Groupe Banque Populaire

Infobox_Company
company_name = Groupe Banque Populaire
company_
company_type = Semi co-operative
foundation = 1878
company_slogan = Banque et populaire à la fois
location_city = Paris
location_country = France
key_people = Philippe Dupont, CEO
num_employees = 34,500
industry = Banking
subsidiary = Natixis
homepage = [http://www.banquepopulaire.fr/ www.banquepopulaire.fr]

Groupe Banque Populaire is a French Group of cooperative banks. It is controlled by 21 regional banks.

In 2006, Groupe Banque Populaire has created a new company with another French cooperative banking group, Groupe Caisse d'Epargne in order to create Natixis. The new Investment Bank is the result of the spin-off of the two Investment Banks of the two groups : Banque Populaire's Natexis and Caisse d'Epargne's IXIS Corporate and Investment Bank. Natixis is equally controlled by the two groups.

Banque Populaire claims to have :
* 3,100,000 sociétaires (shareholders)
* 7,000,000 clients
* 2856 branches in France
* a presence in 70 countries

External links

* [http://www.banquepopulaire.fr/groupe/p416_FR.htm Groupe Banque Populaire organization]
* [http://www.banquepopulaire.fr/groupe/p538_FR.htm Banque Populaire website (in french)]