Dermot Ryan was Director of Lidcombe Credit Union Co-op 1952- 1960; Foundation Chairman City Council Employees Credit Union, 1963-1970; Director NSW Credit Union League in the 1960s; National Director CUNA 1967-69. With Ken Miller, he laid the foundation of the Stabilisation Fund which became the Reserve, and of the Central Banking System.
He encouraged CUNA Mutual to set up in Australia. He was instrumental in implementing ideas such as Savings Protection Fund. He served in a number of capacities for AFCUL and was Hon. Sec. Treasurer for the Australian Credit Union Historical Co-Operative in the 1980s.
Dermot Ryan provided an oral history interview for the credit union movement in 1989 when he was interviewed by Daniel Connell.
Orange Credit Union will celebrate its 60th anniversary in December. It was registered as Email (Orange) Employees Credit Union after forming during a special meeting of Email (Orange) employees in
Historically how groundbreaking was the merger between Heritage Bank and People’s Choice? It is true that historical building societies have merged with credit unions, but it appears that it is rare
A new book called A History of Australian Co-operatives 1827-2023 that we were pleased to help with has recently been published. Authored by friends of ours from the University of Sydney Co-operatives
