Groupe Caisse d'Épargne

Groupe Caisse d'épargne (lit. 'Savings Bank Group') was a group of French savings banks that were converted into cooperative banks 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 Benjamin Delessert and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.

This article is about the French savings bank network. For the Luxembourgish bank, see Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État. For the former financial arm of the French postal services, see Caisse nationale d'épargne.
Groupe Caisse d'épargne
Company typeSemi co-operative
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedNovember 1818 (1818-11)
Defunct31 July 2009
FateMerged with Banque fédérale des banques populaires to became BPCE
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Key people
François Pérol
ProductsBanking and insurance
Number of employees
52,000
SubsidiariesNatixis
Websitecaisse-epargne.fr

The group was active in retail and private banking, with around 4700 branches in the country, as well as holding a significant stake in the publicly traded investment bank Natixis. In 2009, it merged with Groupe Banque Populaire to form Groupe BPCE. A retail banking network under BPCE still uses the Caisse d'Épargne brand name.

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