LATEST NEWS
Credit Union Conference – Now Booking!
Registration now open for the Swoboda Credit Union Conference on 24th November in Manchester. What does a digital future really mean for credit unions? What do credit unions need to do to ensure they can win in a changed world? Disturbance and Transformation: The...
Reflecting on Family Savings & Loans Schemes: Webinar 13th September
Join report authors and other credit union people in discussing how to deliver this important service. In June, Swoboda published a...
Small loans – Irish credit unions’ best kept secret?
Swoboda is delighted to release its latest report, Small Loans: credit unions best kept secret? An analysis of the economics and opportunity for credit unions serving the small loans market in Ireland. Introduced by Dr Olive McCarthy, Director of the Centre for...
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...
New report on ESG and Credit Unions
'ESG’ (Environmental, Social and Governance indicators) is a hot topic in the private business world, including banking, and in the US has even become a contested issue (Forbes magazine here, or FT here (paywall)). It should be axiomatic that credit unions are...
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