A new acquisition by Banques PopulairesFrance | 22/01/2007
Banques Populaires, the French mutual banking group, announced in mid-January 2007 that it was acquiring a 61% stake in Foncia, a real estate service company.
Abbey launches a site for first-time home buyersUnited Kingdom | 21/12/2006
The British bank has recently opened a new site, www.thewordonyour street.co.uk, intended to provide first-time home buyers with help and advice...
Crédit Agricole is developing a national branded estate agencyFrance | 17/07/2006
At the end of 2005, Crédit Agricole had 133 estate agencies. It is now planning to increase the number of its real estate points of sale to 190, located in bank branches in the provinces.
Crédit Foncier de France to acquire EnténialFrance | 24/10/2003
Crédit Foncier de France (CFF) and the French insurance company AGF finalised on 21st October 2003 an agreement whereby Crédit Foncier de France will acquire AGF's share in the 72.15 % that they own jointly in the real estate bank Enténial.
Halifax has increased its Internet services for home buyersUnited Kingdom | 15/03/2002
On 12 March 2002 Halifax Estate Agents launched a new site: www.halifaxestateagency.co.uk
KBC has launched a real estate portalBelgium | 25/01/2002
KBC, the Belgian bancassurance group, has just opened a real estate site, which allows all visitors, whether or not they are customers of the bank, to find the information they need to complete their real estate project.
A. Poletto, Consum.it

"We covered ourselves from possible mounting credit risk by decreasing our level of acceptance for new applications (...) to market level"

Heinz Gruber, Denzel Bank

"For 2012, we expect the consumer lending market to be pretty stable"

Song Wen Chang, B. Of B. CFC

"The central bank is looking to ease the short-term credit crunch. This represents a great opportunity for consumer finance."

G. Georgakopoulos, Bancpost

"Demand for consumer lending remains luke-warm"

Virginia Moreira, B. Intermedium

"In the coming ten years, I would expect at least 40% of credit and consumption operations to be digitalized"

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