Caisses Desjardins
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| legal form | cooperative |
| founding | 1900 |
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Lévis , Québec Canada
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| management | Monique F. Leroux (CEO) |
| Number of employees | 44,645 (2012) |
| sales | 190 billion CAD (2012) |
| Branch | Banking financial services |
| Website | Caisses Desjardins |
Caisses Desjardins (full name Mouvement des caisses Desjardins , English Desjardins Group ) is the largest credit union in North America by its own account . The Canadian company was founded in 1900 by Alphonse Desjardins and is based in Lévis , Québec . It has branches in the provinces of Québec, Ontario , Manitoba and New Brunswick and is also represented worldwide by subsidiaries.
Companies
Caisses Desjardins has 376 branches and 5.8 million customers. 44,645 people are employed. The company has several subsidiaries that offer various financial services. These include insurance (Desjardins Financial Security, Desjardins General Insurance), real estate loans (Place Desjardins), venture capital funds (Desjardins Venture Capital) and brokerage (Desjardins Securities). The Desjardins Group operates in over 50 countries around the world.
history
The company was founded in 1900 and was the first credit union in America. It began expanding outside of Quebec Province in 1992 with the opening of the first Desjardins Bank branch in Florida , USA. The expansion progressed through further takeovers. In 2010, the bank took over Western Financial for $ 443 million. Thus the company took over 121 branches with 500,000 customers in the provinces of British Columbia , Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In 2011 Desjardins Credit Union in Ontario was merged with Meridian Credit Union .
Memberships
Desjardins is a member of Interac , the NYCE ATM Network, and issues VISA credit cards.