NEWS AND UPDATES
The Credit Union Difference: Responding to COVID-19 in Ireland
We have now produced the second paper in our series on the response by credit unions to the COVID-19 pandemic, this time covering Irish credit unions. The paper can be viewed and downloaded here. (Last week CFCFE published a well-received report on the response of...
Open Banking > Open Finance
Open banking remains a hot topic for credit unions and commentators, and here are a couple of things worth paying attention to. First, The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE, the body responsible for setting standards and guidelines that drive competition and...
Responses to COVID-19 in Great Britain
A fundamental principle of the credit union sector is ‘people helping people’. The COVID-19 health crisis, with its associated social lockdown and economic shocks, has presented operational and commercial challenges to credit unions that go way beyond previous...
Chris Smith interview with Matt Bland – podcast
In another podcast from his Talking Credit Unions series, Chris Smith interviews Matt Bland, CEO of Co-operative Credit Union, a credit union for employees of co-operatives in Great Britain. Formerly Head of Policy & Communications at the Association of British...
Credit unions responding to crisis Part II
Following our post earlier in the week, we are looking for more examples of how credit unions are demonstrating their 'difference' in how they are responding to the COVID-19 crisis, whether in how they support their their members, their communities or their staff....
Credit unions responding to crisis
Credit unions are to the fore in responding to the COVID-19 crisis on behalf of their members and in looking after their staff. Forbearance is the pervasive feature of credit unions responses - supporting members at a critical difficult time. Further examples...
People want businesses to have #values. Sounds like #coops #creditunions #socialenterprise
Should business have a responsibility for solving social and environmental problems?
We commissioned a poll with @regeneratetrust to understand the attitudes of the UK public toward capitalism and the role of business.
Visit https://t.co/wNafYSJZ4x today to find out more...
