Credit Agricole becomes a partner of the international IT community Wtech

Credit Agricole became a partner of the international community for women leaders in tech and online business. The community brings together more than 3,500 participants - representatives of tech companies, e-commerce, Fintech, etc. from Ukraine, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

On June 19, Kyiv will host the Wtech Offline Meetup, dedicated to the leadership and team building of the future and the presentation of the Wtech & Friends project partners. Among the quest speakers will be Halyna Zhukova, Deputy Chairman of the Board.

"The IT sector is one of the key vectors of development for Credit Agricole. Ukraine has a vast potential and everything it takes to realize it and become one of the largest exporters of IT services in the world. We have a strong technical educational base, cool specialists who are highly competitive in the international market, and high-quality customer-oriented projects. At Credit Agricole, we believe in and promote the development of the creative economy, strive to be an innovative partner for IT and believe that women in IT – that’s just great. And of course, we are happy to be part of the Wtech & Friends project!” says Halyna Zhukova, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Credit Agricole Bank.

In 2020, Credit Agricole accelerated its digitalization significantly: the mobile application CA+ was launched, which is currently in the TOP-3 leaders of the Ukrainian market according to user feedback, equipped the Contact Centre with intelligent IVR (interactive voice recognition system) and continued to invest in branch transformation.

Recently Credit Agricole has become an official partner of Lviv IT Cluster – the largest community of IT specialists and companies in Lviv, which brings together 130 companies and almost 20,000 professionals.

About Wtech

Wtech – an international community for women leaders in tech and online business. To learn more follow the link  https://wtech.club/

About Credit Agricole 

Credit Agricole Bank is the oldest foreign bank in Ukraine that provides the entire range of banking services is the leader in car lending, a strategic partner for agribusiness and contributes to the development of the Ukrainian IT industry by offering special beneficial products. The bank belongs to the international Credit Agricole Group (France), the European leader in bancassurance and asset management, and the bank No 1 according to Euromoney. The Group invests heavily in the development of innovations and startups, and particularly has its own accelerator Le Village by CA, which has been helping startups to find investment solutions to enter markets since 2014.

Credit Agricole is the best corporate and saving bank for business, according to “Banks of the year 2021”, among TOP 3 most reliable banks according to Dragon Capital and “Novoye Vremya” magazine and among TOP 10  leading banks of Ukraine according to the information agency "Financial Club" rating. The bank is also a socially responsible. Since 2016 the it has been running a wide-scale Corporate Social Responsibility program «We Care!», which includes 4 major areas such as charity, eco initiatives, volunteering and caring about employees. Credit Agricole #6 among the leaders of sustainable growth rating according to business media “Dengi” and “Correspondent” and among TOP 50 best employers of Ukraine, according to Forbes.