Banque Populaire logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Download PNG Banque Populaire Logo PNG Banque Populaire is a co-operative financial organization, which was established in France in 1878.
- One of the largest banking groups in Europe, Banque Populaire has almost 40 thousand employees and operates in more than 70 countries.
- Meaning and history One of the oldest banks in France was established at the end of the 19th century as Credit Populaire de France and changed its name only in 1966.
- For the first era of the bank’s history, it’s been using a cock as its symbol, as the bird is a world-recognized mascot of Frances 1918 – 1948 The logo, created for Credit Populaire Fe France in 1918 featured a circular badge executed in thin black lines.
- In the middle of a light circle in a black outline, there was a smaller circle with a horizontal-striped pattern, where the contour of the cock was placed.
- The logo featured a dark gold color palette with gradient shades for the bird symbol and black for the background.
- 1966 – 1972 In 1966 the color palette of the stylized bird emblem was changed to blue and white and the wordmark appeared under it.
- The “Banque Populaire” lettering was executed in a bold serif typeface with smooth rounded lines and thin distinct serifs.
- 1972 – 1987 The completely new logo was introduced in 1972.
- The image in blue was usually placed on a white background without any additional lettering.
- 1995 – 2011 The color palette of the logo was changed in 1995 — the white “+x” symbol was placed on a light blue “arrow”, which was located on the upper right part of a solid blue square with white lettering at the bottom.
- 2018 – Today The redesign of 2018 simplified the Banque Populaire visual identity by removing the solid square and flattening the image.
- The bank’s logo we all know today is a gradient blue square with the upper left and bottom right corners cut diagonally, a white “+x” symbol on it, and a blue wordmark on the left.
- It looks stylish yet modest and confident.
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