World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) released its 2024 Statistical Report in October and the man who conducted the survey and compiled the data joins Episode 54 of the Global Credit Union Podcast to break down it all down.

Thom Belekevich, WOCCU Director of Member Services, discusses the most comprehensive version of the annual Statistical Report to date, which features the traditional data WOCCU has always shared, as well as the global trends, demographics, strategic priorities, risks and regulatory environments credit unions are facing.

Episode 54 also features the end of an era, as founder and host Greg Neumann announces his departure.

Credit unions have never seen a greater amount of fraud and other cybersecurity threats than they have in 2025.

For this month’s episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Efrain Orsini, Jr., Director of Security Operations for SilverSky, a cybersecurity firm that has safeguarded a number of American credit unions for more than 20 years.

“EJ”, as he likes to be called, talks about several of those emerging threats and how artificial intelligence is putting a new spin on many of them.

He also discusses the ways credit unions, both large and small, can protect themselves moving forward.

Every business in the world is keeping a close on President Trump's tariffs, and credit unions are no different. But what are the impacts of those tariffs on the global credit union movement?

On this episode we dive deep into that question by taking a look at consumer sentiment, inflation and what we can't see coming in the months ahead with Curt Long, Chief Economist and Vice President of Data for America's Credit Unions, and David Malone, CEO of the Irish Credit Union League.

Both of those organizations are keeping a close eye on the tariff issue, and Curt and David will discuss what the data is showing so far and what they foresee coming down the road.