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European Parliament event highlights co-ops’ priorities for next five years

Requests include accelerating the implementation of the Social Economy Action Plan and renewing the Social Economy…

Webinar explores role of co-op banks in times of crisis

Discussions at the EACB event centred around the recently published book 'Of Banks and Crises'

Priscille Szeradzki elected president European co-op banking apex

Szeradzki will serve a two-year term, succeeding outgoing EACB president Daniel Quinten

Co-ops react to European Commission proposals to simplify tax rules

The proposal could reduce tax compliance costs for businesses in the EU by up to 65%,…

COP28: European co-op banks explore green finance and sustainable food

Food security has been a key topic at COP28, and the EACB panel explored the role…

Annual report on Europe’s co-op banks highlights work on key policy areas

The EACB says it has carried out advocacy work on issues such as financial stability, digital…

Co-operative banking sector continues to grow, EACB figures show

Co-operative bank membership grew by 1.4% to 88 million in 2021, a survey of 13 countries…

Digital transitions: Can co-ops pioneer a new way of doing business?

The Global Innovation Co-op Summit explored some of the advantages of digitising and the use of…

Building societies: A mutual foundation for home ownership

'Mutuals across a range of different businesses including co-ops and Friendly Societies can work together on…

Finnish co-op bank figure represents Europe’s banks on new sustainability reporting board

Annina Tanhuanpää of the Finnish co-operative bank, OP Financial Group, was nominated by the EACB

Young researchers on co-operative banks honoured at EACB Awards

The winning paper research looks at the impact of monetary easing on bank credit risk and…

European co-operative banks continued to grow in 2020

The banks welcomed 1.2 million new members and increased their domestic market share by 0.1 percentage…