CatalunyaCaixa

CatalunyaCaixa
Bank
Industry Financial services and Insurance
Headquarters Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Key people
Adolf Todó i Rovira (Chief Executive Officer)
Products Consumer Banking
Corporate Banking
Total assets €81.020 billion (2010)[1]
Number of employees
8000 (2010)[1]
Website www.catalunyacaixa.com

CatalunyaCaixa (Catalan pronunciation: [kətəˌɫuɲəˈkaʃə]) is the trading name of Caixa d'Estalvis de Catalunya, Tarragona i Manresa,[2] a Catalan savings bank with headquarters in Barcelona. It is the fourth largest savings bank in Spain in terms of consolidated assets, with €81.020 billions.[1]

It was founded on 1 July 2010 by the fusion of Caixa Catalunya, Caixa Tarragona and Caixa Manresa. The new savings bank has 1212 branches and over 4 million customers.[1]

During 2011 and 2012 Catalunya Caixa received a total of €12.052 billion capital investment from FROB (Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring, Spanish: Fondo de reestructuración ordenada bancaria) of the Spanish government which resulted in nationalisation of the bank.

In 2015 Catalunya Caixa was purchased by Spanish banking group BBVA for a total of €1.187 billion.

CatalunyaCaixa headquarters in Barcelona.

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