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Social Value Reporting and Credit Union Legitimacy

Social Value Reporting and Credit Union Legitimacy

by Nick Money | Apr 21, 2022 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications

The latest paper from Swoboda is now available. It is written by our 2021 Credit Union Research Prizewinners, Professor Martin Quinn (Queens University Belfast), Dr Peter Cleary (University College Cork) and Dr Martijn van der Steen (University of Groningen). The...
Where the financial system works against credit unions

Where the financial system works against credit unions

by Nick Money | Feb 23, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Research, Research Publications

Swoboda is excited to publish a new report from Ismail Ertürk, of the Alliance Manchester Business School, on how credit unions are made vulnerable by the way the financial system is managed by policymakers and regulators. Ismail’s detailed and challenging...
New! Maximising member savings: success, opportunity or threat?

New! Maximising member savings: success, opportunity or threat?

by Nick Money | Nov 8, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications

The first object of credit unions noted in Irish and British legislation is the “promotion of thrift among its members by the accumulation of their savings”. For it is through saving and the building of assets, rather than through borrowing, that members achieve...
Effective CEOs: What Sets Them Apart?

Effective CEOs: What Sets Them Apart?

by Nick Money | Aug 24, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications

Another new report from CFCFE: Effective CEOs: What Sets Them Apart?. “At a credit union, an effective CEO can mean the difference between flourishing – achieving the goals of member service and financial performance or foundering – at best,...
SME Lending and Irish Credit Unions

SME Lending and Irish Credit Unions

by Nick Money | Jul 28, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications

Download the new paper from CFCFE: The Opportunity for Irish Credit Unions in SME Lending. In a world still recovering from the financial crisis of the last decade and the health crisis of the last 18 months, credit unions face two challenges in building their SME...
New Report: Marketing Credit Unions to Millennials

New Report: Marketing Credit Unions to Millennials

by Nick Money | Apr 6, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications

Many credit unions are seeing an ageing of their membership, as they have retained the loyalty of the people who joined when the credit unions were founded, but they have not recruited those members’ children and grandchildren. This report, focused on...
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Recent Blog Posts

  • Managing Risk in a Credit Union, from the Reflections Series April 25, 2022
  • Introducing the Swoboda Reflections Series April 21, 2022
  • Social Value Reporting and Credit Union Legitimacy April 21, 2022
  • Talking Credit Unions #28: Credit unions – did they survive the pandemic? April 7, 2022
  • Illegal moneylending and credit unions March 30, 2022
  • The Credit Union Green Lending Conference 2022 March 28, 2022
  • Podcast: Ukrainian credit unions and the war March 23, 2022
  • Swoboda welcomes Irish Minister for Credit Unions March 21, 2022
  • Where the financial system works against credit unions February 23, 2022
  • Research Colloquium on the Credit Union Movement in Ireland February 14, 2022

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