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First quarter data shows how rising costs are pushing consumers toward flexibility and reshaping borrowing and saving habits.
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Asset Quality Takes An Uncomfortable Turn In 2025
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Meet The Finalists For The 2026 Innovation Series: Reimagining The Lending Experience
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Affordability pressures, extended loan terms, and shifting vehicle values are forcing institutions to look beyond familiar structures and reconsider how to balance risk and return.
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The 2025 conference gathered vendors, dealers, lenders, and leaders to focus on successful sailing through turbulent seas.
Midwestern Credit Unions Break New Ground With Auto Loans
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Blaze, Consumers, and Interra credit unions pioneer a new path to liquidity under the guidance of Alloya Corporate.
5 Takeaways From Trendwatch 2Q 2025
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The U.S. economy is throwing up mixed signals, but America’s credit unions are delivering value and, in turn, enjoying deeper relationships, higher originations, and a stronger bottom line.
Cost Pressures Are Changing Member Behavior
First quarter data shows how rising costs are pushing consumers toward flexibility and reshaping borrowing and saving habits.
The 84-Month Trap: How Negative Equity Is Quietly Undermining Your Auto Portfolio
A new approach to vehicle affordability for credit unions.
The Affordability Crisis Is Reshaping Credit Union Balance Sheets
Members are struggling with an affordability crisis that is changing how they manage debt, and new behaviors are showing up across the credit union loan ...
Asset Quality Takes An Uncomfortable Turn In 2025
Credit union asset quality didn’t collapse in 2025 — but it didn’t cooperate, either. What’s going on, and are credit unions prepared to respond in ...
What’s In A Name: Director Of Dealer Engagement
As many credit unions pull back from indirect lending to manage the balance sheet, Erie FCU is leaning in. By elevating dealer engagement to a ...
Meet The Finalists For The 2026 Innovation Series: Reimagining The Lending Experience
This year's finalists are uncovering new ways to harness the power of technology to improve and expand lending across the industry.
Rethinking Auto Lending And The Choices Facing Credit Union Leaders
Affordability pressures, extended loan terms, and shifting vehicle values are forcing institutions to look beyond familiar structures and reconsider how to balance risk and return.
CRIF Select’s User Forum Shows How To Directly Boost Indirect Lending
The 2025 conference gathered vendors, dealers, lenders, and leaders to focus on successful sailing through turbulent seas.
Midwestern Credit Unions Break New Ground With Auto Loans
Blaze, Consumers, and Interra credit unions pioneer a new path to liquidity under the guidance of Alloya Corporate.
5 Takeaways From Trendwatch 2Q 2025
The U.S. economy is throwing up mixed signals, but America's credit unions are delivering value and, in turn, enjoying deeper relationships, higher originations, and a ...
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