Official website (https://www.cofidis.fr/)
Cofidis
Cofidis (from the French: mpagnie nancière de tribution) is a French multinational consumer credit company owned by Crédit Mutuel. It was founded in 1982 by 3 Suisses, a company jointly owned by the Otto and Mulliez families, to provide financing for mail-order purchases. Headquartered in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, Cofidis specializes in providing consumer loans and credit solutions primarily through remote channels such as telephone and online platforms. Over the years, the company has expanded internationally, establishing operations in several European countries.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Cofidis
- Company.logo
- Logo Cofidis.svg
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.founder
- 3 Suisses
- Company.location_city
- Villeneuve-d'Ascq
- Company.location_country
- France
- Company.area_served
- France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Company.industry
- Financial services
- Company.products
- Consumer credit, Personal loans, Revolving credit, Insurance
- Company.revenue
- €19.7 billion (2023)
- Company.num_employees
- 5,894 (2023)
- Company.parent
- Crédit Mutuel
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Cofidis (from the French: mpagnie nancière de tribution) is a French multinational consumer credit company owned by Crédit Mutuel. It was founded in 1982 by 3 Suisses, a company jointly owned by the Otto and Mulliez families, to provide financing for mail-order purchases. Headquartered in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, Cofidis specializes in providing consumer loans and credit solutions primarily through remote channels such as telephone and online platforms. Over the years, the company has expanded internationally, establishing operations in several European countries.
==History== In the mid-1980s, Cofidis opened its first international branch in Belgium and subsequently expanded to Spain, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Greece and Romania. The company operates under four brands: Cofidis, Monabanq, Creatis, and SynerGIE, offering consumer loans, insurance, credit consolidation, payment solutions, and digital banking services.