News Release Year
March 21, 2023
World Council of Credit Unions Releases Guide to International Sustainable Finance Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C.—World Council of Credit Unions Tuesday issued “What Credit Unions Should Know About Sustainable Finance”, a guide to help credit unions understand many of the international standards and emerging regulatory frameworks surrounding climate-related and sustainable finance issues.
March 08, 2023
World Council of Credit Unions Strengthens Leadership
MADISON, Wis.—World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions are pleased to announce the hire of two new employees and the promotion of a third to key leadership positions that will help the organizations further pursue their strategic growth initiatives.
March 07, 2023
Economic Inclusion Project Introduces ‘The Practical Guide for the Financial Inclusion of the Refugee and Migrant Population’
LIMA, Peru— The USAID/World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) Economic Inclusion Project in March introduced to more than 100 representatives of Peru’s financial sector a formal guide that will help them identify the types of assistance refugee and migrant populations need to access formal financial services, and the best practices to help facilitate their financial inclusion.
March 01, 2023
McCarter LaBorde Encourages U.S. Credit Unions to Get Engaged with International Movement
WASHINGTON, D.C.—World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) President and CEO Elissa McCarter LaBorde Wednesday thanked U.S. credit unions for their support and highlighted the ways they can learn from the global movement to improve their own operations in a main stage address on the final day of Credit Union National Association’s 2023 Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC).
March 01, 2023
GWLN Members Learn How Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Will Impact Financial Inclusion
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The founder and CEO of a nonprofit innovation center that tests new technologies to drive the financial sector toward a more inclusive marketplace spoke Wednesday at the Global Women’s Leadership Network’s (GWLN) Luncheon at GAC about the way deep analytical research and modeling based on artificial intelligence and machine-learning is being applied to a handful of small, community-based U.S. financial institutions to determine the best approaches to consumer lending and risk management.
February 28, 2023
WOCCU and Partners Utilize CUNA GAC Session to Illustrate How International Advocacy Efforts Positively Impact the Lives of Credit Union Members in Wartime Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D.C.—World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) International Advocacy and its partners Tuesday outlined how advocacy efforts by U.S. credit unions have resulted in meaningful changes for credit unions and their members in wartime Ukraine, and why that continued advocacy support is needed, during a breakout session at the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC).
February 27, 2023
Former WOCCU President and CEO Brian Branch Accepts Herb Wegner Outstanding Individual Achievement Award
WASHINGTON, D.C..—The National Credit Union Foundation Monday handed out Herb Wegner Outstanding Individual Achievement Awards to former World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) President and CEO Brian Branch and Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions’ (WFCU) Board Chair Bill Cheney at its annual Foundation Dinner, held in conjunction with Credit Union National Association’s (CUNA) Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC).
February 27, 2023
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Surprises WFCU Champions at Cooperative Voices Event
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Attendees of Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions’ (WFCU) 2nd annual Cooperative Voices event Sunday got a surprise when Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, gave a speech in which she thanked WFCU and World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) for the support they have provided to Ukrainian credit unions during Russia’s year-long war in her home country.
February 24, 2023
USAID and WOCCU Highlight ‘Migrant Integration Through Economic Inclusion'
LIMA, Peru—The USAID/World Council of Credit Unions’ Economic Inclusion Project (EIP) in February shared how it has generated opportunities for nearly 100,000 Venezuelan migrants, as well as local, vulnerable populations in Peru and Ecuador during events organized in both countries for the eighth quarterly meeting of the project, presented under the theme “Migrant Integration Through Economic Inclusion”.
February 20, 2023
USAID Extends WOCCU Credit for Agriculture Producers (CAP) Project in Ukraine
MADISON, Wis.—The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) this month extended World Council of Credit Unions’ (WOCCU) Credit for Agriculture Producers (CAP) Project through September 2024, providing an additional 18 months to support Ukrainian credit unions in wartime, so they can remain open and continue to serve their communities, and provide agricultural and rural businesses with access to savings and agricultural loans.