European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB)
The Voice of Cooperative Banks
The European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) represents, promotes and defends the common interests of its 27 member institutions and of cooperative banks, with regard to banking as well as to cooperative legislation.
Founded in 1970, today the EACB is a leading professional lobbying association in the European banking industry. Cooperative banks play a major role in the financial and economic system.
They contribute widely to stability thanks to their anti-cyclical behaviour, they are driver of local and social growth with 2.400 locally operating banks and 36.200 outlets, they serve 227 million customers, mainly consumers, SMEs and communities.
Europe’s co-operative banks represent 90 million members and 737.000 employees and have an average market share in Europe of about 20%.
EACB Mission Statement
Operational bodies
Working Groups
At the EACB, we work closely with our members in different working groups related to the big topics we are dealing with. Those working groups are dispatched between two departments : the Legal department and the Retail Banking, Payments, Financial Markets Department.