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US regulators explain their limits
In a major legal initiative of great potential benefit to USA credit unions, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), which regulates and/or insures the shares of most American credit unions, along with the other USA government banking regulators, have...
Talking Credit Unions #16 – Time for a new core system?
Podcast download here. Following on from CFCFE's paper on the subject of replacing the core IT system, Chris Smith opens the podcast series in 20201 with by interviewing the author and consultant, Todd Proulx, as well as the CFCFE chair and CUFA Ltd MD, Ralph...
Happy new year, and some predictions
Happy New Year from CFCFE to all its credit union members, corporate members and to all stakeholders in community finance. 2020 was a dreadful year in many ways for many people, but it also showed the strengths of the co-operative finance sector in focusing on the...
New legislation enables virtual AGMs for Irish credit unions
We have previously written about the opportunities and constraints for credit unions considering virtual AGMs to enable greater participation in the democratic process: our papers covered what is allowed and then how to implement. Until now, there have been...
Time for a New Core System?
Over the last few years, the importance of flexible, efficient and modern technology has risen up the agenda for many credit unions. 2020 has made this even more pronounced, as the ability of organisation to serve members effectively while staff are remote from...
CFCFE December 2020 Update
A word from the Chair As we come towards Christmas, I'm pleased to hear from colleagues around the sector that credit union lending volumes are coming back to 'normal', in particular in Britain, and in some cases records are being set. It’s great to see that after...
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