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November 15, 2024
WOCCU Awarded $1.8M Grant to Launch Climate Finance Pilot in West African Credit Unions
MADISON, Wis.—The Global Environment Facility (GEF) on Friday announced World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is one of 13 organizations designated to receive a 2024 Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation award during an event held at COP 29, the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
November 14, 2024
Registration is Open for the 2025 World Credit Union Conference
MADISON, Wis.—World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is thrilled to announce the opening of registration for the highly anticipated 2025 World Credit Union Conference (WCUC), set for July 14-16, at the Stockholmsmässan in Stockholm, Sweden.
November 01, 2024
Advancing Women's Leadership: Global Virtual Summit Ignites Knowledge, Network and Action
MADISON, Wis.—Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) on October 30 and 31 hosted a virtual Executive Readiness Summit focused on Knowledge, Network and Action to advance women’s leadership.
October 16, 2024
Global Credit Union Membership Surpasses 411 Million
MADISON, Wis.— World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) 2023 Statistical Report shows membership in the global credit union movement topped 411 million, while assets surpassed $3.7 trillion last year.
October 14, 2024
Kenyan President William Ruto Confirms Support for SACCO Movement in Meeting with Credit Union Leaders
MADISON, Wis.—President William Ruto of Kenya confirmed cooperatives are central to his government’s priorities and that he wants to see the savings and credit cooperative (SACCO) movement in Kenya succeed during an October 7 State House meeting with a large delegation of African and U.S. credit union leaders that included World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) President and CEO Elissa McCarter LaBorde and Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions’ (WFCU) Board Chair Bill Cheney.
September 25, 2024
Venezuelan Youths Participating in Economic Inclusion Project Earn Nearly Four Times More than Peers
MADISON, Wis.—Young Venezuelan refugee and migrant adults are seeing greater financial benefits than any other age group participating in the USAID/WOCCU Economic Inclusion Project (EIP), according to results from EIP’s Study on the Integration of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees in Peru and Ecuador.
September 12, 2024
Women’s Leadership Takes Center Stage at Asian Credit Union Forum 2024
MADISON, Wis.—Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) Director Eleni Giakoumopoulos made her first ever presentation at an Asian credit union conference by leading sessions on empowering women to become leaders at September’s Asian Credit Union Forum 2024 in Bali, Indonesia.
September 11, 2024
McCarter LaBorde Advocates for Credit Unions in Visit to Ukraine
MADISON, Wis.—World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) President and CEO Elissa McCarter LaBorde on September 5 met with representatives from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in Kyiv, Ukraine, to discuss ways to strengthen the country’s credit union sector through a more enabling regulatory environment.
August 19, 2024
International Credit Union Day 2024 Pins and Merchandise Now Available Online
MADISON, Wis.—Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) aims to distribute 25,000 International Credit Union (ICU) Day® pins in return for $500,000 in donations by International Credit Union Day on Thursday, October 17, when the global credit union movement will celebrate “One World Through Cooperative Finance.”
July 29, 2024
WOCCU to Boost Credit Union Business Lending in Ukraine Through $10 Million USAID GROW Project
MADISON, Wis.—World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) will continue its work to strengthen credit unions in Ukraine by helping them provide more business lending through the new GROW Project, a four-year, $10 million initiative funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).