Research is Our Middle Name.

Deeply imbedded in the credit union tradition is an ongoing search for better ways to understand and serve credit union members and the general public. Credit unions, like other democratic institutions, make great progress when they welcome and carefully consider high-quality research, new perspectives, and innovative, sometimes controversial proposals. In this spirit, the Filene Research Institute seeks out high priority research questions for the benefit of the credit union movement.

We regularly publish reports on our research findings. We also sponsor research colloquia on vital issues affecting credit unions. Articles summarizing the research are widely distributed in the trade and general media, and in publications of CUNA, CUES, and the state leagues. Researchers also publish their findings in scholarly journals and make presentations at a wide variety of meetings. Finally, Filene staff members share our findings at a wide variety of industry meetings and events.

Research publications are available for free to all Filene Research Institute members while non-members are welcome to purchase reports.