by Brigene Litchfield | Sep 7, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Research, Uncategorized
Swoboda Research Centre is pleased to publish this white paper by Todd Proulx of f64 business services, LLC examining how credit unions can compete not by accumulating more technology, but by integrating it around a co-operative core system. Credit unions have always...
by Brigene Litchfield | Jun 26, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Research
New report: The Common Bond Enigma Every credit union in Ireland and the UK is legally required to restrict membership to a defined group, such as employees of a company, residents of a town, or members of an association. This common bond is what makes credit unions...
by Brigene Litchfield | Jun 24, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Research
This report analyses credit union business models across countries with differing income levels, regulatory environments and co‑operative traditions, with particular attention to implications for Ireland. Using international case studies, expert insights and...
by Brigene Litchfield | Jun 22, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Research
New research: The business models of credit unions — an international comparison This new report by Nick Money and Paul A. Jones examines credit union systems in Brazil, Canada (Desjardins and Anglophone), Guatemala, Jamaica, Poland and the USA, using a common...
by Brigene Litchfield | Mar 24, 2026 | Featured, Student Showcase
Swoboda Research Centre are delighted to introduce 3 new papers, as part of a Student Showcase – research and ideas from Students, undertaken by Students from Alliance Manchester Business School, in February 2026. We are pleased to make these papers available,...
by Brigene Litchfield | Mar 2, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Reflections Series, Uncategorized
THE REFLECTIONS SERIES: the insights and experience of practitioners Thanks to the author of this paper, Jen Lothian, DataWollet. This paper argues that credit unions must now deliberately build the capacity to change – not to abandon their values, but to...
