Contemporary Trends in European Cooperative Banking: Sustainability, Governance, Digital Transformation, and Health Crisis Response

by Monique Zollinger

The cooperative banks' business model is unique in the financial market. It is featured by democratic foundations (one-head-one-vote principle), proximity to the members and the community they serve, limited profit-seeking nature, and prudent management. However, these principles are applied in a variety of organisational structures and economic and regulatory contexts, making cooperative banks significantly different from one country to another...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030981932
• ISBN13: 9783030981938
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"