building society
Portuguese translation: cooperativa de crédito
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|  Selected response from: Carlos Quandt Brazil Local time: 02:43 |
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cooperativa de crédito Explanation: Seria o equivalente no Brasil Definitions of "building society" on the Web: * Institutions operating in a similar fashion to banks. That is, they take deposits and provide loans. Customers are ‘members’. www.aussie.com.au/Glossary.htm * This means a building society within the Building Societies Act 1986. www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/rpsmmanual/RPSM20000000.htm * A type of non-bank financial institution, established principally for the purposes of providing bank-type savings vehicles and home finance to ... www.moneymanager.com.au/tools/glossary/dict_b.html * a co-operative organisation originally established with the main aim of lending money for housing. More recently, building societies have ... education.superannuation.asn.au/moodle/mod/glossary/view.php * A building society is a mutual organisation owned by its members not by shareholders. Members are the people who save with and borrow from the building society. Building societies do not pay dividends to shareholders so they can pass this saving on to members. ... www.ukmortgageinfo.com/useful/glossary.htm * A financial institution that offer interest-bearing savings accounts, the deposits are reinvested by the society in long-term loans, mainly mortgage loans for buying property. www.isecuredloans.co.uk/loan_jargon_b.aspx * A mutual organisation whose purpose or principal purpose is to provide mortgages and savings accounts. www.spencerandcofinancial.co.uk/jargon.php * A form of mutual organisation owned by its depositors and borrowers. Their original purpose was to take deposits and recycle these as mortgage loans for buying houses. However, modern large building societies have extended their role such that they are now virtually the same as banks. www.griffinresourcing.com/griffinb.htm * British equivalent of United States savings and loan association wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * A building society is a financial institution, owned by its members, that offers banking and other financial services, especially mortgage lending. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building society * A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to buy houses, from other members pooled savings and/or money borrowed wholesale. ... en.wiktionary.org/wiki/building society |
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