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Introducing the Swoboda Reflections Series

Introducing the Swoboda Reflections Series

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...
2020 interview with Ralph Swoboda

2020 interview with Ralph Swoboda

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...
We are now the Swoboda Research Centre!

We are now the Swoboda Research Centre!

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...
Food for Thought: The Irish Credit Union Business Model – Has Anything Changed?

Food for Thought: The Irish Credit Union Business Model – Has Anything Changed?

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...
Talking Credit Unions #18 First Year as a CEO – an interview with Matt Bland, CEO at Co-op Credit Union

Talking Credit Unions #18 First Year as a CEO – an interview with Matt Bland, CEO at Co-op Credit Union

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,...
US regulators explain their limits – UPDATE

US regulators explain their limits – UPDATE

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...
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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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