Meet The Finalists For The 2025 Innovation Series: Financial Wellness
This year’s financial wellness solutions provide inventive ways for credit unions to help members take control of their financial lives.
This year’s financial wellness solutions provide inventive ways for credit unions to help members take control of their financial lives.
Innovative solutions offer credit union auto lending programs flexible payment options, reduced financial risks, and strengthened member relationships
For more than five years, a second-chance auto loan program has helped credit- and income-challenged members buy a car, even when they don’t qualify via traditional underwriting.
As inflation reshapes budgets and deepens financial divides, it’s important for credit unions to step up with strategies that support members and tackle everyday challenges.
Set It & Forget It offers a low-barrier entrance to high-yield savings, helping members improve their savings habits.
Consumers desperately want to save money, but an overwhelming majority say one or more obstacles stand in their way.
A look back at how credit unions championed member financial wellbeing in 2024 with innovative products and services that meet members where they are and help them thrive.
Credit union leaders share how they navigate a successful VA loan program and address challenges veterans face.
Military and corporate moves often require lending support. Credit unions are there to offer it.
Affinity Plus builds member engagement by focusing equally on a modern brick-and-mortar network plus the latest technologies for members and staff alike.

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.
Credit union and bank earnings reflect different business objectives. Those differences matter for how financial institutions serve their markets.

Whitefish Credit Union barely mentions itself in its member stories. Instead, its high-quality video storytelling spotlights people, businesses, and communities, building trust, advocacy, and impact that don’t always show up in traditional ROI metrics.

The retired Langley FCU executive looks back on a career shaped by industry change, evolving leadership responsibility, and a constant focus on serving members first.

The New Jersey-New York metro credit union shares how a wellbeing-led strategy ensures members know where to turn first when life gets difficult.

To become skilled at personalization, credit unions must stop making assumptions about what resonates with members and start leveraging data to be sure.

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