by Nick Money | Jun 12, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates, United Vision
On Tuesday 10th June, credit union leaders and supporters came together in Manchester for the launch of A United Vision, a major new research project from the Swoboda Research Centre and New Economics Foundation (NEF). With credit union growth beginning to plateau...
by Nick Money | Jun 12, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates
International Co-operative Alliance Research Conference – 12th-13th June 2025, University of Helsinki, Finland At the recent ICA Research Conference in Helsinki, Dr Dominik Bierecki (Pomeranian University in Poland and board member of the National Association of...
by Nick Money | Jun 10, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates
In this episode of Talking Credit Unions, Anca Voinea reviews the Swoboda Spring Conference in Dublin, with its focus on major future challenges and opportunities for the credit union movement, including how to engage young people, trends in regulation and the power...
by Nick Money | Jun 3, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates
A new report by KPMG, commissioned by the Aviva Foundation and Fair4All Finance with support from the Swoboda Research Centre, explores how credit unions could help address the UK’s insurance protection gap. The research, based on surveys and interviews with...
by Nick Money | May 28, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates, Past Events
Swoboda Research Centre hosted its most recent conference, ‘Future Horizons: Preparing for What’s Next’, on 23rd May 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown, Dublin. Over 100 delegates attended to explore the future direction of credit unions in...
by Nick Money | May 21, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates, Research
Swoboda is pleased to publish a new research report ‘Fuelling the Mission’, commissioned by Fair4All Finance and authored by Dr. Paul A Jones, Nick Money and Christine Moore from Swoboda. This report explores how credit unions across Britain are building...
