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...

The credit cooperative system was established in Greece in 1993, following the creation of the appropriate legislative framework. The Greek system distinguishes two types of institutions: the cooperative bank that functions as a bank and the credit cooperative that cannot provide banking...