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Jamaica. GSB Co-operative Credit Union (previously known as GSB Clerks Co-operative Credit Union), one of the top ten credit unions in Jamaica, was founded in 1944 and registered in 1946. It is open to two groups: public-sector employees (and their families) and members of registered professional groups (and their families).
In the United States, St. Mary's Bank of Manchester, New Hampshire, holds the distinction as the first credit union. Assisted by a personal visit from Desjardins, St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association (now named St. Mary's Bank) was founded by French-speaking immigrants to Manchester from the Maritime Provinces of Canada on November 24, 1908.
St. Mary's Bank prospered. The credit union moved into its own offices in 1913 and hired its first paid, full-time manager in 1916. In 1917, the state legislature approved a bill changing the name from "St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association" to "La Caisse Populaire, Ste-Marie". By 1923, the credit union's assets exceeded $1 million.
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 ( savings accounts ), share draft accounts ( cheque accounts ), credit cards, credit, share term certificates ( certificates of deposit ), and online banking.
Website. www .navyfederal .org. Navy Federal Credit Union (or Navy Federal) is an American global credit union headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Navy Federal is the largest natural member (or retail) credit union in the United States, both in asset ...
G. GSB Co-operative Credit Union. Categories: Banks of Jamaica. Credit unions by country. Cooperatives in Jamaica. Cooperative banking in North America.
518,345. • Density. 430/km 2 (1,100/sq mi) Saint Catherine ( Jamaican Creole: Sin Kiachrin) is a parish in the south east of Jamaica. It is located in the county of Middlesex, and is one of the island's largest and most economically valued parishes because of its many resources. It includes the first capital of Jamaica, Spanish Town ...
The National Credit Union Administration is the U.S. independent federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions. As of December 31, 2022, there were 4,760 federally insured credit unions in the United States with 135.3 million members.