Groupe BPCE 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 bank, the seventh largest in Europe, and the nineteenth in the world by total assets. It has more than 8,200 branches nationwide under their respective brand names serving nearly 150 million customers. Its wholesale banking subsidiary Natixis, previously a separately listed company, was delisted and came under full ownership of Groupe BPCE in 2021.
Tours Duo in Paris, headquarters of Groupe BPCE as of 2022
François Pérol was the architect of the creation of Groupe BPCE, which he subsequently led for nearly a decade
Before moving to the Tours Duo in 2022, Groupe BPCE and Natixis were headquartered respectively on 50 and 30, Avenue Pierre-Mendès-France [fr] in Paris, flanked on both ends by office buildings of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations
Groupe Caisse d'épargne was a group of French savings banks that were converted into cooperative banks by legislation enacted in 1999. Its roots went back to the founding in 1818 of the Caisse d'Épargne et de Prévoyance de Paris, initiated by Benjamin Delessert and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.
Caisse d'Epargne building in Rambouillet, with tribute to group The two main co-founders Delessert and La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
Caisse d'épargne, Amiens
Caisse d'épargne, Chambéry
Caisse d'épargne, Dijon
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