The World Council of Credit Unions Board of Directors unanimously approved the membership application for CULedger in the first quarter of 2018.
"We are pleased to welcome CULedger to our membership base, encourage their active participation to expand services provided to members and strengthen the global credit union movement,” said World Council President and CEO Brian Branch.
CULedger, a young, US-based credit union service organization (CUSO) founded by CUNA Strategic Services and Credit Union Strategic Partners and with coordination from CUNA, Mountain West CU Association and Best Innovation Group, was formed to provide blockchain services to credit unions. CULedger successfully demonstrated a working proof of concept around a decentralized digital identification for call center authentication. CULedger has established relationships with Evernym, Sovrin Foundation and Swirlds to ensure international interoperability with other digital identity systems.
CULedger seeks to provide blockchain, identity and digital services to credit unions around the world.
“We’re honored to join World Council and are very passionate about their mission. We believe we’re uniquely positioned to help cooperatives stay relevant in the digital ecosystem and look forward to supporting them and their membership,” said John Ainsworth, President/CEO of CULedger.
CULedger joins an international community of credit union-owned businesses which participate in the World Council system to extend services and exchange best practices across borders. CULedger will participate in World Council’s Annual General Meeting and the World Credit Union Conference (WCUC) to share updates on blockchain applications with the international membership.
CULedger joins more than 89 affiliated country World Council member organizations serving more than 235 million people globally.