Steinbach Credit Union is a Canadian

Canada

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 co-operative financial institution and formerly the country's largest single branch credit union

Credit union

A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members...

. Founded in 1941, it is now the largest credit union, by total assets, in the province of Manitoba

Manitoba

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 and the eighth largest in the country. As of October 2011, SCU has assets of over $3.4 billion CAD

Canadian dollar

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 and a membership base of 80,000.

The main branch and head offices of SCU are located in Steinbach, Manitoba

Steinbach, Manitoba

Steinbach is a city of approx. 13,500 people in the southeast corner of the province of Manitoba, Canada, a short distance from the capital Winnipeg. Steinbach is the largest community in the Eastman region of Manitoba. The city is located in the R.M. of Hanover and bordered to the east by the R.M...

. A second branch, located in southwest Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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opened in 2003, and the third branch in east Winnipeg opened in May 2010.