Updated / Friday, 15 Jan 2021 10:53 Joe O'Toole, Chair of the Metamo Credit Union Group; Anne King, Board Member of Metamo and Denis McCarthy, Fexco CEO Seven of the country's largest credit unions, all members of Metamo, have become the first credit unions to offer loans to SMEs under the Government's Covid-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme (CCGS). Metamo is the joint venture between credit unions and Fexco and was set up in July 2019. The seven credit unions joining the CCGS have a combined membership of about 250,000 members and include Cara Credit Union, Mallow Credit Union, First Choice Credit Union, People First Credit Union, St Canice's Credit Union, Limerick & District Credit Union, and Synergy Credit Union.