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From the Archives: Purposively Purposeful
Last year, in a Reflections paper for Swoboda, Matt Bland, CEO of Co-op Credit Union, reminded readers of the importance of addressing purpose in credit unions. In Purposively Purposeful: the case for credit union clarity of purpose, Matt encourages credit unions...
Remembering credit union pioneers: Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen
To continue our Remembering credit union pioneers series (see also Nora Herlihy), we are looking at the life of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, who was born 205 years ago today (30 March 1818). Growing up as a farmer in 19th century Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm...
Remembering credit union pioneers: Luigi Luzzatti
Just a couple of weeks ago, we remembered pioneering Nora Herlihy from Ireland, and today we look at the life of Luigi Luzzatti - probably less well-known to many British and Irish credit unionists, but an important individual in the development of community and...
Deduction Lending: Does it add up for low income borrowers?
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 (payroll...
From the archives: Where the financial system works against credit unions
Since launch in 2017, Swoboda Research Centre has published over thirty papers and reports from events, so we thought it would be interesting to refresh our memories on papers in our archive from time-to-time. A year ago, we published a compelling argument...
Talking Credit Unions is back: new podcast episode
Chris Smith is back! With a new addition to the Talking Credit Unions podcast series, Chris is joined by Swoboda directors Paul Jones and Nick Money to discuss projects, papers and conferences coming up at the Swoboda Research Centre. Chris speaks with Paul about...
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