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A guide to Board / CEO relationships – and Laurel and Hardy?

A guide to Board / CEO relationships – and Laurel and Hardy?

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...
Small loans – Irish credit unions’ best kept secret?

Small loans – Irish credit unions’ best kept secret?

by Nick Money | Aug 1, 2023 | News & Updates, Research Publications

Swoboda is delighted to release its latest report, Small Loans: credit unions best kept secret? An analysis of the economics and opportunity for credit unions serving the small loans market in Ireland. Introduced by Dr Olive McCarthy, Director of the Centre for...
Launching the Swoboda Credit Union Research Prize 2023!

Launching the Swoboda Credit Union Research Prize 2023!

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,...
New report on ESG and Credit Unions

New report on ESG and Credit Unions

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...
Family Loan and Saving Scheme: An Analysis

Family Loan and Saving Scheme: An Analysis

by Nick Money | Jun 2, 2023 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications

Swoboda is delighted to have supported David Harris and Tia Warbrick at Pennine Community Credit Union (PCCU), in Lancashire, GB, to co-author an in-depth study of one of British credit unions’ most popular products in recent years, the child-benefit-linked...
Deduction Lending: Does it add up for low income borrowers?

Deduction Lending: Does it add up for low income borrowers?

by Nick Money | Mar 7, 2023 | News & Updates, Research Publications

Swoboda was delighted to collaborate on a project led by the Financial Inclusion Centre to examine credit union deduction lending and its benefits for low income borrowers in Britain – where repayments are automatically taken at source from either salary...
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