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September 7, 2010
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ON/NS/QC/BC: Regional roundtables to look at co-op policy
Toronto ON: CCA looking for passion
Toronto ON: BCU celebrates with Ukrainian cartoon hero
Toronto ON: Accomplishing more together
Toronto ON: Competition Bureau Services Standards update
Midale SK: Midale CU throws itself a birthday party
Saskatoon SK: Exhibition touting co-ops and CUs to go on the road
Grand Saconnex Switzerland: ICA celebrates two anniversaries
Vancouver BC: BC CU Foundation has new website
Awards
PEI: Searching for Co-operator of the Year Award
Brookfield WI: CU vendor gets top ranking from magazine
Crime Beat
Nairobi Kenya: Police implicated in scam
CUs Doing Good Things
Vanderhoof BC: Intergris helps hatchery
Winnipeg MB: CUs and Red Cross team up for Pakistan
Regina SK/St. Catherines ON: If you hear hammering it is because of CUs
CUs in the News
Winnipeg MB: ACU grant deadline approaches
Education
West Kootenay BC: Financial advice offered for free
Winnipeg MB: 25 Registered for Management of Co-operatives
Events and Conferences
Alliston ON: Want to swap your brain?
Toronto ON: How boldly do you think?
Toronto ON: The way forward
Feature
Vancouver BC: Crime and Payment, hot topic at the CPA Payments Panorama
Financial News
Toronto ON: There is a new billionaire in the movement
Toronto ON: Buduchnist CU says yes to Qtrade
Vancouver BC: 165 investment advisors certified
Basel Switzerland: BIS releases new micro finance documents
Government
Ottawa: FCAC posts more Success Stories in its video series
International News
Sydney Australia: Down under CUs are booming not boomeranging
Dublin Ireland: Despite crisis CUs still has money to lend
Dublin Ireland: CU Advisory Committee named
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago: To bail out or not to bail out
IT and Business Deals
Leader SK: Sandhills CU schedules conversion
Marketing
Estevan SK: Tapping or swiping, Spectra goes into detail on its website
Regina SK: ACE CU keeps members up to date
People
Grand Saconnex Switzerland: Gould takes over as ICA Director General
Social Media
North Battleford SK: Tying Facebook to a drawing
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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