SHREWSBURY, N.J. — Auto lending is still the bread and butter loan category for most credit unions, but with the growth of mortgage lending in some CUs it is no longer the No. 1 category across the board–that belongs to mortgages.

The below chart shows that auto lending still does make up more than 35% of the industry's loan portfolio.

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