Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Government’s “Help to Save” policy, Chief Executive of the Association of British Credit Unions Mark Lyonette said: “Credit unions are...
Tom Watson MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, was the guest of honour at the opening of a new credit union branch in Walworth Road,...
Lloyds Banking Group is today awarding £1m to 21 Credit Unions across the country as it announces the second tranche of funding to be released from...
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Backing fossil fuel divestment, founding credit unions and rejecting neoliberalism: some students are at the forefront of the search for truly sustainable finance, writes Piers Telemacque...
The Co-operative party is to lead calls for a push to treble the UK membership of credit unions, in order to battle exploitative payday lenders. The...
Two London credit unions are to merge and create one of the largest such organisations in England, joining together some 11,000 members. Earlier this week, members...
The work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has urged borrowers and savers to consider credit unions, citing their competitive rates and ethical benefits. The MP...
Fees charged by payday lenders for customers who default on payments are “unlawful”, according to Which? – the consumer group that is calling on firms to...
MPs and other parliamentary staff now have the option to pay into a credit union directly from their wages, thanks to a new service launched on...
Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has launched a new credit union service in a bid to challenge payday lenders and other organisations that “[try] to make...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has declared that it is “time for payback” for payday lenders, saying that the loan companies will be hit by higher taxes...
Democratic finance has lots of definitions, but credit unions are arguably one of the best examples. Tom Revell looks at why they’re becoming an increasingly attractive...
Banking does not have to be evil. It is absurd that we even have to say those seven words, but the last five years of scandals...
Banking does not have to be evil. It is absurd that we even have to say those seven words, but the last five years of scandals...