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Mission | Vision | Values

Mission

Kingston Community Credit Union's mission is to foster the financial health of members by delivering outstanding and affordable financial services using co-operative principles

Vision

To be the most trusted financial service provider and grow the well-being of our community

Values

We value: Co-operation: people helping people, Integrity: always doing what is best for our members, Community: commitment to strengthening our community, Sharing: sharing our success with our community and members, Financial Strength: building financial strength with co-operative and sustainable ethics, Education: sharing our expertise, and Respect for All.

Operating Objectives

Member Financial Services

  • Offer superior personal service
  • Meet financial needs for all life stages
  • Provides products for the entire wallet
  • Use best delivery channels for every generation
  • Leverage emerging financial technologies for our member services

Community & Member Engagement

  • Build strong and co-operative relationships with members and the community
  • Engage our community to bank with us
  • Engage KCCU and staff in community building
  • Create a financial education strategy
  • Support our community charities, co-operatives and not-for-profits

Financial Strength & Long Term Viability

  • Promote our co-operative market differentiation
  • Improve operational efficiency
  • Seek opportunities for growth
  • Improve the diversification of products and revenue sources
  • Share our profits with the members and foster the co-operative business model

Organizational Growth

  • Advance effective recruitment and staff engagement
  • Build tomorrow’s leaders
  • Communicate effectively and co-operatively
  • Seek collaborative opportunities
  • Seek collaborative opportunities

Our Market Code of Conduct

KCCU is committed to ensuring that our members are completely satisfied with the level of services they receive and have committed to The Market Code of Conduct for Credit Unions.

The Code recognizes the best practice principles we pledge to follow for soliciting, promoting, advertising, marketing, selling, or distributing our products or services. The Code demonstrates our commitment to the fair treatment of all those who use our services. We believe in fair sales practices, comprehensive access to banking services, transparency and openness, and a reasonable approach to settling complaints. Individuals are entitled to the best possible care of their financial interests. We respect all our provincial regulatory obligations, and continually practice absolute excellence in consumer protection.  Please refer to KCCU’s Operational Market Conduct Code policy for full details of the Code.

KCCU’s best practices can be summarized in five key principles:

  • Business Practices: We are committed to providing customer service excellence to all our members and customers using our products and services. It is a core component of our governance and corporate culture.
  • Fair Treatment and Fair Sales Practices: Treating members and customers fairly and demonstrating fair sales practices at all times are integral parts of our business practices.
  • Access to Banking Services: We ensure that all credit union members and customers are granted access to fundamental financial services.
  • Transparency and Disclosure: The credit union uses plain-language descriptions of products and services in its communications to ensure people make informed decisions.
  • Complaint Handling: We examine complaints, work to settle them fairly, and track them to help ensure our practices continue to improve.
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A third party is an individual or entity, other than the account holder or those authorized to give instructions about the account, who directs what happens with the account. For example, if an account were opened in one individual’s name for deposits that are directed by someone else, the other person or entity would be a third party.

  • A secondary piece of identification from the primary list above
  • Canadian Birth Certificate
  • Credit Card bearing the name and signature of the individual which has issued by a well-known and reputable Canadian financial institution
  • A CNIB (Canadian Institute for the Blind) client card bearing the individual’s photo and signature
  • Provincial Outdoors Card
  • Canadian University or College Student Card with photo (for student identification only)
  • An employee identification card (with photo) issued by an employer that is well known in the community (i.e. KGH, DND, Queens University, Corrections Canada, etc.)
  • Foreign passport
  • Canadian Passport
  • Permanent resident card
  • Citizenship card (issued prior to 2012)
  • Secure Certificate of Indian Status issued by the Government of Canada
  • Driver’s licenses issued by province or territory
  • The DND (Department of National Defense) 404 driver’s license
  • Nexus Card issued by Canada Border Services Agency
  • Provincial Service Cards
  • Provincial or territorial identity cards (i.e. Ontario Photo Identification Card)
  • Foreign Passport (only if it is equivalent to a Canadian issued photo identification document)