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 24, 2026 | Featured, News & Updates, Research
This report analyses credit union business models across countries with differing income levels, regulatory environments and co‑operative traditions, with particular attention to implications for Ireland. Using international case studies, expert insights and...
by Brigene Litchfield | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, Featured, News & Updates
The agenda for Swoboda’s next conference, ‘Strategic Resilience’, is now available! Swoboda’s conferences bring together the leaders of credit unions and their stakeholders to hear new ideas, meet contacts and friends (old and new) and come...
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...
