• Institutional and Corporate Information

     

    • Registered name: CAJA RURAL DE NAVARRA, S. COOP. DE CREDITO
    • Legal Personality: Credit cooperative.
    • Corporate Purpose:

    To engage in all types of lending and deposit-taking operations and provide services typical of the financial institutions comprising the SPANISH FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

    • Registered Office:

    The registered office is in PAMPLONA at Plaza de los Fueros, 1.

    • Registration:

    Registered in the Register of Cooperatives and Limited Partnerships of the Directorate General for the Spanish Labour and Social Security Ministry with number 2163/344. S.M.T., in the Bank of Spain with number 3008 and the Navarra Companies Register with volume 11, page 175, sheet NA 183.

    • Tax identification number: F/31021611
    • Telephone: 948 16.81.00
    • Fax: 948 24.45.57
    • Corporate bodies:
    1. General Assembly.
    2. Governing Board.
    • Scope of operation:

    Caja Rural de Navarra's territorial scope of operation covers the whole of Spain, although the bank currently operates in the regions of Navarra, La Rioja, Guipuzcoa and Álava.

    • Main highlights:
    1. Specialisation in the primary sector, ranking first by market share in Navarra.
    2. Diversification of the business, initially targeting domestic economies and SMEs.
    3. Universal banking model to further diversification, enabling the bank to gain a leading presence in different economic sectors (SME's, institutions, etc.).
    4. Expansion in cities, with offices located throughout Pamplona and the surrounding area.
    5. Expansion into neighbouring markets to provide the Caja Rural group with an extensive and comprehensive national distribution network.
    6. Quasi-flat organisational structure, with a matrix style in decision taking, giving the bank flexibility in taking decisions and allocating tasks and responsibilities.
    7. A young and professional team, the real driver of growth in the last few years.

    Institutional presentation

    Caja Rural es una entidad privada de carácter social, una cooperativa de crédito que cuenta con más de 164.900 socios, y en la que los resultados obtenidos disponibles de destinan exclusivamente a dos aspectos:

    • El 90% a incrementar las reservas de la Caja. Lo que permite contar con un elevado nivel de Fondos Propios, 1.092 millones de euros a diciembre de 2018, para poder seguir impulsando el desarrollo de la economía local.

    • Dotar de recursos al Fondo de obra social: Fondo al que la Caja destina el 10% de sus beneficios disponibles anuales. Así, en los últimos 5 años Caja Rural ha dedicado a esta finalidad 38,5 millones de euros de los que, de una u otra forma, se ha beneficiado la región en la que opera.

    Solvent

    Because of its robust capitalization, Caja Rural de Navarra is one of the most solvent institutions in the Spanish financial system. Its fully loaded tier 1 capital ratio (CET1) in December 2018 stood at 16.40%, one of the highest in the Spanish financial sector.

    Creditworthy: Rating

    Caja Rural de Navarra is rated by two of the major global credit rating agencies: BBB+ by Fitch and Baa1 by Moody´s. This makes it one of the top-rated institutions in the Spanish financial sector.

    Eficient: Caja Rural group

    Caja Rural de Navarra is part of the Caja Rural Group of financial institutions.This Group is inspired by the European cooperative model and affords the Bank complete management independence while allowing it to access the services and economies of scale of major financial group.

    The Caja Rural Group is active throughout Spain and includes more than 2,338 branches, 8,413 employees, 2,500 ATMs, 6.8 million customers and 1.5 million members. Its main specialist subsidiaries are Banco Cooperativo, Rural Servicios Informáticos and Seguros RGA.

    Key figures

    Profit for the year €91.2 million

    Funds from private sector customers €8,021 million

    Loans and advances to customers €7,781.4 million

    Contribution to Social Welfare Fund 2018 €10 million

    Customers 595,000

     

    The Caja Rural Group 

     

      Millones de euros a 31.12.2018
    Total Assets 63.394
    Loans and advances 36.259
    Creditors 47.270
    Total equity 5.499
    Net income 345
    Branches 2.338
    Employees 8.413

    INVESTEE COMPANIES

     

    • BCE (Banco Cooperativo Español, S.A.):

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    A financial group that was set up on 31 July 1990, mainly to act as central bank for the Cajas Rurales.

     

    • RSI (Rural Servicios Informáticos):

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    This company was founded in 1986 by a small number of Cajas Rurales, which were the first to adopt the now widespread use of outsourcing, pooling together their investment capacity to create a common, central data management centre aimed at unifying their operational support and achieving cost savings through economies of scale.

     

    • RGA (Seguros RGA):

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    This is the insurance company for the Cajas Rurales. It comprises four companies offering the banks' customers insurance and pension funds. These are: Seguros Generales Rural, S.A, Rural Vida, S.A, Rural Pensiones, S.A. and RGA Broker Correduría de Seguros, S.A.