Groupe Banque Populaire

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Groupe Banque Populaire
Type	Semi co-operative
Founded	1878
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people	Philippe Dupont, CEO
Industry	Banking
Employees	34,500
Website	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

[edit] External links

• Groupe Banque Populaire organization
• Banque Populaire website (in french)

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