Long-Awaited Return of World Credit Union Conference to the United States is Worth the Wait

Stockholm, Sweden -- site of WCUC 2025

The 2024 World Credit Union Conference concluded Wednesday, July 24, with a block party that put the finishing touches on a spectacular four-day event at the Boston Conference and Exhibition Center.
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2,397 credit union professionals from 57 countries attended the conference—the first held in the United States since 2015. COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 World Credit Union Conference in Los Angeles, causing the nine-year gap.

WCUC 2024 featured more than 40 keynote presentations or breakout sessions from more than 70 speakers—on topics that included:

• Generative AI
• Cybersecurity
• Regulation & Advocacy.
• Financial Inclusion and Education.
• Growing Younger Membership
• Business Strategy & Influence.
• Sustainable Finance.

New faces and familiar voices
WCUC 2024 featured dozens of new speakers and presenters discussing new and emerging issues.

In his first keynote presentation at a World Credit Union Conference, Shawn Kanungo opened thousands of eyes to some of the readily available online AI tools credit unions can use to boost everything from their web presence to the presentation of their data.

But this year’s conference also welcomed back many long-time supporters of the global credit union movement, who shared personal stories about their experiences and lessons learned over the years.

Dr. Brandi Stankovic, Principal of Strategic Advisory Solutions, addressed the Joint Global Women’s Leadership and WYCUP event "Leading Through Networks" to share the story of how she and her mother, Sue Mitchell, CEO of Mitchell, Stankovic & Associates, have worked tirelessly to grow both of those networks over the course of the past few decades.

The mix of old and new helped attendees reflect on our movement's past and focus on how to grow our future relevance as well.

Strong press and social media presence
Press coverage of the event was the strongest to date, with several journalists from the United States joined at the event by media members from Brazil, Nepal, India and Korea.

Stories from the 2024 World Credit Union Conference were featured in more than 200 articles published by over 100 news outlets across 10 countries.

WCUC 2024 also was a hit on social media. Our #wcuc2024 hashtag was used more than 1,500 times on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn posts.

Get ready for 2025
Next year, World Council of Credit Unions will host the 2025 World Credit Union Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, July 14-16. To learn more, visit wcuc.org/stockholm.

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