Cajastur

Infobox_Company
company_name = Caja de Ahorros de Asturias
company_
company_type = savings and loan association
foundation = 1946
location = Oviedo, Principality of Asturias
key_people = Manuel Menéndez Menéndez
industry = Finance and Insurance
products =
revenue =

The Caja de Ahorros de Asturias (Cajastur) is a savings and loan association of the Principality of Asturias. Caja de Ahorros de Asturias is the trade name of the enterprise while Cajastur is the commercial brand name it commonly uses.

Its activities concentrate on retail banking, focusing primarily on the economic necessitiess of regional households, local corporations as well as small and medium sized enterprises.

History

The origins of the bank date back to 1880 when the Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Oviedo was founded. It became the Caja de Ahorros de Asturias in 1946 after a merger with the Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad Municipal de Gijón. [ [https://www.cajastur.es/conozcacajastur/presentacion/presentacion_historia.html Historia de Cajastur] ]

Presently Cajastur has around 200 offices in Asturias and some 40 outside the Principality. It controles the asturian telecommunications enterprise Telecable. [ [http://www.telecable.es/telecable/01-lacompania-saladeprensa-notasdeprensa-Noticia5.htm "Cajastur se hace con el 92% de Telecable tras llegar a un acuerdo para adquirir la participación de HC"] , nota de prensa de Telecable.]

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