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How Data Analytics Helps Peoples Advantage Fulfill Its CDFI Mandate

Top-Level Takeaways A better understanding of data trends has helped Peoples Advantage get buy-in from staff at all levels when it comes to meeting lending and membership goals. Credit unions with low-income and CDFI certification can use data to ensure they’re fulfilling the mission that goes along with those designations. Analytics isn’t just for large

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Impact Strategies From May 2022

CreditUnions.com has the inspiration leaders need to improve their credit union’s impact. Check out stories below featured recently that highlight strategies, initiatives, products, and services of credit unions making a positive impact for the members and communities they serve. Brother, Can You Spare A Dollar? In 2004, North Carolinians witnessed the birth of a philanthropic

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What’s In A Name: Director Of Social Impact

Ivy Glover is one year into making sure DEI is more than just a buzzword at the Buckeye State’s biggest credit union.
Credit Union Industry Commentary

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book Raises Questions For Credit Unions

A recent study of one family’s struggles with poverty and social services should force our industry to examine how we can be a better resource ...
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A Call For Cooperatives To Close The Racial Homeownership Gap

GreenState Credit Union has committed $1 billion toward home loans for communities of color. CEO Jeff Disterhoft is rallying the entire industry to take similar ...
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Crowdsourcing For A Cause: How Blue FCU Plans To Ease The Down Payment Pinch

The Wyoming-based credit union is testing a program that rewards members for contributing to a fund to help other members more easily afford a down ...
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5 Ways Credit Unions Are Fighting The Affordable Housing Crisis

Credit unions across the country have rolled out programs to create better days in their communities.
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Inclusive Lending For First-Time Homebuyers Turns Dreams Into Reality

A program at Carolina Foothills FCU targets low-income borrowers with flexible underwriting practices, financial education, and partnerships with public, private, and nonprofit groups.
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Fees With Benefits? TCT FCU Makes It Work.

The New York credit union has lowered punitive fees and added an array of benefits to spread the gain while easing the pain.
Callahan Collections

What’s In A Name: Chief Culture Officer

Emma Hayes brings a career built on a commitment to inclusion and internal development for her new role at SECU.
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How Data Analytics Helps Peoples Advantage Fulfill Its CDFI Mandate

Top-Level Takeaways A better understanding of data trends has helped Peoples Advantage get buy-in from staff at all levels when it comes to meeting lending ...
Features

Impact Strategies From May 2022

CreditUnions.com has the inspiration leaders need to improve their credit union’s impact. Check out stories below featured recently that highlight strategies, initiatives, products, and services ...

Is Revenge Savings A Fad? Or A Financial Shift?

After years of post-pandemic splurges for the well-to-do and inflationary pain for the less well off, more Americans are shifting to a discipline of saving. Here’s what that means for members and how credit unions can turn the trend into opportunity.

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