The Global Credit Union Podcast – Episode 31: Growing membership at WOCCU and across our global movement
MADISON, WI (November 16, 2023) — Thom Belekevich, World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) Director of Member Services, helped open the door of WOCCU membership to more credit union associations and even some individual credit unions for the first time in 2023. He joins Episode 31 of the Global Credit Union Podcast to discuss the expansion of our membership categories, the types of organizations it opens up eligibility to and why it should enrich WOCCU’s diversity even more moving forward.
Thom also led the data collection for WOCCU’s 2022 Statistical Report, which shows the global credit union movement is now more than 400 million members strong. He explains where that growth is occurring, the common denominators among the countries seeing those gains and how COVID-19 impacted the ability of some countries to continue capturing quality credit union data.
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You can find past episodes of The Global Credit Union Podcast by clicking here. To suggest a topic or guest for a future episode, contact Greg Neumann, World Council Director of Communications, at gneumann@woccu.org.
About World Council of Credit Unions
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development platform for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 90 countries. Worldwide, 82,758 credit unions in 97 countries serve 404 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.
