Austria: see Erste Group Brazil: see Caixa Econômica Federal Bulgaria: see DSK Bank Czechoslovakia: see Economy of Communist Czechoslovakia Germany: see Sparkassen Italy: see Cassa di Risparmio New Zealand: Savings banks ceased to exist in 1987 as an official type of bank, being replaced with registered banks (Grimes, 1998) Norway: see Sparebank Portugal: see Caixa Geral de Depósitos Soviet Union: Traditionally, the Russian term sberkassa (сберкасса, сберегательная касса) is translated as "savings bank". However sberkassas were not banks in the common sense. Initially they were the outlets of the only Soviet State Bank, Gosbank until 1987 and Sberbank (USSR Savings Bank) afterwards.