Activities
The Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France, a regional cooperative banking institution, has been serving its communities for more than 200 years, providing finance in all areas of its territory’s economy and for all local and regional players: local authorities, social housing bodies, businesses, institutions, individuals, and professionals.
The Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France serves its entire region via a network of 415 branches, 25 business centers, 5 Private Banking centers, and 3 centers dedicated to professional customers and entrepreneurs. This territorial coverage enables it to offer its 2.5 million customers, including 700,000 cooperative shareholders, an optimum balance between human contact and digital resources.
Despite the unsettled public health situation created by Covid-19, 2021 was marked by a return to growth in France after a sharp downturn in 2020. This enabled Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France to maintain a very good commercial dynamic and post extremely positive results as reflected, in particular, in loans for an aggregate total of €15.2 billion granted in support of families, students, professionals, businesses, and entities active in the local economy.
As a bank focused on social utility, the Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France has made corporate social responsibility an integral part of its new Strategic Plan in terms of its commercial offerings and sales practices, its philanthropic commitment, and actions taken to reduce its ecological footprint.
The Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France also pursues its activities outside its home territory by supporting the development of three subsidiaries: Banque BCP, Banque de Tahiti, and Banque de Nouvelle Calédonie.
Commitments of a socially responsible bank
Promoting access to culture and leading the combat against exclusion lie at the very heart of the actions sponsored by the Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France.
In 2021, the Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France was awarded the title of ‘Major Patron of the Arts’ (Grand Mécène de la Culture) by the French Ministry of Culture. Thanks to its long-term patronage policy, it has been able to forge bonds of trust with cultural and community players in its catchment area and contribute to the development of key projects. Its long-standing partnership with the Comédie-Française state theater over the past 15 years has enabled 100,000 young people to receive free tickets and take part in educational initiatives.
The Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France also supports medical research, through its sponsorship of the fight against cancer – Vaincre le Cancer, Odyssea (a solidarity running race in support of breast cancer research) – and its support of the Physiology Research Foundation to promote research into the prevention of Covid-19-related strokes.
In total, the Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France devotes more than €2 million to supporting general-interest projects.
