Caja Laboral
Caja Laboral Popular Cooperativa de Crédito or Caja Laboral (Workers' Credit Union) was a Spanish credit union established in 1959 as part of the Mondragon Corporation and headquartered in Mondragón, in the Basque Country of Spain.[1] The major financial provider behind the Basque cooperative movement, Caja Laboral covers the financial segment of Mondragon and provides banking and financial services to its customers through a network of over 370 branch offices in the Basque Country and beyond. With over 1800 employees - who are actually the partners-owners of the bank following the cooperative philosophy of shared ownership and stewardship - Caja Laboral generates annual revenue in excess of €330 million.
|  Caja Laboral headquarters in Mondragón | |
| Type | Credit union | 
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services | 
| Successor | Laboral Kutxa | 
| Headquarters | Mondragón, Spain | 
| Area served | Basque Country | 
| Key people | Txomin García (President) | 
| Parent | Mondragon Corporation | 
| Website | cajalaboral | 
Together with its sister social assurance company Lagun Aro, Caja Laboral spearheaded the Financial Group of the Mondragon Corporation, which according to company sources 'operates autonomously within the framework of a sole joint strategy'. It was the first Spanish financial institution to open its branches in the late afternoons/early evenings.
Caja Laboral was mostly unaffected by the 2008 financial crisis, though they did have €162 million in bonds from Lehman Brothers.[2] Effective with the 2009–10 basketball season, Caja Laboral became the new sponsors of Liga ACB and Euroleague club Saski Baskonia.
References
    
- Businessweek profile of Caja Laboral. Business Week.
- Caja Laboral has 162 mln euros of Lehman bonds. Reuters. 22 Sept. 2008.
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Further reading
    
- Freunlich, Fred. An introduction to MCC and the evolving role of Caja Laboral.
