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CONSOLIDATION IN THE US CREDIT UNION SECTOR: DETERMINANTS OF FAILURE AND ACQUISITION

CONSOLIDATION IN THE US CREDIT UNION SECTOR: DETERMINANTS OF FAILURE AND ACQUISITION. John Goddard University of Wales, Bangor Donal McKillop Queen’s University of Belfast John Wilson University of St Andrews. Summary.

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CONSOLIDATION IN THE US CREDIT UNION SECTOR: DETERMINANTS OF FAILURE AND ACQUISITION

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  1. CONSOLIDATION IN THE US CREDIT UNION SECTOR:DETERMINANTS OF FAILURE AND ACQUISITION John Goddard University of Wales, Bangor Donal McKillop Queen’s University of Belfast John Wilson University of St Andrews

  2. Summary • We examine the determinants of disappearance through liquidation or acquisition for US credit unions, 2001-2006. • Around 3% of the total population have disappeared annually over the past 10 years. • We estimate competing risks hazard functions for the probabilities of liquidation and acquisition. • Covariates of the hazard functions include controls for technological capability as well as other variables

  3. Motivation • Technology improvements in data collection, storage and processing capabilities  costs of product development and service delivery have declined. •  Deregulation  institutions can trade more freely  increasing range of products and services. • Increased competition has led to an increased emphasis on efficiency through scale and institutions have responded by growth throughmerger and acquisition. • US credit unions are no different {1969 – 23,866 CUs; 1999 – 10,628 CUs; 2006 - 8,372 CUs}

  4. A Snapshot end 2006

  5. Merger – the Credit Union Story • Studies include - for the US (Fried et al; 1999) and Australia (Ralston; 2001 and Worthington; 2004) • Insights - • Institutions must be large to remain competitive. • Retirement of CEO and Sr. Management - smaller credit unions face serious challenges in replacing such key individuals – alternative may be to merge • Desire for wider distribution networks (extended common bond) and/or to provide more services

  6. Failure – the Credit Union Story • Key study Wilcox (2005) for US suggests the following are important reasons for failure • macroeconomic conditions (high real interest rates and high unemployment rates) • Microeconomic factors (smaller, younger, less well capitalised, less profitable and less efficient credit unions are more likely to fail) • However, credit unions may be less risky than banks.

  7. Mergers and Technology • Mergers take place when institutions respond to technological shocks that alter cost and demand conditions • Technological innovation requiring significant capital investment gives institutions an incentive to cooperate which may be a forerunner to merger {Smythe, 2001} • Mergers may serve as an important vehicle for the diffusion of new technology {Mansfield, 1969; Damanpour, 1992} • Table profiles technology adoption by US credit unions

  8. Product Provision and Delivery Channels

  9. Estimation method Hazard function modelled as description • hazard function • contribution to partial likelihood • log-partial likelihood function

  10. Preliminary Data – ‘the disappeared’ 2001 to 2006

  11. Preliminary Data – Non-Time-Varying Covariates

  12. Preliminary Data – Mean Values of Time-Varying Covariates: All Credit Unions

  13. Preliminary Data – Mean Values of Time-Varying Covariates: Credit Unions That Disappeared During the Subsequent Six-Month Period

  14. Hazard Function Estimation Results (part one)

  15. Hazard Function Estimation Results (part two)

  16. A Final Comment • A variety of factors have been identified as influencing the hazard of disappearance - many are common to studies in other sectors • Unique to credit unions were factors such as charter type and common bond categorisation • More importantly and perhaps with resonance for other sectors was the link between hazard of disappearance and technological capability • Using website sophistication as a technology proxy it was noted that the risk of disappearance reduced as the level of website capability increased • Next step – explore in depth the role of technology in dictating credit union behaviour

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