Delinquencies

The small-bank trade group wants Congress to investigate whether the agency did enough to respond to warning signs and curb abusive practices by credit unions.

Credit unions often tout their member-friendly nature but recent coverage of how the movement handled taxi medallion loans could open the industry up to a reputational hit.

A planned merger between Van Cortlandt Cooperative FCU and USAlliance FCU was called off despite approval from regulators.

Wider net interest margins compared to a year earlier helped make up for a slight decline in loan balances, as nearly two-thirds of banks reported higher profits in the first quarter.

Borrowers with poor credit make up less than 15% of the industry's total auto loan portfolio. That has shielded CUs from some delinquency issues, but some say it raises questions about whether the movement is reaching the consumers it was chartered to serve.

Two economists speaking during CU Direct's recent Drive conference in Las Vegas offered predictions on how a variety of economic factors could impact credit union auto lending portfolios in the not-too-distant future.

As CFPB mulls privatizing database, consumer complaints are on the rise; an argument for continued human oversight of artificial intelligence; how some banks are luring talent from big tech; and more from this week's most-read stories.

A new study from CUNA Mutual Group shows CUs ended March with tepid growth in membership and auto and real estate loans compared with a year earlier.

More than half of all states don’t have an electronic system to track car titles and liens, which increases the potential for fraud and costs for lenders.

The U.S. government stepped up collections on delinquent student debt to $2.9 billion last year — or an average of $1,000 from 2.9 million former students and their cosigners, according to the Treasury Department.

More U.S. consumers are defaulting on their credit cards, but banks may be holding onto the riskiest loans instead of passing them off to investors, according to a report from Barclays.

Thirty-day delinquency rates, a harbinger of future write-offs, also increased at all seven of the largest U.S. card issuers in the first quarter.

Credit union share of the credit card market is at a record high but there are concerns that this debt could begin to sour if the economy turns.

Credit union professionals offered insights into how technology is changing the collections process during the recent National Credit Union Collections Alliance conference in Las Vegas.

CUNA Mutual Group's February trends report showed that growth in auto loans, mortgages and membership had slowed.

Wells Fargo and the denial stage of recovery; community bankers alarmed after big banks backtrack on faster-payments pricing; credit card, auto loan delinquencies hit seven-year high; and more from this week's most-read stories.

More consumers were late in paying two major types of loans in the latest figures from the American Bankers Association, but it appears to be a relatively isolated problem.

Credit unions in those two states also posted double-digit growth in total loans and recorded lower delinquency rates.

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Recent data from the National Credit Union Administration breaks down which states surged and which states struggled in 2018.