by Nick Money | Apr 21, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Reflections Series, Welcome
Swoboda Research Centre is proud to introduce the Reflections Series: a platform for practitioners – executives, directors and staff of credit unions and their stakeholders – to present their views and ideas. These papers are rooted in the experience of...
by Nick Money | Dec 21, 2021 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates, Welcome
Over Christmas, we at the Swoboda Research Centre will be remembering our deceased colleague, Ralph Swoboda. We miss Ralph’s wit and wisdom, so we were pleased to come across a podcast from August 2020, containing an hour of reflections from Ralph during an interview...
by Nick Money | Nov 22, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Welcome
In memorial to the Centre’s co-founder, first chair and driving force, Ralph Swoboda, the Centre has been re-named the Swoboda Research Centre. You can read more about Ralph’s contribution to credit unions and the Centre here. Our Twitter handle is now...
by Nick Money | May 6, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Welcome
In December 2017, CFCFE proudly released its inaugural research paper: ‘The Irish Credit Union Business Model: Is it still fit for purpose’. The report identified critical weaknesses in the sector’s traditional business model, evidenced by at its most basic by...
by Nick Money | Mar 2, 2021 | Audio, News & Updates, Welcome
Podcast download here. Matt Bland, formerly Head of Policy at the trade association ABCUL, joined Co-op Credit Union in January 2020. As Matt started his first CEO post, little did he know quite what challenges the year would bring. In conversation with Chris Smith,...
by Nick Money | Feb 10, 2021 | News & Updates, Welcome
Re the important regulatory development explained below (posted 13 January 2021) – the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) board has unanimously approved a final rule that outlines and confirms the agency’s use of supervisory guidance...
