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Talking Credit Unions #22 – Fintech Solutions? Nivo
Podcast download here. Credit unions are increasing utilising apps to deliver services to members, providing features such as secure communications, balance checking and transactions on mobile phones. For some, this was a vital part of their ability to sustain...
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...
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...
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...
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