Through independent research and innovation, the Filene Research Institute explores issues vital to the future of credit unions and consumer finance.
Filene researchers Luis Dopico, Macrometrix, and James Wilcox, UC-Berkeley, took a great deal of care (and time) to analyze the 1984–2008 data on credit union mergers to create the most comprehensive data and analysis on this subject. In Characteristics of Credit Union Mergers: 1984–2008, the researchers found that:
More ...categories » Life Cycle and Evolution of Credit Unions, Mergers, Performance Measures
In Credit Union Costs and ConslidationsFilene Fellow James Wilcox answers the question “Is there significant empirical evidence that credit unions can reduce their costs by operating at a larger scale?”
More ...categories » Collaboration, Economic Issues - Policy, Mergers, Risk Management, Small Credit Unions
Board members discharge a number of essential duties at credit unions. None more important than the role they take in the increasingly common credit union-to-credit union merger. Listen to this interview with Texas A&M Professor Will Brown the author of Filene Research Institute’s latest study on the topic:
More ...categories » Boards of Directors, Management, Mergers, Podcasts and Videos