What is ‘Caisse Populaire’
A cooperative, member-owned financial institution that fulfills traditional banking roles as well as diverse activities such as lending, insurance, investment dealing. Caisses Populaires are primarily found in the province of Quebec in Canada, as caisses populaires are essentially the francophone equivalent of a credit union.
Explaining ‘Caisse Populaire’
There are approximately one thousand caisses populaires in existence in Canada, the vast majority of which are located in Quebec. Some are as small as a single branch, and most caisses populaires seek deposits from individuals with commonalities, such as those from the same ethnic group or geographic community.
Further Reading
- Haiti's caisses populaires: home-grown solutions to bring economic democracy – www.emerald.com [PDF]
- Une preoccupation constante des caisses populaires: le secteur jeunesse – agris.fao.org [PDF]
- Estimation des Économies D'échelle et de gamme dans de petites coopératives de services financiers: le cas des caisses populaires acadiennes – onlinelibrary.wiley.com [PDF]
- Production et rationalisation des intermédiaires financiers: leçons à tirer de l'expérience des caisses populaires acadiennes – onlinelibrary.wiley.com [PDF]
- Economies d'echelle et de gamme dans les caisses populaires et d'economie Desjardins (French text). – elibrary.ru [PDF]
- La mesure de l'efficacite et de la productivite bancaire: Le cas des caisses populaires Desjardins (French text). – elibrary.ru [PDF]
- Une analyse économétrique du comportement d'intermédiation financière des sociétés de crédit populaire: le cas des caisses populaires – www.erudit.org [PDF]
