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. WSBI recognizes that there are always lessons to be learned from savings and retail banks from different environments and economic circumstances: 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.

67
COUNTRIES

88
MEMBERS

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CONTINENTS

1.4
BILLION CUSTOMERS

13,25
TRILLION ASSETS (EUROS)

11,4
TRILLION DEPOSITS(EUROS)

2,1
MILLION EMPLOYEES

6400
SAVINGS AND RETAILS BANKS
WSBI focuses on international regulatory issues that affect the savings and retail banking industry.
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 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 also supports a diversified range of financial services that responsibly meet customers’ transaction, saving, and borrowing needs. To these ends, WSBI recognizes that there are always lessons to be learned from savings and retail banks from different environments and economic circumstances. 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
January 12, 2023
The 28th African Regional Group Meeting convenes in Cape Verde
Representing 27 financial institutions from 20 countries, WSBI Africa Regional Group convened in Cape Verde during 6-7 October 2022.
January 3, 2023
WSBI and BTN Collaboration Encourages Global Financial Digitalization and Inclusion
This very intense three-day event was a great chance to concretely discuss best practices and share strategies both from the perspective of regulators and the banking industry
November 1, 2022
May you rest in peace, Wouter!
It is with great sadness that we have to announce you that our colleague and friend, Wouter De Win, passed away on 30 October, 2022 at the age of 58, surrounded by his loved ones.
October 14, 2022
Savings can make all the difference
Established on 31 October 1924 by the WSBI founding fathers as the ‘World Thrift Day’, the World Savings Day has been marked ever since.
September 13, 2022
Bank Asia Agent Banking: An Initiative to Reach the Unreached People for Better Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh
The European Savings and Retail Banking Group considers that the recent decision in some EU countries to impose new windfall taxes on the banking sector will further reduce the latter’s lending…
September 6, 2022
2022 ESG Financing Summit
We are proud to invite you to the WSBI ESG Finance Summit 2022.
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.