Cooperative and Savings Banks in Europe: Nature, Challenges and Perspectives

20 Pages Posted: 3 Jun 2011

Date Written: May 25, 2011

Abstract

This paper presents and discusses the main characteristics of stakeholder-based banks, the challenges they face nowadays and the reform experiences in some European countries. We review the main characteristics and classification of stakeholder-based banks, together with an overview of the stakeholder sector in some European countries. Thereafter we discuss the describes the pros and cons of these kind of entities and present some statistics regarding the performance and the public support received by these institutions during the financial crisis. Finally we conclude by explaining the the main challenges for the future and goes through the reform experience of some European countries.

Keywords: saving banks, cooperative banks

JEL Classification: G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Marqués, J. Manuel and Anguren Martín, Rebeca, Cooperative and Savings Banks in Europe: Nature, Challenges and Perspectives (May 25, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1856966 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1856966

J. Manuel Marqués (Contact Author)

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Rebeca Anguren Martín

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

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