Through independent research and innovation, the Filene Research Institute explores issues vital to the future of credit unions and consumer finance.


Innovation

  1. Filene Field Trips: Escaping the Cul-de-Sac for the Autobahn

    Autobahn

    Credit unions operate in a veritable cul-de-sac of ideas, information, processes, and talent. This is the safest, most comfortable neighborhood in the business world; a cooperative, collaborative, friendly, and safe place to develop and share ideas. We couldn’t imagine working anywhere else.

    As comfortable as we are, however, the Filene Research Institute is constantly looking outside this cul-de-sac to find answers to pressing problems. Connecting credit unions to thought leaders in academia, business, and industry is critical to helping us progress as a system. Trips to the autobahn are exhilarating, exhausting, and essential. We want you to join us.

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    categories » Collaboration, Innovation

  2. Houston, We Have a Solution

    Liftoff

    Only a few people ever achieve liftoff of the astronautical kind, and one of them spoke last week to the group that is turning the Filene Research Institute i3 innovation LIFT into reality.

    LIFT is being tested as a way to improve repayment behavior and financial capacity. Guest speaker and astronaut Janet Kavandi, Director of Flight Crew Operations at the Johnson Space Center, spoke to Filene and five partner credit unions during the launch of this idea that provides incentives for timely loan payments. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Financial Security will study automobile loans to 1,200 LMI consumers with subprime credit scores, with the results to be published in 2013.

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    categories » Collaboration, Innovation, Lending, Pricing, Technology

  3. Learn How to Blog

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    categories » Innovation, Management