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Western EuropeNovember 7 2005

Beyond mere profit maximisation

Juan Ramón Quintás, chairman of the Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros, Spain’s savings banks federation, tells Jules Stewart about the benefits of being mutual.

by Jules Stewart

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