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What makes an effective credit union CEO?
Effective leadership is critical to the success of credit unions - not sufficient on its own, but it is very difficult to be a high-performing organisation without it. CFCFE has commissioned Lucy Harr, a hugely experienced credit unionist and writer from the US, to...
Food for Thought: The Importance of Purpose (by Dr Jeff Callander)
Strategy and leadership coach Dr Jeff Callander, offers some Food for Thought on the importance of purpose to a credit union. Jeff is a speaker at the CFCFE Credit Union Conference on 29th March, when he will expand on these ideas. "Greek philosopher Aristotle is...
Maximising member savings – an opportunity or threat?
Maximising the savings of members has been a long-standing doctrine of credit union success. For not only do savings build abundant liquidity for lending, but they also contribute directly to the financial health and resilience of the members. In the long run and...
Talking Credit Unions is chart-topping!
By the end of 2020, the new Talking Politics podcast series produced by Chris Smith and sponsored by CFCFE, had almost 1,500 downloads across every continent around the world*. Now it has hit the top of the podcast charts in Ireland for not-for-profits! Chris Smith...
Credit Union Research Prize 2021
We have launched the CFCFE Credit Union Research Prize 2021! This unique award, which we inaugurated last year, is aimed at bringing new voices and ideas into the sector, supporting researchers who wish to contribute significantly to the development of the credit...
Managing declines fairly: credit unions self-report
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...
New Report: Marketing Credit Unions to Millennials
Many credit unions are seeing an ageing of their membership, as they have retained the loyalty of the people who joined when the credit unions were founded, but they have not recruited those members' children and grandchildren. This report, focused on millennials...
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