Groupe Caisse d'Épargne
| Company type | Semi co-operative |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | November 1818 |
| Defunct | 31 July 2009 |
| Fate | Merged with Banque fédérale des banques populaires to became BPCE |
| Headquarters | Paris , France |
Key people | François Pérol |
| Products | Banking and insurance |
Number of employees | 52,000 |
| Subsidiaries | Natixis |
| Website | caisse-epargne.fr |
Groupe Caisse d'épargne (French pronunciation: [ɡʁup kɛs depaʁɲ], 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.
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.