Partner Event: Filene DEI Research Event

Feb. 7, 2022 — In early December 2021, Filene published insights from its first DEI Practices & Policies Survey. This survey was launched to study Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) credit union system policies and practices, specifically documenting the value and the reach of established DEO efforts for organizations.

Now, Filene’s Centers for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Consumer Financial Lives in Transition, and the Innovation & Incubation come together virtually for their first Research Event on April 5-7, 2022.

Speakers for the event include:

  • Quinetta Roberson, Ph.D., John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Management and Psychology
    Michigan State University
  • Jeffrey A. Robinson, Associate Professor and Academic Director, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
    Rutgers Business School
  • Lisa Servon; Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning
    University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design

Learn more about Filene’s efforts and the event by visiting this link.

 

Feb. 7, 2022 — Last week, the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) shared a blog post highlighting the ways international standard-setting entities are now accelerating changes to digitalization policies “that are sure to be implemented by many national-level regulators”, stated in the WOCCU 2022 Global Regulatory Update for Credit Unions and Financial Cooperatives.

“Under the umbrella term of digitalization, we are seeing many policy changes in the areas of operational resilience or cybersecurity that are garnering attention from regulators,” reads the Update from World Council International Advocacy. “The ability to absorb operational risk-related events such as pandemics, cyber incidents, technology failures, and natural disasters has the attention of all regulators.”

Click here to read the entire blog post [2-minute read]


To read World Council International Advocacy’s entire 2022 Global Regulatory Update, click here. You can also hear an interview about this year’s Update with World Council Senior Vice President of International Advocacy Andrew Price and World Council Assistant General Counsel of International Advocacy Panya Monford on Episode Nine of the Global Credit Union Podcast