by Nick Money | Nov 27, 2023 | Featured, News & Updates, Past Events
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...
by Nick Money | Oct 19, 2023 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates, Past Events
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 webinar...
by Nick Money | Oct 5, 2023 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
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,...
by Nick Money | Sep 29, 2023 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications
“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...
by Nick Money | Sep 25, 2023 | Audio, News & Updates, Past Events
Swoboda Research Centre hosted an excellent webinar on 13th September, to discuss the report on the Pennine Community Credit Union (PCCU) study of their family loan and saving scheme. The report authors, David Harris and Tia Warbrick from PCCU and Paul A. Jones from...
by Nick Money | Sep 8, 2023 | News & Updates
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...