Chaguanas, Trinidad – July 23, 2021: Local Credit Unions (CUs) sent a second shipment of urgent relief items to the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Credit Union movement on Wednesday July 21, 2021. This time the focus was in assisting those credit union members and their families affected by recent flooding activity. This second […]
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Credit Union Staff Receiving Vaccines
Chaguanas, Trinidad – July 4, 2021: The Credit Union fraternity joined the rest of the financial services sector in the fight to protect front line service providers and the public against the dreaded Covid 19 virus. Although lagging a bit behind, the vaccination of the Credit Union sector began in earnest last Friday as scores […]
CFF and local credit unions are gearing up to increase Market Share through FinTech initiatives
Chaguanas, Trinidad – June 4, 2021: The Central Finance Facility (CFF) and more than forty leaders and managers of its member credit unions met and strategized the pursuit of FinTech initiatives to enhance service to credit union members and increase credit union market share. These discussions were enabled at a CFF hosted Virtual Thought Leadership […]
CFF calls on local credit unions to rally behind the Credit Union fraternity in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Chaguanas, Trinidad – April 13, 2021: Following its initiatives taken for Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian in 2019, the Central Finance Facility (CFF) is coordinating the efforts of local credit unions to provide much needed resources to the Credit Union fraternity in St Vincent and the […]
Credit Unions must innovate and evolve service delivery to survive in the new normal
Chaguanas, Trinidad – November 13, 2020: The Central Finance Facility (CFF) hosted its first ever virtual workshop on November 6, 2020 entitled ‘Leveraging Technology for Competitive Advantage in the New Normal’. Over thirty (30) attendees from twelve (12) local credit unions participated in this event which was held via Zoom from 9:30 am to 4:00 […]
Credit Unions to make Government’s Housing goal a reality
Chaguanas, Trinidad – October 14, 2020: The Central Finance Facility (CFF) held its annual Budget Breakfast meeting on October 8, 2020 themed “Economic Stability Post Covid-19: A Review of the 2020/2021 National Budget”. The feature address was delivered by the Honourable Pennelope Beckles, Minister of Housing and Urban Development who encouraged credit unions to take […]
Minister Hinds to address Credit Union Leaders on how they can partner with Government in Youth and National Development
Chaguanas, Trinidad – Septeber 9, 2020: President of the Central Finance Facility (CFF), has expressed delight and optimism in response to the agreement of the Minister of Youth Development and National Services, the Honorable Fitzgerald Hinds to deliver the feature address at the CFF’s Virtual Thought Leadership Session. The Central Finance Facility CFF which is […]
Credit Unions Sign ‘COVID-19 Relief’ Loan Agreement with the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Chaguanas, Trinidad – May 8, 2020: Credit Unions today signed their Liquidity Support Loan Agreements with the Ministry of Finance and will start providing loans to members whose incomes have been eroded or depleted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program which is financed by the Government is intended to provide funds to […]
Credit Unions discuss how the Movement can ‘Weather the COVID-19 Crisis’ in its first ever Virtual Thought Leadership series
Chaguanas, Trinidad – May 4, 2020: The Central Finance Facility (CFF) launched its first ever Virtual Thought Leadership Series on April 22, 2020. The four (4) part weekly series is themed “Credit Unions Weathering the COVID-19 Crisis” and features experts in the areas of management, human resources, finance, investment and mental health. Via the Zoom […]
Credit Unions say Inputs of the Cooperative Sector Integral to a “New Start” of the Socio-Economy of Trinidad and Tobago
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. (Luke 5:38) Chaguanas, Trinidad – April 22, 2020: President of the Central Finance Facility (CFF), Ms. Letitia Telesford, is calling on leaders within the Cooperative Sector to join in a conversation on the “New Socio-Economic Start” post COVID-19 for Trinidad and Tobago and to share the […]