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News >> Credit unions

£73m tonic for credit unions

The Association of British Credit Unions has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it is investing up to £73 million in credit unions and that the Post Office could play a central role in delivering credit union services.
March 18 2011
Category: Credit unions

Search for credit unions online

A website has been launched for people to find their local credit union.
December 07 2010
Category: Credit unions

Report calls for expansion of credit unions

A report from the Consumer Focus organisation on the pay day lending market has recommended the extension of support for credit unions and an expansion of their services through Post Offices to address problems caused by high-cost, instant borrowing.
September 07 2010
Category: Credit unions

Love your credit union, says peer

A leading Labour/Co-op peer has called on the country to make credit unions feel loved and wanted and recognise that they are part of the ‘big picture’ of the UK economy.
August 25 2010
Category: Credit unions

Host family escorts George and June Elliott, who works at Midlands Co-op’s Chesterfield department store, with Tatsiana Phoschan and Elizaveta Barashkauva

Cheers for the Co-op!

Midlands Co-operative organised a special trip to Chesterfield FC’s new b2net stadium for children supported by the Chernobyl Children Life Line charity.
August 23 2010
Category: Credit unions

FOS report boosts credit unions

The Financial Ombudsman Service’s annual report has confirmed high levels of satisfaction among credit union members.
June 28 2010
Category: Credit unions

DAVID SANDERSON … ‘Often there is no option but to turn to loan sharks’

Credit unions make appliances affordable

Low income families can buy household electrical goods at competitive prices without paying high interest rates, thanks to a pioneering scheme by The Co-operative Electrical in partnership with credit unions.
June 24 2010
Category: Credit unions

Credit union honours

Southwark Credit Union’s Louis ‘Roy’ McLeod has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours. 
January 21 2010
Category: Credit unions

More credit unions offer festive option

The Association of British Credit Unions has announced a big increase in the number of people using credit unions to save safely for Christmas following the collapse of the Farepak organisation three years ago, when more than 150,000 customers lost money.
November 19 2009
Category: Credit unions

ABCUL chief raps loan shark bullies

The Chief Executive of the Association of British Credit Unions, Mark Lyonette, has called on anyone thinking of borrowing from loan sharks to think again and make contact with a credit union instead. 
August 24 2009
Category: Credit unions

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