Caja Laboral
Caja Laboral Popular Cooperativa de Crédito or Caja Laboral (Workers' Credit Union) was a Spanish credit union established in 1959 as part of the Mondragon Corporation and headquartered in Mondragón, in the Basque Country of Spain.[1] The major financial provider behind the Basque cooperative movement, Caja Laboral covers the financial segment of Mondragon and provides banking and financial services to its customers through a network of over 370 branch offices in the Basque Country and beyond. With over 1800 employees - who are actually the partners-owners of the bank following the cooperative philosophy of shared ownership and stewardship - Caja Laboral generates annual revenue in excess of €330 million.
Caja Laboral headquarters in Mondragón | |
Type | Credit union |
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Industry | Financial services |
Successor | Laboral Kutxa |
Headquarters | Mondragón , Spain |
Area served | Basque Country |
Key people | Txomin García (President) |
Parent | Mondragon Corporation |
Website | cajalaboral |
Together with its sister social assurance company Lagun Aro, Caja Laboral spearheaded the Financial Group of the Mondragon Corporation, which according to company sources 'operates autonomously within the framework of a sole joint strategy'. It was the first Spanish financial institution to open its branches in the late afternoons/early evenings.
Caja Laboral was mostly unaffected by the 2008 financial crisis, though they did have €162 million in bonds from Lehman Brothers.[2] Effective with the 2009–10 basketball season, Caja Laboral became the new sponsors of Liga ACB and Euroleague club Saski Baskonia.
References
- Businessweek profile of Caja Laboral. Business Week.
- Caja Laboral has 162 mln euros of Lehman bonds. Reuters. 22 Sept. 2008.
External links
Further reading
- Freunlich, Fred. An introduction to MCC and the evolving role of Caja Laboral.