The Filene Research Institute is an American credit union and consumer finance think tank headquartered in Madison , Wisconsin .
5-737: Filene may refer to: Filene Research Institute , a consumer finance company Filene's , an American department store chain Filene's Basement , a department store company Filene's Department Store , a department store in Boston, Massachusetts Abraham Lincoln Filene (1865–1957), American businessman and philanthropist Catherine Filene Shouse (1896–1994), American researcher and philanthropist Edward Filene (1860–1937), American businessman and philanthropist SS Edward A. Filene , an American liberty ship Topics referred to by
10-454: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Filene Research Institute Founded in 1989, the institute is named for Edward Filene , a Boston , Massachusetts -based businessman and philanthropist who was instrumental in the creation of credit unions in the U.S. In 1993, the institute published a research report on the evolution of credit union field of membership, helping to lay
15-823: The groundwork for H.R 1151, the Credit Union Membership Access Act . In 2003, the institute started the REAL Solutions project to study financial services for low-income households and address predatory lending and other fringe financial services. The project became a program of the National Credit Union Foundation in 2007. In 2004, the institute launched an innovation training program called i3 (for "Ideas, Innovation, Implementation"), which brings together credit union executives to identify new solutions and business models in financial services. In 2010,
20-706: The institute established the Cooperative Trust program and community to support credit union young professionals. In 2017, the Cooperative Trust was awarded the Herb Wegner Memorial Outstanding Program Award by the National Credit Union Foundation The institute engages several prominent academic researchers , including: In early 2012, it partnered with Saveup ; a company which rewards fiscal responsibility. The institute
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