The latest from Thomas Belekevich

Feb 24, 2022 - by Thomas Belekevich, Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU)

Cooperative youth leadership – Financiera Comultrasan: Perspectives on youth empowerment from Colombia

The challenge of relevance with youth is global. World Council’s Young Credit Union Professionals program – WYCUP – brings together young people from around the world to explore how our financial ...

Nov 24, 2021 - by Thomas Belekevich, World Council of Credit Unions

Raising the voice of young credit union professionals in a virtual world

“We’re part of something bigger! Our networks are our net worth! Cooperation is our superpower!” These are the mantras that inspire World Council’s Young Credit Union Professionals’ (WYCUP) ...

Nov 8, 2019 - by Thomas Belekevich, World Council of Credit Unions

Confronting a crisis of relevance with the next generation of members

The largest fintech in Latin America is only six years old but already it has more than 12 million customers—70% of which are under 36 years of age.  If ...

Sep 4, 2019 - by Thomas Belekevich, World Council of Credit Unions

Promoting credit union digitization in the “world’s most advanced digital society”

In both established and emerging markets, digitization provides a path to modernizing credit unions and expanding their reach.  At the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), we believe so strongly ...

Feb 12, 2019 - by Thomas Belekevich, World Council of Credit Unions

Finding solutions to common challenges: Two weeks in the global classroom

Cooperativas, SACCOs, credit unions and financial cooperatives may have different names around the world—but our DNA shines through collaborative initiatives like World Council of Credit Unions’ Global Classroom. This ...