Research and Innovation Fund
Research
Addressing issues that challenge credit unions today... and TOMORROW.
Basic research, strategic studies and innovation findings can continue to equip credit unions to respond to the challenges of twenty-first century business and the constant changing needs of the consumer.
- Public Policy: Top Filene experts and academics develop platforms that give legislators a fair and factual situation review of credit unions.
- Governance: Directors are mandated to provide competent oversight. Filene reports provide a roadmap to effective board policies.
- Consumer Behavior: Successful competitors understand the motives, attitudes, and preferences of their target markets.
- Young Adults: Filene’s CU Tomorrow program examines the subtleties in consumer perceptions across generations.
- Management and Organizational Development: Filene examines other industries and many research disciplines to discover fresh insights.
Innovation
New ideas that shape the FUTURE of credit unions.
Filene i3 (Ideas, Innovation, Implementation) is a work group of innovative, insightful, and energetic credit union professionals.
The objectives of the i3 group are:
- Develop and implement new innovative ideas which address major issues, problems, and opportunities facing credit unions.
- Identify and evaluate innovations in other organizations which could be adopted by credit unions.
- Provide a forum for cooperation, collaboration, professional development, and industry succession planning.
