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ROME, Italy - They came from Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Trinidad & Tobago and the U.S. They are all under 35 years old and they work as credit union tellers, IT people, lawyers, marketing managers, sales representatives, branch representatives and loan officers. Their credit unions are...

ROME, Italy - A delegation from the World Council of Credit Unions visited the Vatican to present the Catholic Church with WOCCU's Distinguished Service Award for their work in developing credit unions in impoverished areas. The nuns and priests in developing countries have done much to promote credit unions against...

WASHINGTON - Entrepreneurs make decisions about starting and closing businesses based not only on conditions in their current location, but on conditions in neighboring states. Those conditions can include bankruptcy exemptions, access to health insurance and unemployment programs, according to a new study for the SBA's Office of Advocacy. Some...

ROME, Italy - Bank like, or not bank like, maximizing profits, or maximizing service these were some of the credit union values bantered around the stage at the 2005 WOCCU Conference. Jim Blaine President of State Employees Credit Union in Raleigh N.C. and Rob Nicholls CEO of Australian National Credit...

Top 28 Credit Unions in Member Business Loans Outstanding as of March 31, 2005 for credit unions over $50 million in assets

ROME, Italy - Poland, Ireland and the United States have very different experiences with taxation issues and at the same time there is a similarity. In a presentation at the 2005 Rome WOCCU World Conference Gryegorz Bierecki, WOCCU Director and head of the National Association of Cooperative Savings and Credit...