BOLTON, U.K.–Hoot Credit Union is celebrating its 10th birthday by announcing a plan to take on banks.
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CU News From Around the Planet
KINGSTON, Jamaica–Jamaica’s Finance Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed upon between the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) and the country's credit unions.
LONDON–A British military hero has become the first official member of a new Armed Forces credit union in the U.K.
TORONTO–DUCA Financial Services Credit Union has become the first CU in Canada to become B-Corporation certified.
SYDNEY, Nova Scotia–Members of Sydney Credit Union here have rejected a merger with two other CUs.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago–The president of the Co-operative Credit Union League of Trinidad & Tobago, Joseph Remy, said he was “flabbergasted” when a credit union bill that had been rejected last year made its way into the 2015/2016 Budget.
ONTARIO, Calif.–Diana Dykstra, president and CEO of the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues, was among a U.S. CU delegation that recently visited Cuba regarding launching credit unions in that country (as CUToday.info reported here).
DUBLIN, Ireland–Ireland’s credit union movement is examining ways it could position itself as a viable “third force” to the two pillar banks, by adopting a new structure akin to that of co-operative banks across Europe.
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament Credit Union Interest Group, a caucus for members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who support credit unions, held its second formal meeting on International CU Day at the European Parliament’s Espeace Leopold in Brussels, Belgium.
HAVANA, Cuba — A delegation representing American credit unions toured this country and met with officials regarding launching credit unions in Cuba.