
$30M HopeSouth Credit Union Makes its First Mortgage Loan
HopeSouth Credit Union CEO Faye Crocker points out that her credit union’s service area in Abbeville County, SC, has some relatively inexpensive…

Personalized, Data-Driven Marketing Is Where It’s at for Georgia United Credit Union
Knowledge bombs dropping all over in this piece, from best practices to well-known secrets and…

Why is no one talking about ‘big housing?’
Google “big pharma” and you get 8.8 million results. Now search “big housing”…

CUNA Strategic Services Announces New Alliance Provider
CUNA Strategic Services is pleased to announce its new alliance with Constant AI, a SaaS company specializing in consumer loan servicing…

Farmers Insurance Federal Credit Union Selects Upstart for Personal Lending
Farmers Insurance Federal Credit Union (FIGFCU), the credit union serving predominantly members of the Farmers Insurance community…

Vantage West Credit Union Leverages Numerated to Transform the Lending Process for Member Businesses
Vantage West Credit Union, a $2.6B Arizona-based institution, announced its partnership with Numerated, an innovative provider of digital business…

Relationship-Based Lending Platform, Zirtue, Announces Partnership with TruStage™ to Provide its First-of-its-kind Loan Insurance Solution
Zirtue, the world’s leading relationship-based lending app with a mission to drive financial inclusion, announces today its partnership with TruStage™, a financially strong insurance, investment, and technology provider, built on the philosophy of people helping people.

VantageScore CreditGauge™ June 2023: U.S. Consumers Used Credit More Cautiously as Delinquency Rates Rose and Stayed Elevated from a Year Ago
Today, VantageScore released CreditGauge, a monthly analysis highlighting the overall health of U.S. consumer credit.

CUNA, League-supported Veteran Business Lending Bill Introduced in House
Reps. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. introduced the Veterans Member Business Loan Act Tuesday

Eltropy and Origence Partnership Elevates Loan Origination Experience for Consumers
Eltropy, the leading digital communications platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), and Origence,

Interchange Bill Would Take its Toll on Credit Unions and Member Service
As retailers shoulder interchange legislation through Congress under provably false pretenses, credit unions and their members are …

Newzip Partners with Apple Federal Credit Union to Elevate the Mortgage Experience
Newzip, a leading provider of innovative real estate solutions, announced it is partnering with Apple Federal Credit Union

Special report from S&P Global Mobility: Auto-finance delinquencies rise past Great Recession peak, but…
The surge is concentrated primarily in subprime, with remaining categories remaining near historic norms. Tightening credit means recent-vintage loans should stabilize the market.

How Rewards Valuations Can Impact Cardholder Acquisition and Retention
Whether you actively monitor the loyalty space or just watch the evening news, you may have noticed several high-profile brands

Truliant Federal Credit Union Relies on FirstClose Ordering Technology to Reduce Costs and Enhance Member Experience
FirstClose, Inc., a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for mortgage and home equity lenders nationwide, announced that Truliant

CME Federal Credit Union Selects Upstart for Personal Lending
CME Federal Credit Union (CME), a credit union serving first responders and members across Central Ohio, today announced that it has partnered with Upstart

Canvas Credit Union Selects Total Expert to Power Member Experience and Engagement
Canvas Credit Union, a growing community-oriented financial cooperative, has partnered with Total Expert to enhance member experience

Origence and Zest AI introduce Zest Auto, the AI-automated underwriting technology for credit unions
Origence and Zest AI have announced the launch of Zest Auto, the AI-automated underwriting model for credit union automotive lenders

Sound Credit Union’s Auto Loan Yield Jumped 8% After Implementing Open Lending’s Lenders Protection™, Case Study Finds
Open Lending Corporation released the results of a case study that shows how the state of Washington’s Sound Credit Union has grown

Maybe we focus on interest rate caps for predatory lenders, not credit unions
Interest rate caps on already heavily regulated credit unions - while payday and other predatory lenders run roughshod over Americans - makes zero sense. What we should be…