NEWS AND UPDATES
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...
Ralph Swoboda R.I.P.
We are very sad to announce to the members and friends of the Centre for Community Finance Europe, and of the credit union movement across the world, that our friend and colleague Ralph Swoboda passed away at home in Dublin in the early hours of Monday morning,...
Talking Credit Unions #27 – ‘Save and Sound’ oral history project update
The UK's Credit Union Foundation launched an initiative in 2019 to to collect and preserve the memories of people involved in setting up and running credit unions before 2000 - the Save and Sound project. Through the use of oral history recordings, Save and Sound...
Effective CEOs: What Sets Them Apart?
Another new report from CFCFE: Effective CEOs: What Sets Them Apart?. "At a credit union, an effective CEO can mean the difference between flourishing - achieving the goals of member service and financial performance or foundering - at best, forfeiting...
SME Lending and Irish Credit Unions
Download the new paper from CFCFE: The Opportunity for Irish Credit Unions in SME Lending. In a world still recovering from the financial crisis of the last decade and the health crisis of the last 18 months, credit unions face two challenges in building their SME...
Opportunity for #creditunions to demonstrate better value compared to #creditcards https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/dec/05/21-and-rising-fury-grows-as-credit-card-rates-hit-new-high
