NEWS AND UPDATES
New! Maximising member savings: success, opportunity or threat?
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...
Seminar 24th November – credit unions and problem gambling
Credit unions in Ireland and Great Britain are seeing potentially harmful gambling behaviour in the financial activity of their members. In Britain, the adoption of open banking in the underwriting process has proved a revelation, providing much more information on...
Talking Credit Unions #26 – Credit unions and problem gambling
Credit unions in Ireland and Great Britain are seeing potentially harmful gambling behaviour in the financial activity of their members. In Britain, the adoption of open banking in the underwriting process has proved a revelation, providing much more information on...
Credit Union Conference 24th September 2021: Materials
This was CFCFE’s first conference since the social distancing rules in Great Britain and Ireland made in-person attendance possible, so alongside seventy online participants there were fifteen attendees gathered in Manchester. 'Facing Contemporary Challenges' had a...
Food for Thought: Policy and regulatory threats to credit union business models
Much of CFCFE's work is focused on what credit unions can do to improve or enhance their organisations to better serve members. A new paper, authored by Ismail Erturk, Senior Lecturer at the Alliance Manchester Business School, takes a more 'outside-in'...
Credit Union Conference 24th September – now booking!
It's conference time again! Booking for the CFCFE Credit Union Conference: Facing Contemporary Challenges, to be held on Friday 24th September, is now open: details and booking here. The conference will open with tributes to Ralph Swoboda, former chair of CFCFE and...