The Paradigm of Collaborative Efficiency and Local Innovation
by: Brian Branch, President/CEO, World Council of Credit Unions
I have often taken U.S. credit unions abroad to see how other systems implement collaborative solutions. Rabobank in the Netherlands, Sicredi in Brazil and SKOK in Poland are credit union systems in which centralized, shared business processes help achieve greater efficiencies. By pooling investment in information technology, credit unions reduce redundancy.