Brest, June 13, 2024 - The cooperative banking group's Data Office announces that it has obtained process certification for AI, also known as " Trusted AI Methodology" , issued by the Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais (LNE). This certification Attests to the quality of the processes used to build and monitor the AI solutions used by Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. It complements the group's recognized commitment to digital commons, in line with its Transitions 2024 strategic plan and its status as a company with a mission, with a local approach attesting to the high level of control and quality of its AI systems. The LNE certification rewards the research work carried out by Crédit Mutuel Arkéa's Data Office, and confirms its efforts to promote the transparent and responsible use of data.

LNE is an independent French body specializing in the assessment of intelligent technologies. An expert in the management and use of databases, it offers a range of services including technical assistance, evaluation and certification of Artificial Intelligence. The organization thus plays a central role in coordinating and steering numerous research projects in innovative sectors, at both national and European level. process certification for AI determines the acceptability of technologies built and tested by audited companies, with regard to normative and regulatory requirements, as well as the performance of algorithms and usage methodologies.

The culmination of the Group's responsible data policy

A guarantee of quality and reliability, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa's Data Office's achievement of LNE AI process certification is perfectly in line with the work carried out by the group via its Responsible Data policy. Adopted in 2023, this policy aims to preserve and develop the trust of Crédit Mutuel Arkéa's stakeholders regarding the protection and use of their data (customers, partners, employees, administrators). It is one of the concrete translations of the cross-functional initiative "Transparent and responsible use of data" implemented by the group as part of its Transitions 2024 strategic plan. The certification of processes for AI thus rewards more than two years of work carried out by Crédit Mutuel Arkéa in terms of innovation and ethics, in perfect coherence with the ambition of its Innovation and Organizations division within which the Data Office is located. This division aims to be the technological and industrial engine of Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, thanks to its operational excellence and through its open, innovative, responsible and agile platform, responding to the strategic challenges of all the group's entities. It is in this sense that the LNE's IA trust certification reinforces Crédit Mutuel Arkéa's innovation strategy for the years to come, particularly in the field of Artificial Intelligence.