Groupe Banque Populaire ("People's Bank") was a French group of
cooperative banks. The central entity was controlled by 15 independent regional banks and also operated under the CASDEN and the Crédit Coopératif subsidiaries.
In 2006, Groupe Banque Populaire created
Natixis with another
French cooperative banking group,
Groupe Caisse d'Epargne
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Air and aviation groups
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, to which they brought Banque Populaire's
Natexis
Natixis is a French corporate and investment bank created in November 2006 from the merger of the asset management and investment banking operations of '' Natexis Banques Populaires'' (Banque Populaire group) and ''IXIS'' (Groupe Caisse d'Epargn ...
and Caisse d'Epargne's
IXIS Corporate and Investment Bank.
In 2009, Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne merged to form
Groupe BPCE
Groupe BPCE (for Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne) is a major French banking group formed by the 2009 merger of two major retail banking groups, Groupe Caisse d'Épargne and Groupe Banque Populaire. As of 2021, it was France's fourth largest b ...
.
Merger
In October 2008 the group announced plans, since approved by the
French government
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, to merge with
Groupe Caisse d'Epargne
A group is a military unit or a military formation that is most often associated with military aviation.
Air and aviation groups
The terms group and wing differ significantly from one country to another, as well as between different branches ...
.
The companies merged in 2009 to form the Groupe BPCE
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Parent of French Bank Agrees to Guarantee Troubled Assets.
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.'' 26 August 2009. and retain their separate retail banking brands and
branch
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networks. Banque Populaire's
chief executive officer
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Philippe Dupont has been nominated to head the enlarged company.
As of December 2008, Banque Populaire had:
* 3,460,000 shareholders
* 9,400,000 customers
* 3,391
branches
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in
France
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* a 70 countries presence
References
External links
Groupe Banque Populaire Caisse d'EpargneBanque Populaire website (in french)
Banks established in 1878
BPCE
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