Paris (France) (AFP) – Two savings banks, subsidiaries of the BPCE group, have been fined more than 9 million euros for deceptive commercial practices, announced the Fraud Repression Agency (DGCCRF) on Tuesday in a press release.
Published on: 02/24/2026 - 10:39
Following an investigation carried out between October 2022 and April 2025, the services of the DGCCRF transmitted to the Prosecutor's Office of the Paris judicial court a procedure for deceptive commercial practices of the Caisse d'Île de France.
This Fund accepted the transaction and will pay a fine of six million euros for having "invoiced intervention commissions in the absence of an operating irregularity", for having "exceeded the ceilings applicable to intervention commissions", according to the service dependent on the Ministry of the Economy.
Questioned by AFP, the Caisse d'Epargne d'Île de France indicated that it had taken note of "the cessation of two specific rates" and had stopped collecting them. “We have adjusted the configuration of our IT systems to bring us into full compliance.”
The Caisse d'Epargne du Grand Est Europe was fined 3.2 million for having "exceeded the ceilings applicable to intervention commissions".
Like the Caisse d'Île de France, that of Grand Est Europe has "ceased to collect this specific pricing".
The two funds also indicate that they have “started the necessary work to reimburse the customers concerned in the coming weeks”.
Last November, another bank in the BPCE group, Banque Populaire Rives de Paris, had already been fined 2.5 million euros for deceptive commercial practices.
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