AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Co-op Money NZ, the trade group for New Zealand’s credit unions, and ACU, a Māori-based credit union started by the Manukau Urban Māori Authority, announced that ACU is the first Māori financial institution to launch a tier one banking platform for its 15,000 members.
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KIEV, Ukraine — The Credit for Agriculture Producers (CAP) Project in the Ukraine organized and hosted an engagement visit here for international credit union experts, composed of members of World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and the Global Women’s Leadership Network.
SURREY, B.C.–KHALSA Credit Union, which serves the local Sikh community, is now asking members to help it select its new logo.
ADALAIDE, Australia–Credit Union SA here reported it has hit the $1 billion assets threshold.
MADISON, Wis.–The World Council of Credit Unions has filed a comment letter with the Financial Action Task Force on their Draft Guidance for Private Sector Information.
WESTMEATH, Ireland–In an indication of how credit union rules can differ from country to country, the board of Athlone Credit Union here has survived a motion of “no confidence” in a vote by its members.
LONDON—British retailers will be forbidden from forcing customers to pay surcharges when they use a credit card, under new rules announced by the U.K.'s Treasury Ministry.
LONDON–Four more U.K. credit unions have been awarded the Five Star Fairbanking Mark from the Fairbanking Foundation.
ADELAIDE, Australia–A major funding partnership has been announced between Crime Stoppers South Australia and Police Credit Union here.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados–A credit union here has partnered with the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) as part of an effort to bring relief to the hundreds of residents in the north of the island who have been affected by the prolonged drought of two years ago.