News Release Year
April 02, 2025
Global Women's Leadership Network and eLeadership Academy® Announce Partnership to Advance Leadership Development
MADISON, Wis.—The Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN), a program supported through the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU), has partnered with eLeadership Academy® to launch a series of leadership development initiatives aimed at empowering credit union women worldwide.
March 31, 2025
WCUC 2025 Early Bird Deadline Approaching
MADISON, Wis.—Time is running out to take advantage of registration savings for the 2025 World Credit Union Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, July 14-16.
March 26, 2025
WFCU and WOCCU Support Ukrainian Veterans Through Credit Unions
MADISON, Wis.—The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) dedicated $180,000 to help Ukrainian veterans and their families access affordable business loans through its Venerate Ukraine’s Veterans initiative.
March 13, 2025
GWLN and WYCUP Announce 2025 Scholarship Recipients
MADISON, Wis.—The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) proudly announces the recipients of the 2025 Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) and World Young Credit Union Professionals (WYCUP) Program scholarships.
March 11, 2025
World Credit Union Conference Announces 2025 Keynote Speakers
MADISON, Wis.—World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is excited to announce a cybersecurity expert and an innovator in the future of work as the first two keynote speakers for the 2025 World Credit Union Conference—set for July 14-16, at the Stockholmsmässan in beautiful Stockholm, Sweden.
March 06, 2025
Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) Luncheon at GAC 2025 Features Several Inspiring Stories of Growth
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) on Wednesday welcomed credit union leaders from around the world to its annual luncheon at America’s Credit Unions’ 2025 Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) to celebrate leadership, inclusion and global collaboration.
March 05, 2025
McCarter LaBorde Calls on U.S. Credit Unions to Help WOCCU Preserve its Place of Global Leadership
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a year of massive change that has resulted in global uncertainty, World Council of Credit Unions’ President and CEO Elissa McCarter LaBorde on Wednesday urged U.S. credit union professionals to ensure the credit union movement preserve its place of leadership on the world stage during her mainstage address at America’s Credit Unions’ 2025 Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC).
March 04, 2025
Tax Status Stories Shared by International Credit Union Representatives at GAC 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representatives from the Australian and Polish credit union systems on Tuesday warned of the fallout from credit union taxation and the cost of open banking implementation at World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) International Advocacy breakout session—Global Perspectives on Credit Union Advocacy—at America’s Credit Unions’ 2025 Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC).
March 03, 2025
Credit Union Leaders Unite to ‘Rally the Movement' at WFCU Champions’ Voices Event
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) on Sunday night asked credit union leaders, donors and industry partners attending its Champions’ Voices event at Union Station to help World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) sustain its international development work that USAID terminated all funding for last week—a result of the agency’s decision to eliminate more than 90% of its total award portfolio.
February 27, 2025
Protecting the Credit Union and Cooperative Model in a Year of Uncertainty
MADISON, Wis.—With a vast amount of regulatory uncertainty resulting from an unprecedented number of newly elected officials across the globe and an International Year of Cooperatives’ mission to fulfill—2025 will be a critical year for credit union advocacy worldwide.