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Community Finance Providers – Managing Declines Positively
The Centre for Community Finance Europe (CFCFE) and the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University (CBiS), supported by funding from Fair4All Finance, are launching a research project to develop a best practice guide for community finance providers in...
Talking Credit Unions #25 – Do Credit Unions Alleviate Poverty?
Chris Smith asks an important question about the nature and purpose of credit unions: do they alleviate poverty? Is that what they are for? First, Chris asks Dr Paul A Jones, Director at CFCFE and Head of the Research Unit for Financial Inclusion at CFCFE's...
2021 Research Prize Winners!
CFCFE is delighted to announce that the 2021 Credit Union Research Prize has been awarded to a team of leading academics who will be addressing the highly topical issue of social value, or impact, reporting for credit unions. Dr Peter Cleary (Cork University...
Regulatory Capital for Irish Credit Unions
We have noted previously the compounding pressures on many credit unions arising from reduced borrowing and increased savings during the pandemic period, and we will be publishing our research on how credit unions are responding very soon. In the meantime, the...
Governance / Guvernanta
CFCFE is working on a refresh of the highly impactful report Credit Union Strategic Governance, written by CFCFE's directors under the banner of Liverpool John Moores University in 2017. Many credit unions in Great Britain have adopted some or all of the principles...
Food for Thought: The Irish Credit Union Business Model – Has Anything Changed?
In December 2017, CFCFE proudly released its inaugural research paper: ‘The Irish Credit Union Business Model: Is it still fit for purpose’. The report identified critical weaknesses in the sector’s traditional business model, evidenced by at its most basic by...
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The Centre for Community Finance Europe works in collaboration with the Research Unit for Financial Inclusion at Liverpool John Moores University.
