522321
522321 Central credit unions
Caisses centrales d'épargne et de crédit • Canadian industry
What code 522321 includes
This Canadian industry comprises establishments of centrals, regionals, leagues and federations primarily engaged in providing financial transaction processing; reserve and overnight advances services; cheque or other financial instrument clearing house services; credit card processing; electronic financial payment services; and in accepting deposits from, and issuing loans to, members.
Activities & Examples
- caisses populaires, federation, league or regional (central clearing house services)
- credit unions, central, regional or league (central clearing house services)
- caisses d'économie, federation or league (central clearing house services)
- caisses d'entraide économique, fédération (i.e., central clearing house services)
- caisses d'établissement, fédération (i.e., central clearing house services)
- caisses populaires, federation, league or regional (central clearing house services)
- credit unions, central, regional or league (central clearing house services)
- national office supervising credit unions (similar to oversight of banks by central bank)
- reserve and liquidity services (except central bank)
Exclusions & Cross-References
- automated clearinghouses (See 522329 Other financial transactions processing and clearing house activities (CAN))
- cheque clearing and other transaction processing of the central bank (See 521110 Monetary authorities - central bank)
- cheque validation service (See 522329 Other financial transactions processing and clearing house activities (CAN))
- data processing (See 518210 Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services)
- electronic funds transfer services (See 522329 Other financial transactions processing and clearing house activities (CAN))
Classification Hierarchy
- Sector 52 — Finance and insurance
- Subsector 522 — Credit intermediation and related activities
- Industry group 5223 — Activities related to credit intermediation
- Industry 52232 — Financial transactions processing, reserve and clearing house activities
- Canadian industry 522321 — Central credit unions
International Concordance
- ISIC Rev. 4: K6411* — Central banking