Part I: Credit Cooperative Systems in Western Europe -- Cooperative banks in the Austrian banking system -- So-operative Credit Institutions in Cyprus -- Co-operative banks in Finland -- Cooperative banks in France: Emergence, mutations and issues -- The German cooperative banks. An economic overview -- The Greek cooperative credit system -- The financial co-operative system in Ireland -- Italian Credit Cooperative Banks -- Rabobank before, during and after the credit crisis: From modesty via complacency to fundamental steps (The Netherlands) -- The Portuguese Cooperative Credit System -- The Credit Cooperative System in Spain -- British Credit Unions - transformation and challenge -- Part II: Credit Cooperative Systems in Eastern Europe -- Bulgarian Cooperative Banking -- The changing role of Credit Unions in Czech Economy -- Credit Unions in Estonia -- The History, the current system and the special features of savings cooperatives in Hungary -- Cooperative Savings and Credit Unions in Latvia -- Credit Unions in Lithuania -- The Polish credit co-operative system: historical and contemporary experiences -- The Credit Cooperative System in Romania -- Credit Cooperatives in Serbia -- Credit Cooperatives in Slovakia -- From Credit Cooperatives to Cooperative Bank in Slovenia. .