Groupe Caisse d'Épargne

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 become BPCE
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Key people
François Pérol
ProductsBanking and insurance
Number of employees
52,000
SubsidiariesNatixis
Websitecaisse-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. 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.

Caisse d'Épargne was an active financial services group engaged in retail and private banking, maintaining a network of approximately 4,700 branches across the country. The group also held a significant interest in the publicly traded investment bank Natixis. In 2009, Caisse d'Épargne merged with Groupe Banque Populaire to establish Groupe BPCE. A dedicated retail banking network currently operates under the Caisse d'Épargne brand name within the larger BPCE structure.

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