October, 11, 2021
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Credit Unions Help Businesses as Economy Heals
Natasha Chilingerian
Low interest rates and other factors allow CUs serving business to thrive, but not all business loans are without problems.

Cover Story
Natasha Chilingerian
Low interest rates and other factors allow CUs serving business to thrive, but not all business loans are without problems.
Michael Ogden | October 11, 2021
While Elissa McCarter LaBorde acknowledges she’s WOCCU’s first female CEO, she has her eyes on a much bigger picture.
Natasha Chilingerian | October 11, 2021
To make a real difference in the communities they serve, CUs must consider inequality from multiple and unexpected angles.
Michael Ogden | October 07, 2021
There are a lot of options for credit unions looking to serve the growing renewable energy market for all income levels.
Peter Strozniak | October 11, 2021
Mergers of equals, and mergers of peers of larger-asset credit unions, appear to be taking hold.
Will Hunt | October 11, 2021
There were 70 CU mergers in the first six months of 2021, down one from last year at this point but continuing a decades-long trend.
Natasha Chilingerian & Chris Nicholls | October 11, 2021
See data on CU-bank acquisitions, annual merger rates, how many CU assets were merged away each year and more.
George Hofheimer | October 11, 2021
Credit unions without a differentiated strategy will sooner or later be acquired.
Jeff Rendel | October 11, 2021
Successful CUs differ in size, location, FOM and charter, but tend to make the same five strategic moves.
Natasha Chilingerian | October 01, 2021
The Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, postponed from April due to the pandemic, raises $180k for CMN Hospitals.
Natasha Chilingerian | October 04, 2021
Career moves and honors are announced at nine credit unions and the Mississippi Credit Union Association.