It's like a Savings and Loan Association except that credit unions are created by some entity, some club or group, and they're not open to the whole public.

这有点像储贷协会,不同点在于,信用合作社是由某个独立群体所创建的,比如社团或集体组织,它不面向整个社会公众

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Facebook is now an open capital entity.

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My five year plan is to expand into different markets and open up an entity that focuses solely on non-profit organizations.

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However this provision is open to interpretation and may be understood to apply only to an entity which outsources the data processing in the first instance.

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