NEWS AND UPDATES
Maximising member savings – an opportunity or threat?
Maximising the savings of members has been a long-standing doctrine of credit union success. For not only do savings build abundant liquidity for lending, but they also contribute directly to the financial health and resilience of the members. In the long run and...
Talking Credit Unions #20 Sir Douglas Flint, Just Finance Foundation and Credit Union Boardrooms
Podcast download here. In this episode, Chris interviews Sir Douglas Flint, chair of Standard Life Aberdeen, IP Group and the Corporate board of Cancer Research UK, and a trustee of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. He was previously Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings...
Talking Credit Unions is chart-topping!
By the end of 2020, the new Talking Politics podcast series produced by Chris Smith and sponsored by CFCFE, had almost 1,500 downloads across every continent around the world*. Now it has hit the top of the podcast charts in Ireland for not-for-profits! Chris Smith...
Talking Credit Unions #19 CFCFE Credit Union Conference 29th March
Podcast download here. Chris Smith asks Nick Money, Director of Development at CFCFE, to introduce the forthcoming conference on Monday 29th March. This is CFCFE's fifth conference, and its second which is online-only. The conference brings together credit union...
Talking Credit Unions #18 First Year as a CEO – an interview with Matt Bland, CEO at Co-op Credit Union
Podcast download here. Matt Bland, formerly Head of Policy at the trade association ABCUL, joined Co-op Credit Union in January 2020. As Matt started his first CEO post, little did he know quite what challenges the year would bring. In conversation with Chris...
Now booking! Credit Union Conference, 29th March
Booking is now open for our first conference of the year, on Monday 29th March. Towards New Business Models: great speakers and plenty of group discussion, looking at the 2021 and future external operating context, the importance of building a business model on a...
Thanks to our #members who joined us this week for a great online discussion about 🇮🇪 #creditunions #BusinessModel - lots of good analysis and agreement on risks and opportunities🤔
ONE STEP CLOSER IN UKRAINE
@WOCCU International Advocacy scored a major victory when the Ukrainian Parliament approved the first reading of a new draft law that would lay the foundation for updating the country’s legal framework for #creditunions. #ukraine
https://www.woccu.org/newsroom/releases/Ukrainian_Parliament_Approves_New_WOCCU-advocated_Credit_Union_Law
@CWeston_Indo @cooper_m @lstwrd We are Charlie. We offer a current ac with Google and Apple pay (incredibly handy) Our app has facial /finger print recognition and offers full digital service.
But best of all we believe in the human touch.
I'd say we're an "incredible" alternative..
#creditunion
This year @thefinancelab is adapting its Fellowship programme to support bankers working to advance climate action from within their institutions. Potential applicants can sign up for a taster session here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-safe-lending-fellowship-taster-workshop-registration-156587697017 (You could have as much fun as this! ⬇️)
