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Minister Fleming announces extension to timeline for Credit Unions to hold virtual AGMs   Minister of State with responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance, Sean Fleming TD has today (Wednesday) welcomed Government approval for an extension of the timeline to allow credit unions to hold their 2020 Annual General Meetings virtually to the end of June 2021. The Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, signed into law last December extended the timeline for credit unions to hold their 2020 Annual General Meetings to end of April 2021. It also allowed ...

MONEYWEB app instead? Changing marriage patterns and their impact on financial planning A newly married couple should have a shared vision of their future and be prepared to work as a team. 14 April 2021 06:41 Image: Shutterstock Recently released stats from Statistics South Africa this month show that fewer people are getting married in either civil marriages or customary marriages and that first-time marriage partners are getting older. The report, Marriages and Divorces, 2019, showed a significant drop in the total number of marriages; in 2019 there were nearly 50 000 fewer civil and ...

The decision to close the Donabate premises and sell it has generated cross-party anger in the area, which is set to triple in size to a population of 20,000 in the next few years. Asked why it was closing the branches, chief executive of Progressive Sean Staunton said: “The closure decisions were made to address the challenges which Progressive Credit Union faces in bringing its cost base into line with current income sources, mainly loan interest, which has been dramatically impacted by Covid-19 and are likely to remain low for an extended period.” The Donabate premises is in a prime lo...

Yet that is exactly what happened to Police Credit Union last March. The member owned co-operative, which has grown to 34,000 members since its founding in 2002, was handed the cash from a Treasury-backed fund so it could help those in the police, armed forces and other public services cut the cost of their borrowing as their financial habits improved. Officially dating back to the 1960s and with roots which go back to the 18th century, credit unions have long been applauded for their membership model. High profile supporters of the co-operatives include Michael Sheen and Camilla, Duchess of ...

Teachers in the secondary schools in Nigeria have been advised to disregard claims by the splinter group, Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), that the Supreme Court, on January 15, 2021, delivered judgment granting it autonomy as a new trade union.