictions financières (Chambre régionale des comptes d’Ile-de-France) peuvent également être amenées à contrôler notre établissement.
Crédit Municipal de Paris' financial structure is particularly solid.




We are well within the industry's regulatory ratios.
- Ratio de liquidité à long terme (NSFR) atteint fin 2024 : 131,25 %
(pour une exigence minimale de 100 %) - Ratio de liquidité à court terme (LCR) atteint fin 2024 : 187,63 %
(pour une exigence minimale de 100 %) - Ratio de levier atteint au 31 décembre 2024 : 13,66 %
(pour un exigence minimale de 3 %) - Ratio de solvabilité atteint au 31 décembre 2024 : 27,42 %
(pour une exigence minimale de 10,5 %)
CMP's high level of equity has also enabled it to return €42 million to its shareholder in 2022, the amount of the recapitalization carried out in 2015 by the City of Paris.

CMP also owns a 25,000 m² property complex in the Marais district, right in the heart of Paris.
Its diversified revenues (lending activity, auction sales, rental income, income from its art and valuables conservation activities under the CC ART brand) bolster the structure of its NBI (the "sales" of a credit institution).

Le PNB est en hausse significative en 2024 sous l’effet de la hausse de la production bancaire (+9 %) et d’une maîtrise des charges d’exploitation (+1,4 % pro forma). Les perspectives 2025 laissent augurer une poursuite de la hausse du PNB, conformément aux objectifs financiers fixés dans notre plan stratégique Héraklès.

Poussé par la hausse de la production bancaire, l’encours des prêts a cru de 7,5 % en 2024, de telle sorte que l’encours de prêt sur gage atteint aujourd’hui des niveaux historiques.
The CMP's financial strength is finally evident in the sequence of net profits achieved since 2016. They serve a triple purpose: to finance the CMP's investment plan (16 M€ planned from 2021 to 2025 for digitization and real estate investments), to strengthen the establishment's equity capital, and to ensure the annual distribution of a fraction of profits to partners working in the social or cultural fields.

An ethical and transparent bank, a pillar of social finance in France
Crédit Municipal de Paris has a rigorous policy of preventing conflicts of interest. This also applies to members of our governing body, the Conseil d'Orientation et de Surveillance (COS), who are prohibited from using the various services and products offered by our establishment (loans, auctions, savings, custody).
The CMP's management expenses (telephony, travel, miscellaneous expenses, etc.) are monitored on a quarterly basis, audited and published in our annual report. All new staff at the CMP receive training in professional ethics and the fight against sexist and sexual violence. Today, our establishment is a pillar of social finance in France.
Si 10 % des objets déposés en gage passent en ventes aux enchères, le mécanisme dit du « boni » permet de reverser à nos emprunteurs plusieurs millions d’euros par an (le « boni » est la plus-value réalisée lors d’une vente entre l’enchère et les sommes dues au CMP).
En 2018, notre établissement a lancé le livret Paris Partage, produit d’épargne de partage labellisé Finansol qui offre aux épargnants la possibilité de reverser une partie des intérêts générés à des associations : plus de 128 000 € leur ont ainsi été versés en 2024 !
Dans le cadre de notre plan stratégique Héraklès, nous avons pris l’engagement de reverser, chaque année, au moins 10 % de nos bénéfices à des associations : avec cette règle d’or sociale, ce sont 650 000 € qui, en 2024, ont permis la rénovation d’un centre de distribution alimentaire du Secours Populaire dans le 18ème arrondissement de Paris, le fonctionnement d’une librairie dans le 20ème arrondissement avec Emmaüs Coup de Main ou encore de soutenir la Fondation des Femmes dans ses combats.
Prêteur engagé depuis 1637, le CMP a enfin choisi d’adopter une transparence complète sur le montant des émissions de CO2 générées directement ou indirectement par ses activités : tous les ans, nous calculons notre empreinte carbone et publions les résultats sur notre site et dans notre rapport d’activité.

Scope 1 = the company's direct emissions (mainly fuel consumption + emissions linked to refrigerant gases)
Scope 2 = the indirect emissions linked to the energy consumed in carrying out its activities (=indirect emissions linked to electricity or heating consumption [emissions from power stations producing the energy consumed ])
Scope 3 = the other indirect emissions generated by the establishment upstream and downstream in carrying out its activities (purchases of products and services, transport of goods, immobilization of goods, waste generated, business travel, transport of customers and visitors, emissions from customers or entities to which money has been lent...)
Finally, we believe in collective intelligence, and that the only wealth is in men and women: our establishment has equal representation of men and women (51% women, 49% men), as does its management committee; we devote over 2% of our payroll to professional training for our employees, who have the opportunity, when they wish, to take advantage of a volunteer day paid for by their employer to give a little of their time to the public-interest association of their choice.
Rapport financier 2024

"The current financial climate is putting all social and economic players to the test. However, Crédit Municipal de Paris has managed to consolidate all its activities and maintain its role as a resource for all Parisians.
Paul Simondon, Vice-Chairman of the Orientation and Supervisory Board, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of finance, budget, green finance and funeral affairs
Previous years
Risk report

The aim of Pillar III is to establish market discipline through a set of reporting requirements. These requirements, both qualitative and quantitative, improve financial transparency in the assessment of risk exposures, risk evaluation procedures and capital adequacy.
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