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Credit Union Leagues and Associations
Types of Cooperatives
Agricultural cooperative
Building cooperative
Credit union
Consumers' cooperative
Cooperative banking
Cooperative federation
Cooperative union
Cooperative wholesale society
Housing cooperative
Mutual insurance
Retailers' cooperative
Social cooperative
Utility cooperative
Worker cooperative
The Rochdale Principles
Voluntary and open membership
Democratic member control
Member economic participation
Autonomy and independence
Education, training, and information
Cooperation among cooperatives
Concern for community
Political and Economic Theories
Anarchism
Cooperative federalism
Owenism
Socialism
Social enterprise
Socially responsible investing
Key Theorists
Robert Owen
William King
The Rochdale Pioneers
G. D. H. Cole
Charles Gide
Beatrice Webb
Friedrich Raiffeisen
David Griffiths
Organizations
List of cooperatives
List of cooperative federations
International Co-operative Alliance
Co-operative Party
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Credit unions in the United States have traditionally employed a state/national
trade association relationship that aligns credit unions with state “Credit
Union Leagues” followed by national affiliation with the Credit Union National
Association (CUNA) of Madison, Wisconsin. Federal credit unions may also be
members of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU).
The biggest UK Credit Union trade association is the Association of British
Credit Unions Limited, more commonly known as Association of British Credit
Unions, ABCUL.
Corporate credit unions
The majority of credit unions are known as natural-person credit unions, and
provide service to individual consumers. Corporate credit unions (also known as
central credit unions in Canada) also exist, but instead serve the needs of
credit unions with operational support, funds clearing tasks as well as product
and service delivery. In effect, they serve as a credit union's credit union.
The largest corporate credit union in the United States is U.S. Central Credit
Union of Lenexa, Kansas, which serves as a central clearing house for corporate
credit unions. The two largest corporate credit unions that serve only
natural-person credit unions are Western Corporate Credit Union (WesCorp) in San
Dimas, California and Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union in Plano, Texas.
Scottish Credit Unions are represented by the Scottish League of Credit Unions (SLCU)
which has headquarters in Glasgow.
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