ICU Day has been celebrated on the third Thursday of October since 1948! It's designed to create awareness and celebrate the ways credit unions improve the lives of their members around the world. The global credit union movement is now more than 411 million members strong, served by more than 74,000 credit unions in 104 countries.

On Thursday, October 16, 2025, the global credit union movement celebrates 77 years of ICU Day under the theme “Cooperation for a Prosperous World”.  With the United Nations declaring 2025 the International Year of Cooperatives under the theme “Building a Better World Together”, the ICU Day 2025 theme purposefully mirrors that to signify the ways credit unions help people across the globe achieve more prosperity and well-being through cooperative finance.

Smart Financial is taking the celebration beyond just one day, and celebrating throughout the month of October! We love our members and hope that you will join us this month as we celebrate YOU and the Houston area community!

Click the image below to see a calendar of events for all that we've got planned this month. Also, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for details on how you could win exclusive tickets to the Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land!