Credit unions encourage savings of citizens, setting compensation payments (interest) on savings and provide from these savings loans to their members. Over 30% of the assets of credit unions are investments in government securities, certificates of deposit of banks and savings loan associations, as well as in the parent credit unions, and other risk-free investments. Credit unions are competitors of savings institutions, adding interest on deposits of members. This applies to the shares, as well as to additional funds transferred to the account in the credit union. In some cases, the initiators of credit unions can be trade unions, associations such as social support centers and others. On the consumer credit market in the U.S. credit unions are on the third place after the commercial banks and finance companies and are ahead of savings institutions, not taking into account the loans on real estate. Worldwide credit union movement is represented by regional confederations and national organizations within the World Council of Credit Unions.
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Over 30% of the assets of credit unions are investments in government securities, certificates of deposit of banks and savings loan associations, as well as in the parent credit unions, and other risk-free investments. In some cases, the initiators of credit unions can be trade unions, associations such as social support centers and others.
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First Citizens Federal Credit Union, Fairhaven |
200 Mill Rd Suite 100 Fairhaven, MA 02719
Phone: (508) 999-1341 Routing number: 24254 Charter number: 211384586 |
Southern Mass Credit Union, Fairhaven |
123 Alden Road Fairhaven, MA 02719
Phone: (508) 994-9971 Routing number: 67481 Charter number: 211384706 |
To get a loan in the credit union a shareholder must be not only a formally adopted there, but necessary pay in cash contributions, the amount and order of payment of which approved by the General Assembly and fixed by the charter. The main advantage of credit unions consists in transparency, controllability, governance for shareholders. Until the mid-XX century, credit unions in the United States had little assets that did not exceed, as a rule, 100 thousand dollars The supreme body of the World Council of Credit Unions is the Assembly, which elects the president and the board of directors of WOCCU. Credit unions are financial institutions, financial cooperatives of citizens, and in this capacity they are above all associations of people, not unification of capitals, which is typical, for example, for public companies. The right to use the services of the credit union have only its members. To increase the number of credit unions in 1979 was adopted the corresponding law that serves as the legal basis of their activity.