Loan Participations: Sharing Risk And Reward
Loan participations are a proven way to address liquidity concerns and add some income. They can also be complicated, but there’s help.
Loan participations are a proven way to address liquidity concerns and add some income. They can also be complicated, but there’s help.
Interest in secondary capital is growing, and new strategies, larger loans, and precedent-setting decisions by the NCUA could dramatically change the way credit unions deploy it.
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A Mid-Atlantic service organization has spent five years making scale work for smaller organizations. Now, it’s looking to help other institutions take advantage of cooperative banking.
The next big thing in wave-and-pay is here, and credit union adoption is surging as major issuers deploy the NFC plastic.
The Michigan credit union is democratizing data with an enterprise approach to developing new levels of visualized insight.
The NCUA’s new cybersecurity assessment tool is a handful, but there’s help at hand.
Credit unions must deliver ever-greater value to their members. This requires constant investment that is made easier, and more successful, by collaboration.
Five can’t-miss data points this week on CreditUnions.com.

As credit unions move from experimentation to adoption, leaders offer firsthand knowledge on what separates weak policies from strong ones that actually work.

How Members Cooperative focuses on structure, oversight, and clear expectations to ensure AI supports, not undermines, long term strategy.

As Hudson Valley Credit Union’s artificial intelligence chief, Preetha Sekharan holds a rare role in the industry, but it’s one that is likely to become far more common in the future.

Artificial intelligence for credit unions has moved from a future concept to today’s full-fledged leadership and governance challenge.

What happens when credit union performance data meets March Madness? Callahan’s proprietary model breaks down state-level results to forecast who takes home the hardware.

Nuvision’s Added Advantage program tracks member engagement across the credit union, then rewards relationships through better pricing and other perks.

CDFI grant funding helps the Florida cooperative offer microloans for small businesses after many banks pulled out of its market.

By aligning governance, leadership, and day to day operations, Marine Credit Union transformed its foundation from a parallel operation into a visible extension of the credit union brand.
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