Unpromising results for French banks in 2014. The results of the French banks for the year 2014 are fairly unpromising, with interest rates, inflation and growth converging at around zero. The context of low rates in 2014 weighed upon the margin of the banking networks and affected the revenue of the French banks. For instance, Crédit Agricole Nord de France saw its intermediation margin fall by 4.8% last year. The drop in rates is expected to continue in 2015. Last year, the banks also...