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CU News From Around the Planet

DENVER–During the World Credit Union Conference here, six young credit union professionals received the 2015 World Council Young Credit Union People (WYCUP) scholarship for an all-expenses-paid trip to the next year's World Credit Union Conference.

DELMOPAN, Belize–Members of La Inmaculada Credit Union staged a peaceful demonstration front of the institution’s headquarters following a statement from the credit union that an investigation was underway and as a result its general manager was being put on administrative leave.

SYDNEY, Australia–A new Essential Research poll, commissioned by the Customer Owned Banking Association (COBA), which is the primary trade association for credit unions in Australia, has found that most Australians would feel better about banking with a credit union.

DENVER — More than 160 female credit union leaders from 24 countries gathered for the 2015 Global Women's Leadership Forum as part of the joint World Council of Credit Unions Conference and CUNA’s America’s Credit Union Conference to discuss the advancement of credit union women in leadership.

MADISON, Wis.–The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded World Council the Home Ownership and Mortgage Expansion (HOME) Program to catalyze the housing finance sector to create access to affordable housing for average Haitian households.

RALEIGH, N.C. – A delegation of Haixia banking executives from the Fujian Province of China visited State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) to gain insight into SECU’s cooperative structure and service philosophy.