La Caixa is the common name for the Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, a pension and savings bank in Spain. It is one of the most important savings banks in Spain and one of its largest financial entities. A savings and loan association is a financial institution which specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage loans. ...
Today's La Caixa is the result of a 1990 merger of the Caixa de Pensions and the Caixa de Barcelona. Both of these predecessor companies where founded in the 19th century Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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La Caixa homepage (in English, Spanish, Catalan and other languages.) English in common usage may refer to: English, a West Germanic language spoken mainly in the United States, the UK as well as its former colonies, and used as an international lingua franca in many parts of the world a citizen of England, the country the English people, an ethnic... Catalan can mean: the Catalan language inhabitant of Catalonia Eugène Charles Catalan the mathematician a Catalan solid Catalan numbers the Catalan Opening, a chess opening the Catalan forge, a type of open hearth furnace that was a precursor to the blast furnace There is also information on Catalan names. ...
La Caja de Pensiones para la Vejez y de Ahorros de Cataluña y Baleares, "laCaixa", was founded on April 5, 1904 by the Catalan lawyer Francesc Moragas Barret with the support of various institutions of Catalan civil society.
Thus, was born laCaixa -- an entity with a new economic and social concept of savings and the first to provide social insurance.
Starting in 1917, laCaixa began to allocate part of its earnings specifically to social projects and, in 1918, decided to integrate Community Projects into its organization to ensure that it would be managed efficiently and professionally.
Each year, "laCaixa" undertakes a highly competitive selection process to identify the fifty graduate-level students and professionals who will apply for study at U.S. universities.
The "laCaixa" Fellows tend to be accepted into the top U.S. programs in their fields.
Through I.U. "laCaixa" funds all tuition and mandatory fees, travel, health insurance, and a generous living stipend for each Fellow.
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