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    Co-operatives, capital and a great vindication

    Since the 2008 financial crisis, we have become used to discussions of bank “capital”. Capital...

    Frances Coppola 8 November 2016
  • Banking and Insurance

    How should co-operative banks deal with the negative rates dilemma?

    A small German co-operative bank, Raiffeisenbank Gmund, has introduced a negative interest rate on deposits....

    Frances Coppola 5 October 2016
  • Banking and Insurance

    A new age dawns for mutual insurance

    “Insurance is a caring industry,” says Shaun Tarbuck of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance...

    Frances Coppola 26 August 2016
  • The impact of the UK vote to leave the EU continues to affect the economy – can community co-ops seize this moment to enter the market?
    Banking and Insurance

    Property mutuals take a sharp Brexit – but is it all bad?

    The financial world coped with the shock of the Brexit vote surprisingly well. The value...

    Frances Coppola 31 July 2016
  • 'Murray Goulburn is a co-operative. It is owned by its suppliers, small and medium-size dairy farmers. How on earth did it end up treating them so badly?'
    Agriculture

    Lessons to learn from the Murray Goulburn milk saga

    Murray Goulburn, Australia’s largest dairy wholesaler, has been forced to slash prices for its suppliers....

    Frances Coppola 3 July 2016
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    Fair pay is still an issue at the Co-op Group

    Last month, the Co-op Group’s chief executive, Richard Pennycook, asked for a 60% pay cut....

    Frances Coppola 19 May 2016
  • Financial

    Why competition could add up to bad news at the ATM

    It might surprise you to learn that the familiar LINK system we all use at...

    Frances Coppola 5 May 2016
  • Business

    Brexit, pursued by a scare

     The countdown to the EU referendum has begun. On Thursday 23rd June, British voters will...

    Frances Coppola 7 April 2016
  • Banking and Insurance

    Credit unions: the mystery of the disappearing members

    At the beginning of February, the Bank of England released its quarterly statistics on credit union performance....

    Frances Coppola 15 March 2016
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    Banking and Insurance

    Co-operative banking under attack in Europe

    In 2013, one of Italy’s 371 small co-operative banks, Banca Romagna Cooperativa (BRC), failed due...

    Frances Coppola 18 December 2015
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