Banque Populaire Maroc (BCP)

Key details

• Parent: assets via Banque Populaire BPR cooperative network

Overview

Banque Populaire Maroc (BCP) is CSE: BCP + Moroccan cooperative commercial bank + Government of Morocco Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion CDG ~25% controlling + Banque Populaire Régionales BPR consortium controlling + Morocco's #2 commercial bank by assets via Banque Populaire BPR cooperative network [1, ma-cro].

History

1961 — Banque Populaire Maroc founded as Moroccan cooperative commercial bank by Royal Decree of King Mohammed V distinctive Moroccan cooperative banking heritage.

1972 — Banque Centrale Populaire BCP central commercial bank for Banque Populaire Régionales BPR network.

2010 — Pocket Bank by Banque Populaire mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Banque Centrale Populaire BCP Groupe Banque Populaire (Moroccan cooperative commercial bank; CSE: BCP).

Major shareholders: Government of Morocco Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion CDG ~25% controlling + Banque Populaire Régionales BPR consortium ~52%+ + Moroccan retail + institutional + foreign investors free float.

Regulators: BAM Bank Al-Maghrib + national regulators across 16+ countries.

Technical integration

Pocket Bank by Banque Populaire mobile app (iOS + Android) + gbp.ma online + Banque Populaire branch network across Morocco + France + Netherlands + Belgium + Germany + Italy + Spain + 8 sub-Saharan African countries + Banque Populaire Visa + Mastercard cards; MA IBAN + Maroc Pay.

Implementations & partners

Major Moroccan + Pan-African banking + payments competitors: [[attijariwafa-bank]] (Attijariwafa Bank; CSE: ATW; Morocco's largest commercial bank by assets; Royal SNI Holding controlling) + [[bmce-bank-of-africa]] (Bank of Africa BMCE; Morocco's #3 commercial bank by assets; Bank of Africa BOA Group present across 32 African countries) + [[cih-bank]] (CIH Bank; Moroccan commercial bank) + [[credit-du-maroc]] (Crédit du Maroc; Holmarcom Group Moroccan parent post-2023 Crédit Agricole France divestment) + [[standard-bank]] (Standard Bank South Africa; JSE: SBK; Africa's largest banking group by assets) + [[ecobank-app]] (Ecobank Transnational Inc; ETI; Pan-African banking group across 35+ African countries) + [[fnb-app]] (FNB South Africa; FirstRand Group; South Africa's largest banking group) + [[absa]] (Absa Group South Africa; JSE: ABG; South Africa's #3 commercial bank by assets) + [[united-bank-for-africa]] (UBA United Bank for Africa; NGX: UBA; Pan-African banking group across 20+ African countries).

Regulators: BAM Bank Al-Maghrib + national regulators across 16+ countries.

Status

Active, CSE:BCP + Moroccan cooperative commercial bank + Government of Morocco Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion CDG ~25% controlling + Banque Populaire Régionales BPR consortium controlling + Morocco's #2 commercial bank by assets via Banque Populaire BPR cooperative network [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Banque Populaire — official
• 2 Banque Populaire — Wikipedia
• ma-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/MA-morocco.md

Source

Biography extracted from banque-populaire-maroc.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.