Credit Unions Are Redirecting Investments To Fund Loans
Cash and investments at credit unions was down at year-end 2018 as credit unions reallocated funds to fulfill loan demand.
Cash and investments at credit unions was down at year-end 2018 as credit unions reallocated funds to fulfill loan demand.
At Harvard University Employees Credit Union, a council of five students helps the cooperative manage messages to undergrads.
Commercial loans comprised 6.9% of the total lending portfolio at U.S. credit unions, an increase of 19 basis points from the same time last year.
Loan origination growth outpaced employee growth, pushing originations per employee $16,000 higher than one year ago.
The San Francisco company’s digital lending platform handles more than one-fourth of the mortgage market; now, Blend does deposits, too.
A salary advance program at one of the nation’s largest credit unions helps members stop running in place and start saving for the future.
Delinquency in this portfolio remains the highest for any major credit union loan product.
First mortgages added $36.3 billion to the total loan portfolio in 2018.
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