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August 31, 2010

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Front Page

Toronto ON: CUs tops for customer service AGAIN

Madison WI: CU directors—can they measure their own efficacy?

Toronto ON: Starnews CU welcomes 180 Air Toronto CU members

Toronto ON: DUCA may buy Virtual One CU assets

Lloydminster AB: Centre name catches up with merger

Montreal QC/Vancouver BC: Vancity speaks out on women’s empowerment

Awards

London ON: Libro Financial awards staff members

CUs in the News

Calgary AB/Brandon MB: Papers use CUs for school cost advice

CUs Doing Good Things

Timmons ON: Northern CU dares to help

Vancouver Island & the Gulf Islands BC: CCCU pushes paperless promotion

Crime Beat

Port Aux Basques NL: Leading Edge CU employee threatened

Portglenone Ireland: CU fraudster arrested

Education

Essex ON: United Communities supports kids with bursaries and tailored services

Financial News

Vancouver BC: Central 1 has lower net income this year but still strong

Toronto ON: BCU marks milestone as largest ethnic CU in ON

Government

Toronto ON: Support co-ops is the message to the federal government

Saskatoon SK: Co-ops are the greatest hope for the world

International News

Seoul Korea: Teachers CU tries out new pension fund managers

Kingston Jamaica: CUs close to full compliance

North Belfast Ireland: First pre-paid debit card offered

Madison WI: Strong future predicted for Uzbekistan CUs

Sydney Australia: Australian election bodes well for CUs

Dublin Ireland: Will Irish CUs select a merger option

IT and Business Deals

Toronto ON: ETCU/Childor launch mobile banking after pilot program

Marketing

ON/QC: The $10,000 question

Kitchener ON: Mennonite CU expands field of membership

Kingston ON: KCCU to have 8th Annual Family Fun Fair

New Branches

Guelph ON: Mortgage promo introduces new branch

Burlington ON: Tellerless TCU Member Solutions Centre to open Oct. 1

Obituary

Stratford ON: Albert (Ab) French Bowman

People

Winnipeg MB: Myrna Bentley to receive Co-operative Contribution Award

Sports

Etibicoke ON: 13 Lucky number for ETCU Golf Tournament

World Round-Up

CREDIT UNION ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

January 22, 2010

There are alternatives to banks. Credit Unions, financial co-operatives, are democratic organizations that serve its members. They do not pay huge bonuses. Profits stay within the community. When banks were creating a world-wide economic crisis, credit unions remained safe. It is a huge movement all over the world. At the end of 2008:

* Credit Unions existed in 97 countries * Some 177 million people are credit union members * Assets totaled US$1.19 trillion at the end of 2008.

The UN has declared 2012 the International Year of the Co-operative.

Here is a list of trade organizations that serve credit unions in their individual organizations. Check with them to find a credit union to serve your needs.

It is alphabetical by country. In come cases we could not find complete address information. Some do not have websites, but we have tried to present enough information for contact.

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