{"id":54443,"date":"2022-05-02T06:03:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T04:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/gemeenskapsbank-in-worcester-20220427-2\/"},"modified":"2022-05-02T06:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T04:03:54","slug":"gemeenskapsbank-in-worcester-20220427-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/gemeenskapsbank-in-worcester-20220427-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemeenskapsbank in Worcester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2019n Gemeenskapsbank in Worcester beoog om minder rente as groot banke te vra \u2013 dit is mits jy \u2019n lid word.<\/p>\n<p>Die Communisave-gemeenskapsbank of Worcester Community Sacco wat in 2013 gestig is, het ten doel om bankwese na die gemeenskap te bring met laer rentekoerse. <\/p>\n<p>Die bank is geregistreer by die Omsigtigheidsowerheid, \u2019n afdeling van die Reserwebank.<\/p>\n<p>Die bestuurslede s\u00ea vir die afgelope paar jaar was dit \u2019n groot uitdaging om die vertroue van mense te wen weens wat met die Oompie-sage gebeur het, waar duisende mense hul geld verloor het in \u2019n ponzi-skema van David Cupido, \u2019n pastoor van Touwsrivier. <\/p>\n<p>Volgens die bestuur is die bank daar om inwoners te help met meer bekostigbare rentekoerse.<\/p>\n<p>Die raadslede van Communisave s\u00ea vir mense om die volle voordele van die bank te geniet moet hulle lede word van die bank en vir minstens ses maande by die bank wees.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens Nik Wullschleger, een van die bestuurslede, is elkeen wat lid word van die bank \u2019n aandeelhouer in die bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns bied toeganklikheid en \u2019n geleentheid om \u2019n aandeelhouer te word. 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