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Is the collaborative economy an opportunity for co-operatives?

A research paper by Cooperatives Europe and LAMA Development and Cooperation Agency highlights how co-operatives can improve standards…

Co-op Bank publishes targets for Women in Finance Charter

The Co-operative Bank has announced it is aiming for 40% female representation in senior management roles by 2020…

Co-operative and Community Finance loan helps save housing co-op in Cornwall

A housing co-operative in Cornwall has secured its future by acquiring the cottage and associated land…

International Summit of Cooperatives – Preview Day 2, Wednesday 12 October

The second day of the International Summit of Cooperatives will see delegates engage in discussions on…

Filene Research Institute launches research centre for credit unions

The Filene Research Institute has launched a centre focused on performance and operational excellence in credit…

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. Well,…

Social innovation and the social and solidarity economy

Simel Esim and Waltteri Katajamaki from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Cooperatives Unit look at the importance…

Nepal celebrates National Co-operative Day

On 2 April Nepal celebrated its annual National Co-operative Day, recognising the three million people affiliated…

A co-operative vision for public services

How can we build an economy for people, not profit? It can be done from the…

When big co-ops fail

The international co-operative movement has seen a series of catastrophic failures of large scale co-operatives in…

List of top 100 co-ops in USA released

The National Cooperative Bank (NCB) in America has released its annual NCB Co-op 100 list. The…

Member economic participation: turning co-operative supporters into co-operative investors

The path to member economic participation, one of the core co-operative principles, never did run smooth.…