The French lender did not reveal the financial terms of the transaction; although, it said that the transaction is expected to conclude during June 2015, as reported by Reuters.

The news agency further said that initially this year the transaction was valued at €350m – €400m ($483m-$552m).

Remaining 50% stake of Crelan is held by a Belgian consortium, comprising agricultural cooperatives.

Managing Europabank, Crelan Insurance and Keytrade Bank in Belgium, Crelan serves approximately 1.2 million customers, operates more than 900 branches, and has almost €19bn in deposits.

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