.lacaixa

Overview

• .lacaixa is a brand generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for and operated by CAIXA D'ESTALVIS I PENSIONS DE BARCELONA ("la Caixa").
• It was proposed as an institutional TLD to host la Caixa Group services, products and online initiatives.

History

• The .lacaixa application was submitted under ICANN's New gTLD Program (reveal day noted on 13 June 2012 in application materials).
• A Registry Agreement with ICANN was signed/received on 09 January 2014.
• The .lacaixa string was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 18 July 2014.

Usage and Audience

• Intended audience: la Caixa's customers, employees, affiliates and beneficiaries of its social programs.
• The TLD is meant to encompass the Group's range of financial and related services online, reinforcing a unified, trusted identifier for the organization.
• The applicant described la Caixa as a major Spanish savings bank operating indirectly through CaixaBank, with a large branch and ATM network and a multi-million customer base (application cited: >5,100 branches, >8,000 ATMs, ~27,000 employees, ~10.4 million customers).
• Target industries/activities include banking, finance, insurance, holdings, property and service-sector businesses within the la Caixa Group.

Registration Rules

• .lacaixa is a brand TLD reserved for the exclusive use of la Caixa and its affiliates for the Group's services and purposes.
• The applicant stated it did not intend to open registrations to third parties at the time of application.

SEO and Brand Impact

• The applicant positioned .lacaixa as a strategic tool to reinforce the la Caixa brand online and to project innovation leadership in the banking sector.
• The TLD was described as a means to provide a unique, secure and trusted Internet identifier for the Group's services and holdings.

Notable Cases or Examples

• Key milestones: Registry Agreement signed on 09 January 2014 and delegation to the Root Zone on 18 July 2014.
• The application materials explicitly frame .lacaixa as an institutional/brand namespace for la Caixa rather than a general-purpose or public TLD.

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domain:       LACAIXA

organisation: Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, "la Caixa"
address:      Av. Diagonal 621-629
address:      Barcelona 08028
address:      Spain

contact:      administrative
name:         .lacaixa Admin Contact
organisation: CORE Association
address:      Cours de Rive 2
address:      Geneva CH-1204
address:      Switzerland
phone:        +41 22 312 5610
fax-no:       +41 22 312 5612
e-mail:       secretariat@corenic.org

contact:      technical
name:         .lacaixa Tech Contact
organisation: CORE Association
address:      urs de Rive 2
address:      Geneva CH-1204
address:      Switzerland
phone:        +41 22 312 5610
fax-no:       +41 22 312 5612
e-mail:       dnsmaster@corenic.org

nserver:      ANYCAST10.IRONDNS.NET 195.253.64.12 2a01:5b0:4:0:0:0:0:c
nserver:      ANYCAST23.IRONDNS.NET 195.253.65.11 2a01:5b0:5:0:0:0:0:b
nserver:      ANYCAST24.IRONDNS.NET 195.253.65.12 2a01:5b0:5:0:0:0:0:c
nserver:      ANYCAST9.IRONDNS.NET 195.253.64.11 2a01:5b0:4:0:0:0:0:b
ds-rdata:     36309 10 2 1472bab3ddf6ca893b478bb871e9c9a21c0e01d468c9a9117771e29bcc93d1b9

whois:        whois.nic.lacaixa

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.lacaixa.com

created:      2014-07-10
changed:      2024-03-22
source:       IANA