Your Credit Union (Canada)

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Your Credit Union
Credit Union
Industry Financial services
Founded1950
Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario [1]
Key people
Joel Lalonde, President & CEO
Tanya Gracie, Chair of the Board of Directors
Melissa Mackenzie, Chief Financial Officer
Products Checking Accounts
Savings Accounts
Insurance
Mortgages
Investment Bank
Asset-Based Lending
Consumer finance
RevenueDecrease2.svg C$7.186 million (2018)
Decrease2.svg C$158,000 (2018)
Total assets Increase2.svg C$325.893 million (2018)
Website https://www.yourcu.com/Personal/

Your Credit Union (YourCU.com) is a credit union in Ontario, Canada mainly serving members across the Ottawa-Carleton, [2] Cornwall, [3] and rural Eastern Ontario regions. It is incorporated under the Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act, 1994, and is a member of the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario [4] and of Central 1 Credit Union.

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Eastern Ontario Secondary region in Ontario, Canada

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Ontario Province of Canada

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YourCU has six branches: three in Ottawa and three in Cornwall. The Credit Union's headquarters are located at 14 Chamberlain Ave, Ottawa, Ontario.

Ottawa Federal capital city in Ontario, Canada

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Your Credit Union became an open bond financial institution in 2009, allowing anyone to become a member. As at September 30, 2018, there were 12,354 members [5] of the Credit Union with over C$326 million [6] in assets.

As a condition of membership, each member is required under the by-laws to maintain a minimum of one share of the Credit Union, at a value of $5 per share. Members under the age of 18 are not required to purchase membership shares. The shares are redeemable at their paid-up amount when the member withdraws from membership. All members are eligible for exercising their right to vote for a democratically elected Board of Directors at the annual general meeting.

History

Your Credit Union comprises five groups: the Education Group, the Municipal Group, the Ottawa Citizen Group, the United Counties Education Group, and the Howard Smith Group. [7]

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References

  1. Your Credit Union – Head Office & Chamberlain Branch Ontario Co-operative Association
  2. ATM locations in the city of Ottawa
  3. ATM locations in the city of Cornwall
  4. List of DICO's Insured Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario
  5. Financial statements of Your Credit Union Limited September 30, 2018 Audited Financial Statements, P.27 January 20, 2019
  6. Financial statements of Your Credit Union Limited September 30, 2018 Audited Financial Statements, P.6 January 20, 2019
  7. Your Credit Union – Cornwall Branch (Howard Smith Credit Union) Ontario Co-operative Association
  8. Press Release Cornwall Community Hospital Launches ATM Partnership with Your Credit Union, February 13, 2012
  9. Press Release Your Credit Union Announces the Opening of a Second Location in Cornwall and the Launch of an E-Signature Solution, January 14, 2015