The official website of Société Générale. Société Générale (French: Société Générale) is one of the three giants of the French banking industry, the other two being BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole, known as the Société Générale pour le Développement Industrielle. The company's shares are listed on the New York and Paris stock markets, and it is one of the largest investment banks in the world.