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Smart Financial is a Houston-based, financial cooperative, owned and operated by its members. We are always focused on people, not profits. Our entire staff is united in its passion to provide superior service. Our purpose is to give back to the community while helping valued owners like you with your financial needs.
Higher One Holdings partners with colleges and universities to lower their administrative costs and to improve graduation rates. We provide a broad array of payment, refund disbursement and data analytics and management tools to institutions that help them save money and enhance institutional effectiveness. And for students, we offer financial literacy programs and convenient, flexible and affordable transaction options to help them manage their finances. Higher One is a leader in higher education, supporting more than 1,900 schools and 13 million enrolled students.
Central 1 is the central financial facility and trade association for the B.C. and Ontario credit union systems. Central 1 represents a consumer-oriented, full-service retail financial system that serves 3.3 million members and holds $116 billion in assets and is owned primarily by its member credit unions, 42 in B.C. and 70 in Ontario. With offices in Vancouver, Mississauga, and Toronto and more than 500 employees, Central 1 provides a wide range of services such as liquidity management, direct banking, and flexible payment service solutions to a wide range of credit union and institutional clients Central 1 is governed by a 14-member Board of Directors drawn from credit unions in the two provinces.
TransFirst, one of the largest providers of secure payment processing in the U.S., offers merchant services and products that can help businesses of all sizes and industries grow and prosper. We offer tailor-made solutions to merchants and service providers, financial institutions, independent sales professionals and referral/reseller partners. With more than 20 years of experience and an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, we make it our mission to help all of our business partners grow and succeed.
Welcome to Self-Help! Follow us on Linkedin for regular updates about our research and policy development work and our fair lending practices and products for homes, businesses and nonprofits, green initiatives and community real estate development. Also, check out our SERVICES TAB to learn more about our integrated approach to community development. Want to learn more? Self-Help is a family of nonprofit organizations whose mission is to create and protect ownership and economic opportunity for all. Since Self-Help`s founding in 1980, it has grown to include two credit unions, a loan fund, and a research and policy development group that supports those outside of the economic mainstream. Specifically, we: * Help borrowers build wealth by providing fair and responsible mortgages and small business loans in North Carolina, California and other parts of the nation. * Strengthen under-served communities by financing affordable housing, childcare centers, public charter schools, faith-based organizations, and community-focused commercial real estate projects. * Research and report on financial markets to support policies and industry practices that lower the cost of poverty and promote ownership.