Logo of French bank Banque Populaire is seen in Paris, March 13, 2006. [French banks Caisse d'Epargne and Banque Populaire said on March 12 they planned to merge French investment bank Natexis with the IXIS investment bank to form a new entity called Natixis which could become France's second-biggest retail bank behind Credit Agricole. IXIS is majority-owned by Caisse d'Epargne, and Natexis is 76 percent owned by Banque Populaire.]