05/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - Cooperative banks, “privileged partners” for small and medium-sized enterprises, should have their real value recognised. This was the main message from the conference organised at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels on Tuesday 4 December by UEAPME, which represents the interests of European craft and SME employers at European level, and the EACB, the European Association of Co-operative Banks. “Cooperative banks have traditionally been the main credit...