WSBI
The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute
Connecting, representing and advising savings and retail banks around the world
The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute helps savings and retail banks around the world to thrive.
Founded in 1924, WSBI brings together and represents savings and retail banks from around the world. Its aim is to achieve sustainable, inclusive, and balanced growth and job creation.
Supporting a diversified range of financial services to meet customer needs, WSBI favors an inclusive form of globalization that is just and fair. It supports international efforts to advance financial access and financial usage for everyone, therefore- fosters the exchange of experience and best practices among its members and supports their advancement as sound, well-governed, and inclusive financial institutions.
WORLD SAVINGS DAY 2022
Our World Savings Day campaign 2022
Established on 31 October 1924 by the WSBI founding fathers as the ‘World Thrift Day’, the World Savings Day has been marked ever since.
69
COUNTRIES
93
MEMBERS
5
CONTINENTS
1.4
BILLION CUSTOMERS
13,25
TRILLION ASSETS (dollars)
11,4
TRILLION DEPOSITS (dollars)
2,1
MILLION EMPLOYEES
6400+
SAVINGS AND RETAIL BANKS
WSBI recognizes that there are always lessons to be learned from savings and retail banks from different environments and economic circumstances
WSBI focuses on issues of global importance affecting the banking industry. It supports the aims of the G20 in achieving sustainable, inclusive, and balanced growth and job creation around the world, whether in industrialized or less developed countries.
WSBI represents the interests of its members towards international policy makers and standard setters on the main regulatory and other issues that shape international retail banking policy. They also promote a vision for a pluralistic banking model and an enabling environment for financial inclusion. WSBI has the additional role of bringing together members to exchange knowledge through meetings at international and international level as well as technology platforms.
Favoring an inclusive form of globalization that is just and fair, WSBI supports international efforts to advance financial access and financial usage for everyone.
WSBI also supports a diversified range of financial services that responsibly meet customers’ transaction, saving, and borrowing needs. To these ends. It, therefore, fosters the exchange of experience and best practices among its members and supports their advancement as sound, well-governed, and inclusive financial institutions.
WSBI Latest News
15/03/2024
WSBI Members ”la Caixa” Foundation and German Sparkassenstiftung sign an agreement to promote financial inclusion in Latin America together with the IDB
Under the agreement, ”la Caixa” Foundation joins IDB’s international Silver Finance program, aimed to improve and extend financial and social inclusion of the population above 60 years in Latin…
04/03/2024
Building Climate Resilience for Women Entrepreneurs through Digital Innovation and Women Financial Empowerment
4 December 2023, COP UAE 28-Dubai
04/03/2024
Technical Officer
The technical officer will hold a full-time, on-site position, based in Brussels, which will include administrative responsibilities and will require
29/02/2024
Advisor for the Americas and the Caribbean Region
The Advisor holds a crucial position in the region, actively participating in the formation of a robust and influential Regional Savings Banks Group. Key responsibilities include
11/12/2023
Financial News and Views Archive
The objective of the publication is to give our various target audiences (WSBI and ESBG members, European and International policy makers) a detailed overview of the work that we deliver and of the…
SCALE2SAVE
micro savings, maximum impact
A partnership between Mastercard Foundation and WSBI
A six-year partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and WSBI, Scale2Save is a programme to establish the viability of low-balance savings accounts and to understand the extent to which savings allow vulnerable people to boost their financial resilience and wellbeing.