BELIZE CITY, Belize–In what may be an international record in credit union management, Dr. Jane Ellen Usher, CEO of Holy Redeemer Credit Union here, has just marked her 100th birthday.
THE globe
CU News From Around the Planet
CANBERRA, Australia–Australia has officially closed a legal loophole that allowed vendors to charge a credit card surcharge that was actually higher than the cost of taking the payment itself.
DUBLIN, Ireland–Some of Ireland’s credit unions are reporting a 10-fold interaction with younger adult members since they began rolling out digital loan service initiatives earlier this year.
KINGSTON, Jamaica–Reform has begun for Jamaica’s credit unions with regulators agreeing CUs should be codified under their own statute.
LONDON—Barclays has become the first bank in the U.K. to announce Apple’s digital voice app Siri will support its mobile banking app, enabling account holders to make payments to anyone in their iPhone contacts list completely hands-free using the virtual assistant.
LONDON–The Association of British Credit Unions (Abcul) has suspended its plans to migrate its member credit unions onto its new tech platform.
DUBLIN, Ireland–At the same time Ireland’s credit unions continue to fight for a stronger market presence in this country and to expand into mortgages, a major German bank that is also a non-profit wants to bring its model to the country, saying it believes it could play a role in solving Ireland’s housing crisis.
DUBLIN, Ireland–The Bank of Ireland is being strongly criticized by elected officials for the loss of financial institution branches in many towns, who are adding calls for expanded powers for credit unions and the country’s Post Office.
WESTPORT, Ireland–Westport Credit Union has become the latest local lender to launch a finance offer dedicated to farmers.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.–A proposed merger between Lake View Credit Union here and Integris Credit Union has been cancelled.