Banque populaire Alsace Lorraine Champagne products, services and reviews

About Banque populaire Alsace Lorraine Champagne

Banque Populaire Alsace Lorraine Champagne (BPALC) is a regional cooperative bank within Groupe BPCE serving individuals, professionals, associations, and businesses across the Grand Est area (Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne) through a branch and ATM network and digital channels. The bank provides standard retail services including current accounts, overdraft facilities, domestic and international transfers (SEPA and SWIFT), regulated savings (Livret A, LDDS, LEP subject to eligibility, PEL/CEL), term deposits, market investments and life insurance distributed via BPCE entities, and lending such as consumer credit, home loans, and professional and real estate financing. For companies it offers cash management, merchant acquiring and card acceptance, guarantees, leasing and factoring via group subsidiaries, and trade finance. Payment options include CB/Visa cards, contactless, Paylib, and support for major mobile wallets when compatible; remote operations use strong customer authentication (Secur’Pass) in the Banque Populaire mobile app. Governance follows the cooperative model with member-shareholders (sociétaires) participating in general meetings; the institution is supervised by the ACPR and ECB within the BPCE framework, and deposits are covered by the French deposit guarantee scheme (FGDR) up to the legal limit per depositor and per institution. Pricing is set out in an annual tariff brochure and typically covers account maintenance, cards, transfers, incident fees, and bundled packages, with costs varying by customer profile and channel. Account opening can be initiated online or in branch subject to standard identification and residency checks. As a regional bank, in-person services are concentrated in its territory, while online and mobile banking provide access for day-to-day operations outside the branch footprint.