VSECU is one of a few financial institutions that serves the needs of cannabis businesses in Vermont. By doing so, the credit union addresses an area of financial exclusion within its field of membership.

The Michigan cooperative is going against the grain of other FIs by serving moderate to low-income members, opening new branches, and tapping CDFI funds to lend to people in need.

A California credit union partners with local businesses and earns positive guilt by association.

A small Delaware credit union offers insights from its first decade of service.

USALLIANCE’s self-built neobank strategy is designed to serve the underserved and disintermediate encroaching fintechs.

Community development loan officers at Wright-Patt build on the cooperative’s position as Dayton’s leading mortgage lender.

Nusenda Credit Union works with community partners to identify and support borrowers shut out of traditional lending.

Kenia Calderon Ceron is forging a deeper relationship between Iowa’s biggest financial cooperative and the state’s growing Latino population.

Patelco Credit Union’s small-dollar loan doubles down on financial wellness principles by helping members with low or no credit improve their financial station.

Diane Sandoval-Griego coordinates diverse efforts to improve financial wellbeing for a multicultural membership.