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Digital Future Conference Materials November 2023
Swoboda Research Centre convened its biggest conference yet on 24th November 2023 in Manchester. 115 delegates attended to debate the big issues of the future impact of digitalisation on the development of credit unions in GB and Ireland. The morning sessions saw...
Watch now! Webinar on small loans in Ireland
Now available, a video of the ILCU small loans webinar on 5th October. View here https://vimeo.com/871395475?share=copy using the passcode SmallLoans. Nick and Paul from Swoboda, and co-author Lorraine Corcoran from Afanite, were excited to present to a large...
The Human Touch vs Digital Banking: Talking Credit Unions with George Hofheimer
In this episode of the podcast series Talking Credit Unions, Chris Smith talks to George Hofheimer, the well-known credit union strategist from the US. As we navigate the challenges that credit unions face in the digital era, George illuminates the path ahead,...
A guide to Board / CEO relationships – and Laurel and Hardy?
“Successful leadership of an organisation is a shared function between a board and its CEO and depends on this appreciation of partnership rather than a hierarchy (even though the CEO remains ultimately accountable to the board). These two functions do not work in...
Are credit union members rate tarts*? Talking Credit Unions has some answers
In episode 31 of the Talking Credit Unions series, Chris Smith talks to Paul Jones and Nick Money from Swoboda about the role of dividend, the importance of savings and the necessary balance of interests between savers and borrowers that boards need to consider....
Launching the Swoboda Credit Union Research Prize 2023!
Swoboda is delighted to be launching the Credit Union Research Prize for 2023. Details here. This award aims to bring new voices and ideas into the sector, and to support researchers who wish to contribute significantly to the development of the credit union...
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The Centre works in collaboration with the Research Unit for Financial Inclusion at Liverpool John Moores University.
