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The Association of British Credit Unions Limited, commonly known as ABCUL, is the leading trade association for credit unions in Great Britain. ABCUL represents around 70% of credit unions who in turn provide services to 85% of the British credit union membership.〔(Making a Difference ) Association of British Credit Unions (retrieved 9 February 2015)〕 The Irish League of Credit Unions organises in Northern Ireland on an all-island basis.〔(About the Irish League of Credit Unions ) Irish League of Credit Unions (retrieved 9 February 2015)〕 Both ABCUL and ILCU are members of the European Network of Credit Unions and World Council of Credit Unions. ==History== In 1967, Hornsey Co-operative Credit Union and other West Indian credit unions formed the Credit Union League of Great Britain, which became the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL) in 1984.〔(50 years of credit unions in Britain ) Credit Union News, Vol. 16 No. 1, Association of British Credit Unions, March 2014〕 Separately, in 1964, Wimbledon Credit Union joined forces with two other credit unions operating from Roman Catholic churches in Highgate and Hove to form the National Federation of Savings and Co-operative Credit Unions; this later became the National Federation of Credit Unions (NATFED). The Federation and the League agreed in 1967 to form a single national organisation, but the project never became reality and the Federation continued separately until its dissolution in 2000.〔Voinea, Anca (ABCUL marks the 50th anniversary of the first credit union in Britain ) Co-operative News, 26 March 2014〕 In fact, the two bodies came to represent distinct factions within the early movement: ABCUL represented industrial credit unions exclusively, while NATFED affiliates were drawn from community credit unions. Furthermore, whereas ABCUL pursued a growth-orientated strategy of individual member unions achieving critical mass and market share, NATFED placed greater emphasis on self-help and expansion through the proliferation of smaller member unions.〔Bickerstaffe, Tim George (The Significance of the Common Bond In Credit Unions ) (pp. 7-10) Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of PhD, The University of Leeds, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, September 2001〕 The Ulster Federation of Credit Unions, which grew out of the Northern Ireland Regional Association of the National Federation in 1995, provides an alternative to the Irish League with a distinct Ulster British identity.〔(The UFCU Success Story ) Ulster Federation of Credit Unions (retrieved 9 February 2015)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Association of British Credit Unions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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