NEW YORK CITY- Municipal Credit Union (MCU) President/CEO Kam Wong hosted a dozen banking professionals representing six Japanese Bank Cooperatives during their recent visit to the United States. During the meeting held at MCU's lower Manhattan headquarters, Wong discussed lending practices, branding strategies, how credit unions differ from large for-profit banks, employee training, and education.
Japanese banking professionals attending the meeting included: Yoshihiro Homma, a managing director of Yokohama Shinkin Bank, one of Japan's largest cooperative financial institutions, and representatives from Tokyo Bay Shinkin, Niigata Shinkin, Kiryu Shinkin, Takasaki Shinkin, Iida Shinkin, Shinonome Shinkin, which are cooperative financial institutions throughout Japan's Kanto region.
"It was a pleasure to meet with these banking cooperative representatives,” Wong said. “Meetings and discussions such as this help leaders of not-for-profit financial institutions share ideas and improve the ways we operate and serve our members in the best way we can.”