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The Desjardins Group (French: Mouvement Desjardins, pronounced [muvmɑ̃ deʒaʁdɛ̃]) is a Canadian financial service cooperative and the largest federation of credit unions (French: caisses populaires) in North America. It was founded in 1900 in Lévis, Quebec by Alphonse Desjardins. [2]
Credit unions are called caisses populaires in French-speaking communities of Canada. This one is located in Shediac, New Brunswick. Canada has significant per-capita membership in credit unions, representing more than a third of the working-age population. [1]
Canada has a strong co-operative financial services sector, which consists of credit unions (caisses populaires in Quebec and other French speaking regions). At the end of 2001, Canada's credit union sector consisted of 681 credit unions and 914 caisses populaires, with more than 3,600 locations and 4,100 automated teller machines. [45]
The Manitoba Financial Service Agency (MFSA; French: Office des services financiers du Manitoba) is a special operating agency of the Manitoba government responsible for administering and enforcing legislation for the securities and insurance sectors, real estate and mortgage brokers, credit unions/caisses populaires, cooperatives, and trust ...
Caisses Desjardins du Québec: 815 Caisse Populaire financial group (Manitoba) [4] 819 Central 1 Credit Union member institutions in Ontario 828 Caisses populaires Desjardins de l'Ontario: 829 Meridian Credit Union [l] [m] 837 Atlantic Central member institutions [n] 839 Alterna Savings and Credit Union [o] 842
This is a list of credit unions and caisse populaires in Canada. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. Credit unions ...
Assiniboine Credit Union (ACU) is a credit union based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ACU was formed in 1943 by 15 employees of the Winnipeg Electric Company who got together to form the credit union. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] They named the new credit union after the street their company headquarters was on—Assiniboine Avenue.
The Canadian credit union movement began in 1900 with the foundation of a Caisse Populaire – the French-Canadian equivalent of a credit union – in Levis, Quebec. Its founder, Alphonse Desjardins, was a French stenographer in the federal House of Commons in Ottawa.