EACB comments on the Joint Position of the European Supervisory Authorities on Manufacturers’ Product Oversight & Governance Processes

The members of EACB have taken note of the initiative of the “Joint Committee” to set a set of high-level, cross- sector principles on financial institutions’ internal product approval process and read the paper with interest. In the relevant paper, the EACB would like to express some observations on the content of the principles. For more information, please click on READ MORE.

Release today of the Oliver Wyman Report "Co-operative banking : leveraging the co-operative difference to adapt to a new environment"

Today, at the occasion of the EACB Regulatory Debate, the third Oliver Wyman Study on Co-operative Banks was unveiled. For more information ( full Oliver Wyman Study), please click on READ MORE.

EACB Regulatory Debate|Press Release : Co-operative Banks recommend an Approach that balances Regulation and Stimulation of local Growth in Europe

Today, 4 March 2014, the debate‘Between Regulation and the need to re-launch local Growth : the Role of Co-operative Banks’, organised by the European Association of Co-operative Bank (EACB) took place in Brussels. The co-perative banks met with public authorities to present and discuss their views and concerns for an approach that balances regulation and stimulation of local growth in Europe. For more information ( programme, press release...), please click on READ MORE.

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EACB Regulatory debate-4th March in Brussels- pictures, background documents and video available NOW

The EACB (European Association of Co-operative Banks) is organising a debate on ‘Regulation and the need to re-launch local growth: the role of co-operative banks’, in close co-operation with the European Economic and Social Committee on the 4th of March 2014 in Brussels. Click on READ MORE for more information ( video, pictures, background documents)

SAVE THE DATE-Third Academics and Stakeholders' Day on the 1st of April at the European Parliament

Organised on the 1st of April by the EACB and hosted by Raffaele Baldassarre, Member of the European Parliament. For more information, please cick on READ MORE.

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SEPA end-date 1st February 2014

For a few years now, mechanisms exist to allow citizens and companies to make payments in euros across Europe as fast, safe and efficient as national payments are today. They have been developed as part of the so called Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) programme. But, like with the Euro change-over, we all need to make some adjustments in order to be able to use these mechanisms. As of 1st February 2014, European law will make the use of these mechanisms mandatory. It is therefore important to prepare for their use

PARIS DECLARATION issued following the EACB Exectuive Committee Meeting

The European co-operative banks‘ leaders members of the EACB representing 4000 banks in Europe signed the 'Paris Declaration' on June 26^th calling the policy makers to pay more attention on the value and the role of cooperative banks in financing the real economy and the job creation. For the Paris Declaration, please click on Read More.

DECLARATION of the 2012 International Summit of Co-operatives

The European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) supports the Declaration issued following the International Summit of Co-operatives. This Declaration will be presented in Manchester at the end of October during a special event organized by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), and also at the United Nations by Monique F. Leroux, EACB Executive Committee Member, Chair of the Board, President, and CEO of Desjardins Group. For the full Declaration, please click on Read More.

!!READ the papers of the EACB Young Researchers Award WINNERS 2012!!

The European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB), in collaboration with its academic think-tank, is pleased to announce the first EACB award for young researchers. The prize for the best paper in the field of co-operative banks was delivered in the proceedings of the 5th Convention on the 6th December in Brussels. For the full papers of the winners, the call for papers and details about the competition please click on READ MORE.

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