The Filene Research Institute is an American credit union and consumer finance think tank headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.
Founded in 1989,[3][4] 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.
[7] 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.
[8] In 2010, the institute established the Cooperative Trust program and community to support credit union young professionals.
[9][10] In 2017, the Cooperative Trust was awarded the Herb Wegner Memorial Outstanding Program Award by the National Credit Union Foundation [11] The institute engages several prominent academic researchers, including: In early 2012, it partnered with Saveup; a company which rewards fiscal responsibility.