World Council of Credit Unions

World Council of Credit Unions
Formation	January 1, 1971
Location	Madison, Wisconsin, USA;
President & CEO	Brian Branch
Website	www.woccu.org

The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is an international trade association and development agency for credit unions headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. Members of the WOCCU include regional and national credit union associations, cooperative associations and business service organizations in 97 countries throughout the world. WOCCU's member associations account for over 54,000 credit unions with 186 million members worldwide.

History

WOCCU was founded on January 1, 1971 as the global trade association for credit unions. WOCCU has worked with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) to build Islamic Investment and Finance Cooperatives in Afghanistan. In 2006, WOCCU received a $6.7 million grant from the Gates Foundation to develop credit unions in Africa and Latin America.[1]

References

"Gates Foundation Awards Microfinance Grant to World Council of Credit Unions". Wisbusiness. Nov 3, 2006. Archived from the original on Nov 10, 2006.

External links

Official site of World Council of Credit Unions

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[1] "Gates Foundation Awards Microfinance Grant to World Council of Credit Unions". Wisbusiness. Nov 3, 2006. Archived from the original on Nov 10, 2006.