car loan

• Filene Report Reveals How to Predict Member’s Choice of Auto Lender

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 16, 2013

  Interest rates may not be as important as response to potential borrower. (Check out the graphic at the bottom!)

• House Calls: Alamo FCU Rolls Out Concierge Service for Members

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 9, 2013

  Texas credit union will send staffer to home or office to open accounts, help with loan applications or whatever the member needs.

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  Digital Outreach Aims to Pay Off With More Cross Sells

  By Peter Strozniak  |  May 8, 2013

  As the number of ­members using online banking continues to grow, credit unions are capitalizing on that trend by investing in solutions that have expanded opportunities to cross-sell products, increase brand awareness and enhance services.

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  W2W: CEO Christine Blake Returns Home to Her Roots

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  April 17, 2013

  Who says you can never go home?

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  Asset Size Does Not Define Pro-Consumer CUs

  By Marcus Schaefer  |  April 3, 2013

  A legitimate and common complaint regarding the Dodd-Frank Act is that it not only did not resolve too big to fail wherein the taxpayer is on the hook for the ­missteps of the nation’s largest banks.

• CFPB: Indirect Lenders Must Obey Equal Credit Opportunity Act

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 21, 2013

  Bulletin stresses auto dealers who participate in indirect lending agreements must comply with the ECOA when marking up interest rates.

• Auto Lending Rates Rule the Road

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 20, 2013

  More dealership alliances, better marketing, lower rates or a combination of all three?

• Looking Past Low-Income Credit Scores to Grow Profits

  By David Morrison  |  March 20, 2013

  When it comes to underwriting consumer loans, some community development credit unions have found success by looking at other factors besides credit scores.

• Five CUs Make Nation’s Top 25 Auto Lenders List: SNL Financial

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 13, 2013

  Navy Federal comes in at 14th while PenFed, at 22nd, posts highest quarterly growth rate among the top 25 in 4Q 2012.

• GTE Financial Helps Members Seek Refinance ‘Harmony’

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 22, 2013

  Florida credit union works with financial services tech firm to offer web-based refinance app for cars and mortgages.