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Brussels, 12th December 2013– The European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB), the voice of almost 4.000 co-operative banks, warns that the outcome of today’s EP Plenary vote on the proposed Directive on Payment accounts could eventually lead to impoverishment of the diverse banking landscape in Europe. In particular, the outcome of today’s vote might be harmful to banks that invest in an extensive branch network and thus, be to the detriment of the consumers that would need such network most: the population in remote or rural areas where proximity and relationship banking is crucial. For the full Press Release, please click on READ MORE.
Read more Download PDFBrussels, 10th of December 2013.-The European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB), the voice of almost 4.000 co-operative banks, welcomes today’s vote on the European Parliament Resolution regarding the Directive on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property (CARRP). Co-operative banks are retail and local oriented, they are key provider of mortgages for households at EU level. For the full press release, please click on Read More.
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EURICSE (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises) has launched the Call for Papers with view to the fifth ‘Workshop on Co-operative finance and sustainable development’ taking place in Trento, Italy, on the 19th and 20th of June 2014. The event will be organized by EURICSE in collaboration with Federcasse (Italian federation of Cooperative Credit Banks) and with the support of the EACB. For more information, please click on ‘read more’.
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Following the great success of the first International Summit of Co-operatives in 2012, Desjardins Group will organise a second edition of the Summit from the 6th to the 9th of October 2014 in Quebec. In this context, the EACB is proud to be again a partner of the International Summit of Co-operatives 2014. For more information about this event, please click on READ MORE.
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The European co-operative banks‘ leaders members of the EACB representing 4000 banks in Europe signed the 'Paris Declaration' on June 26th 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.
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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.
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This document is intended to provide high level assistance to banks and their clients in relation to both the interpretation and practical application Regulation 260/2012 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debit in euro. The document does not aim to be exhaustive in the list of topics it addresses, but rather focuses on specific issues that have been the subject of discussion and/or relate to frequently asked questions from the market.
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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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