WASHINGTON, June 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE
Profile America — Friday, June 27th. Consumers' options for managing their finances were greatly broadened on this date in 1934 after President Roosevelt signed the Federal Credit Union Act the day before, promoting the nationwide formation of credit unions. These differ from banks by being member owned and controlled. Credit unions are nonprofit institutions where groups of people can save, borrow, and obtain other financial services. There are nearly 18,000 credit unions in the U.S., employing about a quarter million people. These establishments range from a small cooperative for a single church or factory, to those that serve employees of giant corporations. By contrast, there are over 92,000 commercial banking establishments in America's $3.5 trillion finance and insurance sector of the economy. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.
Sources: http://www.ncua.gov/Legal/Documents/fcu_act.pdf
http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0609/on-this-day-in-finance-june-26---federal-credit-union-act-signed.aspx
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=BP_2011_00A1&prodType=table NAICS 522 52213
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Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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