Crédit Agricole, a French international banking group, completed the acquisition of a 7% stake in Worldline, a French multinational payment and transactional services company. Financial terms were not disclosed. This investment is building upon the strategic partnership between Crédit Agricole Group and Worldline, for which the signing of a binding agreement was announced in July 2023. It is intended to strengthen this partnership to create a major player in the French merchant payment services market.