According to an article published in the New York Times in May 2022, the French bank Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) would have made tremendous profits from Haïti in the 19th century through a whirlwind of debts and through its creation: the National Bank of Haïti (BNH). Faced with this indictment, it is necessary to establish the facts. The CIC did not sign any of the four loans contracts issued by Haïti on the French market in the 19th century. Although CIC was responsible for issuing the 1875 loan, it was finally cancelled by the initiative of its competitor the Crédit général français. As for the BNH, created in 1881 by the CIC in partnership with the Banque francoégyptienne, it was not a source of profits for CIC which subscribed only 4,6 % of the capital of BNH and did not control it, as they did not control the banks they created in the French provinces. As a deposit bank, very different business than an investment bank, CIC did not have the means to seize the power of inflicting a financial domination over the Haïti State.