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European Savings and Retail Banking Group

Business / industry · Finance also Consumer & retail · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Savings and Retail Banking Group appears in 31 declared MEP meetings (24 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

31
declared meetings
with current MEPs
24
MEPs met
€1.8M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
11.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) is a European banking association that represents the economic interests of its members vis-à-vis the EU Institutions, with a specific focus on retail banking issues. To this end, it defines and expresses the position of its Members in all matters related to the European financial services industry. ESBG delivers detailed research and…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 31 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1032%
Socialists & Democrats1032%
Renew Europe723%
Patriots for Europe26%
European Conservatives & Reformists13%
Non-attached13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025).

2019
2
2020
0
2021
1
2022
3
2023
5
2024
5
2025
11
2026
4

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Gilles Boyer
3 meetings · Renew
René Repasi
3 meetings · S&D
Sirpa Pietikäinen
3 meetings · EPP
Michalis Hadjipantela
2 meetings · EPP
Fabio de Masi
1 meeting · Non-attached

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
19 Mar 2026Arba KokalariFinancial Markets Legislation
19 Mar 2026Brando BenifeiDigital Omnibus provisions
17 Feb 2026Gerben-Jan GerbrandySFDR
13 Feb 2026Lara WoltersSFDR revision
8 Dec 2025Michalis HadjipantelaIntroductory Meeting
4 Dec 2025Sebastian TynkkynenESBG Retail Banking -konferenssi 2025
12 Nov 2025Ralf SeekatzVerbriefung
2 Oct 2025Sirpa PietikäinenEU Omnibus I
19 Sep 2025Sirpa PietikäinenEU agenda priorities
3 Sep 2025Fernando Navarrete RojasEURO DIGITAL
14 May 2025René RepasiAllgemeiner Austausch zu Themen der Banken- und Finanzmarktregulierung
12 May 2025Michalis HadjipantelaIntroductory Meeting
11 Apr 2025Markus FerberSavings and Investments Union
20 Mar 2025René RepasiSustainability Omnibus
6 Mar 2025Pascal CanfinOmnibus I

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