Credit union membership and assets continued to grow, but therewas a wide disparity between large and small institutions, CUNA MutualGroup reported in its June Credit Union Trends Report.

The average credit union asset growth of 7.3% in 2015 hid adisparity between large and small credit unions, CUNA Mutual said.During the past 12 months ending in the first quarter of this year,credit unions of more than $1 billion grew assets 9.2%. Thatcompares with asset growth of 1.5% at credit unions with fewer than$20 million.

Credit union membership growth is expected to exceed 3% thisyear, pushing total credit union membership to 108 million members.In the last 12 months ending in the first quarter of 2016, creditunion membership grew 6.6% at institutions with assets of more than$1 billion, compared with less than 1% for credit unions with fewerthan $100 million.