The VIFF Centre (formerly the Vancouver International Film Centre and the Vancity Theatre ) is a movie theatre in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, which houses the 175-seat Vancity Theatre and the 41-seat Studio Theatre, as well as the offices for the Vancouver International Film Festival . Located at 1181 Seymour Street in downtown Vancouver , the theatre can accommodate seminars, live performances, film, video, and multimedia presentations.
10-602: The building, designed by Hewitt and Kwasnicky Architects, opened in September 2005, just in time for the 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival. In December of that year, the Vancity Theatre formally launched year-round repertory cinema programming. The theatre is sponsored by and named for the Vancity credit union, although prior to the complex's launch, the theatre was stuck in a dispute that might have threatened
20-484: A financial co-operative consisting of 14 Vancouver residents, Vancity has grown to serve British Columbia's Lower Mainland and the Victoria region of Vancouver Island . On September 28, 1946, 14 Vancouver residents signed a charter to establish an open-bond credit union that would be open to any resident of the city, regardless of social affiliation. On October 11, 1946, Vancouver City Savings Credit Union opened to
30-535: A history of innovation in the North American financial services market: Vancity's primary lines of business include retail and business banking (deposit-taking and lending) and mortgage lending . Through wholly owned subsidiaries, Vancity also operates foreign exchange , life insurance , Visa credit cards , real estate development , and investment advisor services. Through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank and Vancity Community Investment Bank, Vancity
40-541: A video wall in the complex's atrium. The annual Game Design Expo , hosted by Vancouver Film School 's Game Design program, takes place in the Vancity Theatre. This article about a building or structure in British Columbia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Vancouver -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vancity Vancouver City Savings Credit Union , commonly referred to as Vancity ,
50-586: Is a member-owned financial co-operative headquartered in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada. By asset size, Vancity is the largest community credit union in Canada as of 2019 , with CA$ 28.2 billion in assets plus assets under administration, 60 branches and more than 543,000 members. Vancity began operations in 1946 as an open-bond credit union in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Initially
60-692: The cards from the market in 2021. The Canada Post / Zenwallet prepaid Visa did return to the market in October 2022, but with Peoples Trust as the issuing institution. Vancity is a member of Central 1 Credit Union and is registered with the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation of British Columbia . In December 2010, Vancity joined the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). Financial adviser Too Many Requests If you report this error to
70-431: The credit union to unilaterally increase interest rate on lines of credit where a loan agreement had already been signed, to "keep access to your lines of credit and avoid any disruptions", threatening that it may have had to "take further action" on their accounts should they not have complied. Vancity abandoned this course of action later that year in response to adverse publicity and backlash from members. Vancity has
80-594: The public. By the end of 1946, total assets were $ 2,966. Vancity first operated out of a former machine shop on the corner of Broadway and Quebec streets in Vancouver. By the end of 1951, membership had reached 2,000. Assets grew rapidly after the introduction of personal chequing accounts in the same year, reaching $ 5 million in 1962, $ 10 million in 1965, $ 100 million in 1973, and $ 1 billion by 1980. As of 2018 , current assets are $ 22.9 billion. In 2009, Vancity attempted to force 18,000 of its members to sign documents that would have allowed
90-546: The sponsorship, or even forced VIFF to refund Vancity's entire donation to the project, because it was deemed to be in conflict with the city's official naming rights policy at the time. Renovations between 2019 and 2020, which were completed in time for the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival , added a 41-seat theatre, the Studio Theatre, for smaller audience presentations, a new media lab to present new media and virtual reality projects, an education suite and
100-566: Was formerly a major issuer of prepaid reloadable Visa and non-reloadable cards which were branded for various resellers, including Arctic Co-Op and Canada Post . The high fees and expiry dates associated with the cards were the subject of a class action suit which named Peoples Trust Company , Peoples Card Services Limited Partnership, Peoples Card Services Ltd., Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, Citizens Bank of Canada, Amex Bank of Canada and All Trans Financial Services Credit Union Limited among its defendants. Vancity responded by withdrawing
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