Perspectives

Available below are recent issues of “Perspectives” – research documents which highlight academic and knowledge themes regarding savings and retail banks. More titles are available via mail and can be accessed in Brussels. If you would like to obtain any of the titles that are not available electronically, please contact us.

n° 60	Islamic Banking and Finance - Insight on possibilities for Europe full text Executive summary in English, French and Spanish
n° 59	Beyond microcredit: the role of savings banks in microfinance - Experiences from Latin America, Africa and Asia full text - Executive summary in English, French and Spanish
n° 58	Balanced structural policy: German savings banks from a regional economic perspective
n° 57	Measuring the social dividend in WSBI members'activities: revealing the hidden elements full text - Executive summary in English, French and Spanish
n° 56	Who are the clients of savings banks?
n° 55	European savings banks: from social commitment to corporate social responsibility (9th European Symposium on Savings Banks History)
n° 54	Varieties within capitalism? The modernisation of French and Italian savings banks,1980-2000
n° 53	Best of WSBI member trainings on savings mobilisation: ten years of sharing innovations in the savings market
n° 52	Savings banks and the double bottom-line - A profitable and accessible model finance
n° 51	Savings banks: A dynamic strategy based on a strong identity 8th European Symposium on Savings banks history - 13-14 May 2006
n° 50	Microcredit in Europe: The experience of the savings banks link
n° 49	Access to finance - What does it mean and how do savings banks foster access

Previous Perspectives – Not available in electronic format

n° 48	The legal environment of savings banks in Europe
n° 47	The provision of microfinance services by savings banks - Selected experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America (October 2004)
n° 46	Access to Finance Conference Proceedings - Co-organised by the WSBI and the World Bank (28-29 October 2004)
n° 45	The Russian banking sector and the leading role of Sberbank
n° 44	The future organisation of financial regulation and supervision in the European Union - Position of the European Savings Banks Group
n° 43	The reform of postal savings systems in the West African Monetary Union
n° 42	Savings banks between state and market. 7th European symposium on savings banks history
n° 41	19th World Congress of savings banks
n° 40	The future of retail banking in Europe: the Fortis view
n° 39	The challenges of retail banking in Asian Countries
n° 38	Implementation of Directive 95/46/EC on personal data protection - Impact on the European savings banks
n° 37	A strong support for the regions - A German experience
n° 36	Moving towards efficiency: A study of the postal savings banks of Kenya and Tanzania
n° 35	Implementation of the Money Laundering Directive by the European savings banks (special edition in GB/D/F)
n° 34	Trends and developments in retail banking in Europe
n° 33	The reform of the French savings banks
n° 32	Savings banks law in Central Europe
n° 31	The Euro a challenge for the municipalities and their businesses
n° 30	A vision for the future of International cooperation
n° 27	The law of savings banks and their central institutions
n° 26	WSBI Activity Report - 1996
n° 25	Decentralised banking structure: an anchor of stability for the financial system?
n° 24	SMEs : Good Practice of the savings banks
n° 23	Moving money in Europe
n° 22	The German and the French savings banks and the construction of Europe
n° 21	Savings and development - An example in the Ivory Coast
n° 20	The legal practice of the savings banks
n° 19	The euro, legal aspects (2)
n° 18	The 18th World Congress of the savings banks (2 volumes)
n° 17	The euro: Advice for business
n° 16	WSBI Activity Report
n° 15	The role of savings banks in transition economies
n° 14	The savings banks and SME : an effective partnership
n°13	The savings banks of Europe and the prevention of money laundering
n° 12	The euro, legal aspects
n° 11	The identity of savings banks in Europe, the Spanish viewpoint
n° 10	Virtual Banking: A challenge for the savings banks too
n° 9	Bilateral co-operation of savings banks in Europe
n° 8	Money, consumers and savings banks
n° 7	A monetary union for the Europe of regions
n° 6	Support to SMEs in Europe: EURO-SOFAC’s contribution
n° 5	New ways for the provision of local public services in Europe (not available)
n° 4	Savings banks span the global economy
n° 3	The European savings banks and the Monetary Union
n° 2	The organisation of the World Savings Banks Institute
n° 1	The role of the savings banks in the economy