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United Vision: what credit union voices tell us about growth, scale and the road to 2035
Britain’s credit unions know where they want to go. Ask the people who run, govern and staff them whether the movement should be bigger and do more, and 94% say yes. Ask whether their own credit union has a robust strategy to get there, and only 31% are confident....
Introducing our new peer networks: learning with leaders who share your world
Leading a credit union can be lonely. CEOs, chairs and the senior people who run the organisation day-to-day all face pressures that colleagues in their own credit union can't always share. Their friends in other sectors may not fully understand them either. You...
Future Fit 2035: The Future Starts Here
Friday 20th November 2026 | Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel, Water Street, Manchester The next decade won't wait, and neither should you. Future Fit 2035 brings together the leaders, innovators and change-makers shaping what's next. Join us in...
i4 Incubator 2027: Expressions of Interest now open
Swoboda members are invited to apply for i4 Incubator 2027, the second year of our collaborative innovation programme. Credit unions work alongside carefully selected Strategic Partners across five flexible labs to test and learn together, without operational risk....
The Integrated Credit Union Core
Swoboda Research Centre is pleased to publish this white paper by Todd Proulx of f64 business services, LLC examining how credit unions can compete not by accumulating more technology, but by integrating it around a co-operative core system. Credit unions have...
Creating a new approach to innovation for Credit Unions
David Fagleman, Project Manager, i4 Incubator, Swoboda Research Centre Innovation is one of those words that everyone feels obliged to use, but not always to define. It sits comfortably in strategy documents and keynote speeches because it sounds positive, modern...
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