Union Générale

Union générale
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryBanking and Finance
Founded1875
FounderPaul Eugène Bontoux
DefunctJanuary 1, 1882 (1882-01-01)

The General Union (Union générale) was a French Catholic bank founded in Lyon in 1875 by Catholic monarchists and then taken over in 1878 by Paul Eugène Bontoux. It went bankrupt in a resounding manner in 1882, during the stock market crash.

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