by Brigene Litchfield | Dec 9, 2025 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
Purpose without delivery doesn’t move the needle. This Podcast explores some of the key themes emerging from the Swoboda Research Centre’s Conference on innovation, held in Liverpool in November 2025. Free to listen and download here. The podcast includes...
by Nick Money | Apr 15, 2025 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming financial services – and credit unions are no exception. With three quarters of financial firms in Great Britain and half in Ireland already using AI, credit unions now face a crucial challenge of how to embrace AI while...
by Nick Money | Jan 30, 2025 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
A brand-new episode of Talking Credit Unions is now available! In this episode, host Chris Smith explores the increasingly relevant topics of collaboration and mergers in the credit union sector. Chris is joined by Ronaldo Hardy, until recently President and CEO of...
by Nick Money | May 1, 2024 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
In this episode of Talking Credit Unions, Chris examines the prevailing topic of credit union ethics, initially with Barry Clavin, an ethics and sustainability expert and adviser, who was instrumental in the ethical and sustainability strategies of first The...
by Nick Money | Mar 3, 2023 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
Chris Smith is back! With a new addition to the Talking Credit Unions podcast series, Chris is joined by Swoboda directors Paul Jones and Nick Money to discuss projects, papers and conferences coming up at the Swoboda Research Centre. Chris speaks with Paul about new...
by Nick Money | Oct 26, 2022 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
Chris Smith has been investigating salary advance (also known as Earned Wage Access) for the Talking Credit Unions podcast series. Salary advance works like a short-term loan, where a provider enables an employee to draw down a proportion of the current month’s (or...
