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In 2010, the Parliament of Canada passed amendments to the Act to allow federal credit unions to exist as a new class of financial institution. Credit unions differ from banks in that they are member-owned, democratically controlled and governed by co-operative principles.
The Bank of Canada Act (French: Loi sur la Banque du Canada) is a statute that sets out the governance structure and powers of the Bank of Canada, which was created in 1934 as Canada's central bank. [1] Prior to 1934, Canada had no central bank and fragmented control of the banking system.
Amendments to the Bank Act in 1991 allowed bank holding companies for the first time to acquire trust companies. Since 1991, most of Canada's major trust companies have been acquired by banks. Canadian trust companies with federal incorporations are regulated by the Trust and Loan Companies Act. [5]
The Bank of Canada (BoC; French: Banque du Canada) is a Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. [4] Chartered in 1934 under the Bank of Canada Act, it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy, [5] and for the promotion of a safe and sound financial system within Canada. [6]
In 2007, the Government of Canada provided FCAC with an additional $3 million for the creation of the Financial Literacy Initiative. In 2009, new federal legislation gave FCAC oversight over payment card network operators. On July 11, 2010, amendments to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act further expanded FCAC’s role in four areas:
Traders Bank of Canada 1885 1912 Acquired by the Royal Bank of Canada. [167] Union Bank of Canada: 1865 1925 Founded as the Union Bank of Lower Canada, the name changed to the Union Bank of Canada in 1886. [168] Merged into the Royal Bank of Canada. [169] Union Bank of Halifax: 1856 1910 Merged into the Royal Bank of Canada. [170] Union Bank of ...
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Legislation was adopted under the federal Bank Act in 2012 to allow for the creation of federal credit unions. On July 1, 2016, the Caisse populaire acadienne ltée (later rebranded as UNI Financial Cooperation), with its 155,000 members, became the first federal credit union in Canada. [3]