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CaixaBank is the leading financial group in Spain. After its merger with Bankia, the bank has assets of €689.2 billion, making it Spain’s largest bank, and one of the leading banks in Europe. CaixaBank also has a strong presence in Portugal, where it controls 100% of BPI, the fourth bank in the country.

The Group, chaired by José Ignacio Goirigolzarri and led by Gonzalo Gortazar, has 20.4 million customers and the largest commercial network in Spain and Portugal, and it is a leader in digital banking with 11 million digital clients.

Groupe BPCE is the second-largest banking group in France. Through its 100,000 staff, the group serves 36 million customers – individuals, professionals, companies, investors and local government bodies – around the world. It operates in the retail banking and insurance fields in France via its two major networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne, along with Banque Palatine and Oney. It also pursues its activities worldwide with the asset & wealth management services provided by Natixis Investment Managers and the wholesale banking expertise of Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking.

The Fédération nationale des Caisses d’Epargne (National Federation of the Caisses d’Epargne) is the institution that represents, and gives a voice to, the 15 regional Caisses d’Epargne, their 4.5 million cooperative shareholders, and the 3,021 local savings company (LSCs) administrators within Groupe BPCE. Created when the Caisses d’Epargne adopted their cooperative status in 1999, it acts as their representative and promotes their business model and their interests, especially in their dealings with the public authorities.

The Helaba Group – more than 6000 people at 18 locations in Germany and around the world. We help our customers achieve their goals, both nationally and globally. As a reliable commercial bank, a central bank and partner for the German Sparkassen as well as a committed regional development bank.
Our mission is to drive forward your projects reliably and responsibly. We can only do this thanks to the tireless dedication, expertise and enthusiasm of our employees. These are values that we appreciate and foster – and that you can experience when you work together with us.

DekaBank is the securities services provider of the German Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe). Together with its subsidiaries it forms Deka Group. With total customer assets of more than EUR 395 billion (as at 31/12/2021) and more than 5.2 million securities accounts, DekaBank is one of the largest securities services providers and real estate asset managers in Germany. DekaBank is a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Sparkasse savings banks and forms an integral part of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe.

The Deutsche Leasing Group is the leading solutions-oriented asset finance partner for German small and medium-sized enterprises and offers a broad range of investment-related financing solutions (asset finance) as well as supplementary services (asset services) for both fixed and current assets. Within Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, as a central and international group partner Deutsche Leasing is the centre of excellence for leasing and factoring as well as other asset finance solutions and complementary services aimed at small and medium-sized companies both in Germany and abroad.

In the financial year 2020/2021, the Deutsche Leasing Group achieved a volume of new business of EUR 9.9 billion (as at 30 September 2021) and thus matched its pre-coronavirus crisis level. Deutsche Leasing’s economic result increased considerably. At EUR 175 million, it likewise reached the 2018/2019 pre-crisis level. Deutsche Leasing’s net asset value increased significantly, to EUR 2.2 billion. Factoring turnover amounted to EUR 20.1 billion and thus reached a record level (as at 31 December 2021).

The Deutsche Leasing Group’s services range from finance solutions for machinery and equipment, vehicles (as well as passenger cars, also commercial vehicles and local public transport), IT and communication equipment through to medical technology, real estate and large-scale movable assets (such as rail vehicles and solar and wind farms) as well as factoring and receivables management. Its offering is complemented by ancillary services such as insurance, fleet management and construction management.

The asset and finance experts at Deutsche Leasing advise their customers and business partners and look after their needs in person, and also on-site where necessary. The network of offices across Germany provides excellent coverage. The advice and products provided are specifically tailored to the investment project concerned.

Since 1993, Deutsche Leasing has been helping its German customers to access the most important export markets in Europe as well as China, Russia, the USA, Canada, and Brazil. All told, Deutsche Leasing has a presence in 23 countries besides Germany. German companies – machinery manufacturers with an international presence in most cases – see leasing, on the one hand, as an important tool for driving sales. In addition, Deutsche Leasing also helps German companies with direct investments abroad. The Deutsche Leasing Group is also a member of the S-CountryDesk, Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe’s global network, as well as the worldwide network Factors Chain International (FCI).

For 60 years, Deutsche Leasing has been helping its small and medium-sized customers from industry, commerce, and both the service and public sectors with their investments. Also when it comes to the key transformative issues of our time, this leasing pioneer helps its customers to finance change and innovation: in relation to digitalisation, forward-looking infrastructure and decarbonisation.

The staff, who now number around 2,750, adopt a holistic approach to the advice they give, based on comprehensive expertise covering their customers’ sectors and business models. The Group’s headquarters are in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe.

CECA is a Spanish banking association, chaired by Isidro Fainé and José María Méndez, whose main mission is to defend the interests of its members, providing advice and support in its aim of offering services that promote financial inclusion and access to credit. To achieve this, the key axes that guides CECA´s initiatives are sustainability, actively promoting work and social action as well as financial education. CECA represents Spanish credit institutions and banking foundations with a total of almost 70,000 employees and assets of around 900,000 million euros. And in terms of deposits, these credit institutions manage more than 40 per cent of the Spanish financial system. Concerning CECA’s Welfare Projects, since the Savings Banks and Banking Foundations Law was approved in 2013, CECA sector have invested 6,172 million euros, with which more than 776,500 activities.

The Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband (German Savings Banks Association, DSGV) is the umbrella organisation of the Sparkassen-Finanzgrupp.
It is funded by the regional savings banks associations together with the Landesbanken. It represents the interests of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe on banking policy, regulatory law and other banking industry issues on a national and international level. It also organises decision-making and stipulates strategic direction within the Group, acting in cooperation with the regional associations and ther Group institutions.

MEDIA PARTNER

The Banker provides economic and financial intelligence for the world’s financial sector and has built a reputation for objective and incisive reporting.
The Banker has been the trusted source of banking information since 1926. The Banker has navigated its way through over 90 years of banking coverage from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to the financial crisis of 2008 with the same reputation for accuracy, authority and integrity.
The Banker strives to stimulate and inform, offering an unparalleled outlook with a wide range of news, features, analysis and interviews, and in-depth coverage of all the key issues facing the financial sector.

The Banker combines in-depth regional and country coverage with reports on:

Markets: Capital markets, derivatives & structured products, infrastructure & project finance and Islamic finance
Banking, regulation and risk: Regulation, retail banking, wholesale banking, private banking, management and governance issues
Transactions and technology: trading, trade finance, securities services, cash management and transaction bankers
Data: International financial centres, trends and rankings, including the Top 1000 World Banks

The Banker offers an unrivalled combination of authoritative news, features, surveys and heavyweight interviews and is essential reading for CEOs, CFOs, corporate treasurers, central bank governors and financial regulators.

Its unique database of more than 5000 banks maps their financial strength and soundness via Tier 1 capital, their profitability and their performance versus their peers.
The Banker is the key source of data and analysis for the industry.

COMMUNICATION PARTNER

The Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship is a global knowledge platform in digital finance that aims to liberalise education by making learning about the biggest technologies and trends in finance accessible to anyone. We help people build skills to transform their career with courses that go beyond traditional learning.

At CFTE you can learn from those steering the biggest developments in the financial sphere – from global CEOs to disruptive entrepreneurs hailing from Starling Bank, UBS, Mastercard, IBM and other large institutions.

To help meet every learner’s goals, CFTE offers Specialisations to get certified in any area of digital finance as well as continuous learning material to stay on top of the latest trends in digital finance 365 days a year on THINK.
From beginner to master, at CFTE there is something for everyone

Since 2013, Bpifrance has become the one stop shop for entrepreneurs with a vastly comprehensive toolbox offered in the field to customers through 50 local branches. Bpifrance mission is to support the growth of Companies, in France and abroad being entrepreneur-centric and heavily decentralized.

Bpifrance has two main shareholders, the State and the Caisse des dépôts.

Areas of activities:

Bank for entrepreneurs
Private equity
Export credit agency
Coach for entrepreneurs
International cooperation

WHY PARTNER WITH US?

To have direct access to the prime global savings and retail banking event worldwide
To meet and network with leading bankers, decision makers and financial experts
To get directly updated about the latest global banking and financial trends as they happen
To build strong relationships with some of the most influential financial institutions in the world
To present your products and services to a prime international audience
To be a part of a wider spectrum of important activities and products of the WSBI community (the World Savings Day, the ESBG Retail Banking Conference, the Financial News & Views newspaper and many more)

PACKAGES

BRONZE PACKAGE

Logo included in all official event communication, prior and during the event, as well as the event website
Logo on partners wall
4 social media mentions before the event (2 Twitter, 2 LinkedIn)
Guaranteed digital partner space in the event website
Mention in the promotional videos prior and after the event

SILVER PACKAGE

Everything included in the Bronze package plus:

Short description of the partner to the event website (+ link)
Conference stand or virtual stand
6 Social Media mentions (3 Twitter, 3 LinkedIn)
1 complimentary World Congress ticket
Free advertising space at the Financial News and Views newspaper for 2022 (small logo – dimensions 120px)

GOLD PACKAGE

Everything included in the Silver package plus:

Guaranteed panelist speaker slot in a topic of relevance (decision taken by the organizers)
10 Social Media mentions (5 Twitter, 5 LinkedIn)
2 complimentary World Congress tickets
Detailed description (2-3 paragraphs) in the event website
Opportunity to address the plenary sessions (3 mins)
Access to a dedicated meeting room on the 7 and 8 July for networking and B2B meetings
Feature interview in the Financial News and Views newspaper prior to or after the event

COMMUNICATION PARTNERS

Organizations and/or media that share information and updates about the World Congress on their communication channels/website.

Mention on all official event comms prior and during the event as well as the event website
Logo on partners wall