MANCHESTER, U.K.–The Co-operative College here has entered into a strategic collaboration with the International Credit Union Leadership Development & Education Foundation around a series of initiatives.
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CU News From Around the Planet
TALLIN, Estonia.—Representatives of the Virginia Credit Union League and CULedger said they have found the future in a small Eastern European country tucked between Russia and the Baltic Sea.
LEINSTER, U.K.–Members of Life Credit Union here have had their savings capped in part due to fees some banks have put in place to accept deposits from credit unions.
SINGAPORE – Payments platform Adyen is collaborating with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform.
BANGKOK, Thailand–Could a payments model being promoted by Thailand’s government eventually expand to other countries?
WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has launched a Global Investigations Division (GID), which will be responsible for implementing targeted investigation strategies rooted in FinCEN’s unique authorities under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to combat illicit finance threats and related crimes, both domestically and internationally.
MADISON, Wis.—The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is reporting a pilot program is allowing hundreds of Venezuelan refugees living in Colombia to access savings and loans for the first time since fleeing a series of political crises in their home country.
TOKYO—The regtech committees of the fintech associations of Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan have jointly launchedthe “APAC RegTech Network,” an initiative to enhance cross-border collaboration on regtech education and implementation across the Asia Pacific region.
MANDEVILLE, Manchester —Manchester Co-operative Credit Union (MCCU) here has awarded grants to 29 students totaling $1.9 million to assist them with their secondary and tertiary level education.
NAIROBI, Kenya–Among the many benefits for which mobile banking has been hailed is the ability to bring financial services to the underbanked and unbanked.