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London Capital Credit Union Limited is a not-for-profit member-owned financial co-operative, based in Archway and operating in the City of London and north London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Hackney, Haringey and Islington. Founded in 1997, by 2014, the credit union had over 11,000 members and assets in excess of £7m.〔(Record year for London Capital CU ) Association of British Credit Unions, News, 13 October 2014〕 A small permanent staff are supported by a team of volunteer Member Services Assistants. ==History== Islington Council Employees Credit Union was originally established in 1997, to provide savings and loans for employees of Islington Council.〔(About the Credit Union ) London Capital Credit Union (retrieved 1 November 2014)〕 It became Islington and City Credit Union in 2007,〔(Credit Union for Haringey ) Islington and City Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 4, Winter/ Spring 2010/11〕 briefly Haringey, Islington and City Credit Union (with the support of Haringey Council) in 2011〔(Welcome to Haringey ) Haringey, Islington and City Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 5, Autumn/ Winter 2011/12〕 and finally adopted the current name, broadening its catchment to include Barnet, Camden and Hackney, in 2012.〔(Barnet, Camden and Hackney ) London Capital Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 6, Summer/ Autumn 2012〕 Hornsey Co-operative Credit Union,〔(Welcome to New Members in Hornsey ) London Capital Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 7, Winter/ Spring 2012/13〕 one of Britain's first registered credit unions,〔Voinea, Anca (ABCUL marks the 50th anniversary of the first credit union in Britain ) Co-operative News, 26 March 2014〕 and North West London Credit Union〔(Expanding Your Credit Union ) London Capital Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 8, Summer/ Autumn 2012/13〕 transferred engagements to London Capital in 2013,〔(Expanding Your Credit Union ) London Capital Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 9, Winter/ Spring 2013/14〕 followed by the smaller Radio Taxicabs Credit Union in 2014.〔(Radio Taxi Cabs Credit Union Merger ) London Capital Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 11, Autumn/ Winter 2014〕 David Lammy, Labour member of Parliament for Tottenham, was signed into membership in 2014,〔(Campaign Against Payday Lenders ) London Capital Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 10, Spring/ Summer 2014〕 followed by Dave Prentis, General Secretary of the public service trade union, UNISON (the President of Unity Trust Bank and a non-executive director of the Bank of England).〔(Member Number 11,000 ) London Capital Credit Union, Newsletter Issue 12, Spring 2015〕 UNISON's registered charity, There for You, has been working in partnership with the credit union since 2013.〔(UNISON launches credit union network ) UNISON—the Public Service Union, 18 September 2013〕 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「London Capital Credit Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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