by Brigene Litchfield | Oct 6, 2026 | Featured
Friday 20th November 2026 | Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel, Water Street, Manchester The next decade won’t wait, and neither should you. Future Fit 2035 brings together the leaders, innovators and change-makers shaping what’s next. Join us...
by Brigene Litchfield | Sep 7, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Research, Uncategorized
Swoboda Research Centre is pleased to publish this white paper by Todd Proulx of f64 business services, LLC examining how credit unions can compete not by accumulating more technology, but by integrating it around a co-operative core system. Credit unions have always...
by Brigene Litchfield | Jun 26, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Research
New report: The Common Bond Enigma Every credit union in Ireland and the UK is legally required to restrict membership to a defined group, such as employees of a company, residents of a town, or members of an association. This common bond is what makes credit unions...
by Brigene Litchfield | Jun 22, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Research
New research: The business models of credit unions — an international comparison This new report by Nick Money and Paul A. Jones examines credit union systems in Brazil, Canada (Desjardins and Anglophone), Guatemala, Jamaica, Poland and the USA, using a common...
by Brigene Litchfield | Apr 15, 2026 | Featured
Swoboda Research Centre is delighted to see the great progress made by credit unions in Ireland taking a further step towards combining treasury functions to aid lending (The Irish Times, 7th April). Reading this takes us back to a paper written by our much-missed...
