TY - CHAP
T1 - The Financial Co-operative System in Ireland
AU - McCarthy, Olive
AU - Farrell, Sharon
AU - Hewson, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The financial co-operative system in Ireland is comprised mainly of credit unions. The Irish credit union movement includes over 520 individual credit unions with a combined asset base of over 16 billion euros, total membership of over 3.6 million people, total savings of over 13 billion euros and total lending of over 4.5 billion euros. This chapter explores the current size, structure, operations and challenges of the movement across two jurisdictions: Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This is a particularly difficult and complex time for credit unions in both jurisdictions as they face significant regulatory, legislative and structural changes.
AB - The financial co-operative system in Ireland is comprised mainly of credit unions. The Irish credit union movement includes over 520 individual credit unions with a combined asset base of over 16 billion euros, total membership of over 3.6 million people, total savings of over 13 billion euros and total lending of over 4.5 billion euros. This chapter explores the current size, structure, operations and challenges of the movement across two jurisdictions: Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This is a particularly difficult and complex time for credit unions in both jurisdictions as they face significant regulatory, legislative and structural changes.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85143149587
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-28784-3_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-28784-3_7
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85143149587
T3 - Contributions to Economics
SP - 127
EP - 147
BT - Contributions to Economics
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -
