Groupe Caisse d'Épargne

Groupe Caisse d'épargne was a group of French <a href="/facts/Savings_bank/7xpBz8YG">savings banks</a> that were converted into <a href="/facts/Cooperative_bank/GvD0j0A2">cooperative banks</a> by legislation enacted in 1999.: 175  Its roots went back to the founding in 1818 of the Caisse d'Épargne et de Prévoyance de Paris, initiated by <a href="/facts/Jules_Paul_Benjamin_Delessert/zCmIzzn1">Benjamin Delessert</a> and the <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Alexandre_Fr%25C3%25A9d%25C3%25A9ric%2c_duc_de_La_Rochefoucauld-Liancourt/kEoawgEx">Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt</a>.
The group was active in <a href="/facts/Retail_bank/GtpapKUP">retail</a> and <a href="/facts/Private_bank/Ejn2GVHy">private banking</a>, with around 4700 <a href="/facts/Branch_(banking)/cJwYVeMs">branches</a> in the country, as well as holding a significant stake in the <a href="/facts/Public_company/tnJQvSdR">publicly traded</a> <a href="/facts/Investment_bank/WcxWICfI">investment bank</a> <a href="/facts/Natixis/d2W2nUk4">Natixis</a>. In 2009, it merged with <a href="/facts/Groupe_Banque_Populaire/9oSNdEfp">Groupe Banque Populaire</a> to form <a href="/facts/Groupe_BPCE/0Mz53PRu">Groupe BPCE</a>. A retail banking network under BPCE still uses the Caisse d'Épargne brand name.

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Groupe Caisse d'Épargne