2024 Digital Growth Award nominations open

MADISON, WI (January 9, 2024) — Nominations are open for World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) 2024 Digital Growth Award, which will recognize one or more member credit union associations or individual member credit unions for successfully working toward our Challenge 2025 goal of expanding ...

Eight days left to submit your GWLN scholarship application

MADISON, WI (December 7, 2023) — The deadline for the Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) 2024 scholarship is fast approaching — December 15, 2023! There are eight (8) days left to apply for the chance to attend career building events around the world. The GWLN ...

10 days left to submit your 2024 WCYUP scholarship application

MADISON, WI (December 5, 2023) — The deadline for the World Young Credit Union Professional Network (WYCUP) 2024 scholarship is fast approaching — December 15, 2023! There are just 10 days left to apply for the chance to attend career building experiences around the world during ...

WOCCU approves membership of second Brazilian credit union system

MADISON, WI (November 21, 2023) — World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is pleased to announce the addition of SICOOB (Brazil), one of the largest financial cooperative systems in Latin America, as the first new member added under a revised membership structure the WOCCU Board ...

GWLN opens annual scholarships for women leaders

MADISON, WI (November 16, 2023) — The Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN), an initiative of the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU), opened the annual scholarship on November 15, offering learning opportunities during 2024 for women in the credit union space to advance leadership ...

Global Credit Union membership surpasses 400 million

MADISON, WI (October 31, 2023) — World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) 2022 Statistical Report shows the global credit union movement soared past another milestone last year as worldwide membership topped 400 million. As of December 31, 2022, there were 403,976,049 credit union ...

Registration open for the 2024 World Credit Union Conference

MADISON, WI (October 24, 2023) — Registration is now open for the 2024 World Credit Union Conference (WCUC), cohosted by World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and Credit Union National Association (CUNA), WOCCU’s direct member organization in the United States. The conference will be ...

WFCU expands board with new member

MADISON, WI (October 23, 2023) — The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) is excited to announce J. Kevin Ryan, retired President/CEO of Financial Center First Credit Union, as the newly elected Director to the Board of Directors. Ryan joins the Board with 13 ...