NEWS AND UPDATES
Reflecting on Family Savings & Loans Schemes: Webinar 13th September
Join report authors and other credit union people in discussing how to deliver this important service. In June, Swoboda published a...
Apple is a FinTech …
If you attended the Swoboda Credit Union Conference on 23rd May in Portlaoise, you'll have heard the economist Alan McQuaid asking the audience to look beyond existing new market entrants, such as Revolut, or longstanding speculation about the plans of Facebook,...
New directors at Swoboda!
Following our appeal last autumn for volunteers to join the Board of Swoboda Research Centre, we received a lot of interest from our members - thank you to everyone who enquired. We are now delighted to announce four new Directors: Stephen Fealy (CFO at Dundalk...
Small loans – Irish credit unions’ best kept secret?
Swoboda is delighted to release its latest report, Small Loans: credit unions best kept secret? An analysis of the economics and opportunity for credit unions serving the small loans market in Ireland. Introduced by Dr Olive McCarthy, Director of the Centre for...
Are credit union members rate tarts*? Talking Credit Unions has some answers
In episode 31 of the Talking Credit Unions series, Chris Smith talks to Paul Jones and Nick Money from Swoboda about the role of dividend, the importance of savings and the necessary balance of interests between savers and borrowers that boards need to consider....
Personal development opportunity with Credit Union Development Education Europe
Many credit unionists will be aware of the Development Educator (DE) programme, which is designed to provide credit union employees and volunteers with a greater understanding of the international credit union system. There is an upcoming opportunity to participate...