MADISON, WI (July 26, 2023) — Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) Executive Director Mike Reuter asked attendees of Tuesday’s 2023 World Credit Union Conference general session to consider making WFCU part of their “distinct credit union journey” by donating to a fundraising campaign ...
MADISON, WI (July 25, 2023) — World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) presented a pair of 2023 Digital Growth Awards and announced the winners of the new WOCCU Fellowship program during its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the 2023 World Credit Union Conference. Co-operative Bank ...
MADISON, WI (July 25, 2023) — World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) executives used the first full day of the 2023 World Credit Union Conference to stress the resiliency of credit unions in the face of of high inflation, regulatory challenges, migration and even war. “...
MADISON, WI (July 20, 2023) — Herpin Jateng, Acting Chief of Party for the USAID Cooperative Development Program (CDP)/World Council of Credit Unions' (WOCCU) Technology and Innovation for Financial Inclusion (TIFI) Project, is the featured guest on Episode 27 of The Global Credit Union ...
MADISON, WI (July 18, 2023) — The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on July 14 passed a law updating the country’s legal framework governing the operations of credit unions, laying the foundation for a level playing field for credit unions in the financial services market. ...
MADISON, WI (July 11, 2023) — Ukrainian credit unions have now issued more than 1,000 loans through the $1 million USAID/Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions’ (WFCU) Liquidity Fund. Originally established in April 2021 to help credit unions affiliated with World Council of Credit ...
MADISON, WI (June 23, 2023) — USAID and World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) in June brought together representatives of more than 200 public and private sector organizations for a pair of events in Peru and Ecuador that focused on the United States’ commitment to ...
MADISON, WI (June 21, 2023) — Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) this week tapped its Ukrainian Credit Union Displacement Fund for $500,000 to launch a new credit union lending program aimed at assisting vulnerable populations and boosting sustainable development in Ukraine. Working in ...
MADISON, WI (June 8, 2023) — The European Network of Credit Unions (ENCU) together with World Council of Credit Unions met this week with key representatives of the European Union (EU) and select Members of the EU Parliament (MEPs) on the EU Payment Package and ...
MADISON, WI (June 6, 2023) — World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) Senior Vice President of International Advocacy Andrew Price on May 31 outlined the various ways credit unions play a key role in growing financial inclusion for rural and underserved communities as part of ...
MADISON, WI (May 24, 2023) — Through its Project Storm Break initiative, Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) provides relief support across the globe to credit cooperatives facing crises. In 2022, with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, WFCU launched the Ukrainian Credit Union ...
MADISON, WI (April 6, 2023) — 50 credit union members in Belize are making repairs to hurricane-related property damages thanks to $40,000 in disaster relief funds provided by Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU), the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions’ (CCCU) Development Foundation and ...
MADISON, WI (March 14, 2023) — Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) in 2022 launched Cooperative Voices as an in-person event in Washington, D.C. to coincide with Credit Union National Association’s (CUNA) Governmental Affairs Conference. Its purpose was to show how credit unions ...
MADISON, WI (February 27, 2023) — Attendees of Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions’ (WFCU) 2nd annual Cooperative Voices event Sunday got a surprise when Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, gave a speech in which she thanked WFCU and World Council of ...
MADISON, WI (January 25, 2023) — Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) in December 2022 disbursed three new grants worth a total of $355,000 from its Ukrainian Credit Union Displacement Fund to help credit unions in Ukraine cover the cost of operating expenses, purchase ...
