THE globe

DUBBO, NSW, Australia–Macquarie Credit Union is hosting a week-long DREAM Festival this week, including events it said are “easily affordable.”

DUBLIN, Ireland–Credit unions in the Republic of Ireland may be forced to withdraw €1.8 billion of deposits and investments currently held with financial institutions in the United Kingdom in the event of a “disorderly” Brexit. 

SYDNEY, Australia–A credit union here has won a court case against a bank that had trademarked the words “community bank.”

SWIFT CURRENT, Saskatchewan–Innovation Credit Union has become one of the founding signatories of the Principles for Responsible Banking, committing to strategically align its business with the Sustainable Development Goals.

LILONGWE, Malawi—Malawi may become the first country to tax mobile transactions.

REGINA, Saskatchewan–Some local citizens here continue to protest a CU’s plans for a new building here, with a group called  “No Business in the Park” even performing an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax outside the Conexus Credit Union’s headquarters.

HARRISBURG, Penn.–PSECU donated a collection of satellite phones to the World Council of Credit Unions that are already being put to use in The Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.

MADISON, Wis.–The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, the charitable arm of World Council of Credit Unions, said it is now distributing Project Storm Break funds to help two credit unions in The Bahamas repair infrastructure and replace equipment damaged by Hurricane Dorian.

MANCHESTER, U.K.–One credit union here is attempting to help some of the hundreds of thousands of people whose travel plans have been turned upside down by the collapse of giant travel firm Thomas Cook.

SKOPJE, North Macedonia–The head of World Council’s Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) has been visiting this country to discuss the importance of women’s empowerment, their opportunities to advance professionally and personally—and providing for financial inclusion through credit unions.