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- ↑ Credit unions in membership of ABCUL Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Association of British Credit Unions (retrieved 1 November 2014)
- ↑ Credit Union Guide Financial Services Compensation Scheme (retrieved 2 April 2015)
- ↑ East London Credit Union Ltd declared in default: FSCS to protect 5,500 members Financial Services Compensation Scheme, 11 September 2019
- ↑ East London Credit Union Ltd - trading as Waltham Forest Community Credit Union Financial Services Compensation Scheme, 11 September 2019
- ↑ Statement on closure of East London Credit Union (ELCU) London Borough of Waltham Forest, 13 September 2019
- ↑ Reaidi, Joseph East London Credit Union customers protected despite administration East London and West Essex Guardian, 13 September 2019
- ↑ Credit union collapses Waltham Forest Echo, 13 September 2019
- ↑ Council withheld support for doomed credit union Waltham Forest Echo, 11 February 2020
