Credit Cooperative Institutions in European Countries

Part I: Credit Cooperative Systems in Western Europe.- Cooperative banks in the Austrian banking system.- So-operative Credit Institutions in Cyprus.- Co-operative banks in Finland.- Cooperative banks in France: Emergence, mutations and issues.- The German cooperative banks. An economic overview.- The Greek cooperative credit system.- The financial co-operative system in Ireland.- Italian Credit Cooperative Banks.- Rabobank before, during and after the credit crisis: From modesty via complacency to fundamental steps (The Netherlands).- The Portuguese Cooperative Credit System.- The Credit Cooperative System in Spain.- British Credit Unions - transformation and challenge.- Part II: Credit Cooperative Systems in Eastern Europe.- Bulgarian Cooperative Banking.- The changing role of Credit Unions in Czech Economy.- Credit Unions in Estonia.- The History, the current system and the special features of savings cooperatives in Hungary.- Cooperative Savings and Credit Unions in Latvia.- CreditUnions in Lithuania.- The Polish credit co-operative system: historical and contemporary experiences.- The Credit Cooperative System in Romania.- Credit Cooperatives in Serbia.- Credit Cooperatives in Slovakia.- From Credit Cooperatives to Cooperative Bank in Slovenia.