The Desjardins Group (French: Mouvement Desjardins) is a Canadian financial services cooperative and the largest federation of credit unions (French: caisses populaires) in North America. It was founded in 1900 in L\u00e9vis, Quebec by Alphonse Desjardins. While its legal headquarters remains in L\u00e9vis, most of the executive management, including the CEO, is based in Montreal.As of 2017, Desjardins Group consists of 293 local credit unions operating 1,032 points of service and serving more than seven million members and clients, mostly in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.In addition to retail banking, the Group has over twenty subsidiaries offering products and services related to insurance (Desjardins Financial Security, Desjardins General Insurance), real estate (Complexe Desjardins), venture capital funds (Desjardins Venture Capital), and brokerage (Desjardins Securities). The Desjardins Group, through subsidiary D\u00e9veloppement international Desjardins, is also active in over 30 developing countries through technical assistance programs and various investments.
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