Canada has significant per-capita membership in credit unions, representing more than a third of the working-age population. Credit union membership is largest in Quebec, where they are known as caisses populaires, and in western Canada.
Credit unions are called caisses populaires in French-speaking communities of Canada. This one is located in Shediac, New Brunswick
A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit cooperative financial institution. They may offer financial services equivalent to those of commercial banks, such as share accounts, share draft accounts, credit cards, credit, share term certificates, and online banking. Normally, only a member of a credit union may deposit or borrow money. In several African countries, credit unions are commonly referred to as SACCOs.
A branch of the Coastal Federal Credit Union in Raleigh, North Carolina
Statue in Rača, Bratislava of Samuel Jurkovič, founder of the first cooperative, or credit union, in Central Europe (Spolok Gazdovský)
The directors of the Mulukanoor Women's Thrift Cooperative stand at the entrance to their credit union in Karimnagar district, Telangana, India.
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen founded the first rural credit unions in Germany.
