by Nick Money | Jun 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
We’re delight to have supported David Harris and Tia Warbrick at Pennine Community Credit Union (PCCU) to produce an in-depth study of one of British credit unions’ most popular products in recent years, the child-benefit-linked family loan. Download The...
by Nick Money | May 25, 2023 | Featured, News & Updates
Swoboda is currently working with Lorraine Corcoran of Afanite to investigate credit union small loans in Ireland. One potential alternative to small loans, in particular top-up loans, is revolving credit, a ‘credit card account without the card’. Five...
by Nick Money | Jul 28, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications
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...
by Nick Money | Jan 27, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications
This is the first output from an exciting programme of research that aims to evaluate how credit unions can manage loan declines most positively. In this report, James Fell, who many credit unionists will know from Quo Money, presents the results of a survey of 64...
by Nick Money | Nov 30, 2018 | News & Updates, Research Publications
Back in September 2018 we circulated this short report to our members, and for several it has already been a valuable input to the development of their own lending strategies. The paper summarises survey and focus group data from two large credit unions on the member...