by Nick Money | Jul 27, 2023 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
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. Chris...
by Nick Money | Jul 26, 2023 | News & Updates
Many credit unionists will be aware of the Development Educator (DE) programme, which is designed to provide credit union employees and volunteers with a greater understanding of the international credit union system. There is an upcoming opportunity to participate in...
by Nick Money | Jul 20, 2023 | Featured, News & Updates, Swoboda Credit Union Research Prize
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 movement,...
by Nick Money | Jun 25, 2023 | News & Updates
The next Swoboda Credit Union conference will be on Friday 24th November 2023, in Manchester. The venue will be Hotel Innside Manchester. The conference will be focused on the future of the credit union movement in Britain, and in particular – relevant to credit...
by Nick Money | Jun 23, 2023 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications
‘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...
