Credit unions continue to expand their lending to small businesses while banks' small business lending is…
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Show filtersCULedger teams up with IBM to offer blockchain services to world’s credit unions
'A co-operative model that helps improve the member experience while benefiting all credit unions is the…
Whatever happened to the International Summit of Cooperatives?
Tony Patterson, from Co-op Canada Accelerator, investigates the fate of the high-profile Quebec event
Desjardins to distribute CA $253m to its members in dividends
The amount represents a six-year record
Learning about Fairtrade from coffee producers in Guatemala
Jennie Simpson shares her experience visiting Fairtrade coffee co-operatives
US credit unions warn that CDFI grants are crucial for the sector
The scheme helps credit unions in the USA access grants to serve millions of members
New Honduran chocolate co-op to export to Europe
‘Cocoa should replicate the model of quality coffee that is exported around the world’
US credit unions call for exclusion from new accounting standard
Apex bodies say the sector needs to be treated differently because it has a unique capital…
Puerto Rican credit unions receive federal government funding
The scheme enables traditional banks to invest in community development credit unions
World digest: Argentine co-op hit by hackers, plus news from Vietnam, Spain and Canada
Data at the utility provider was 'kidnapped' by an online attacker who demanded payment for its…
Co-ops and credit unions respond to Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech
NCBA CLUSA and NAFCU encouraged members to champion legislation and policy that supports co-operatives and credit…
Calgary Co-op ventures into cannabis market
Last year Canada became the second country in the world to legalise the drug
