Our December 2017 Credit Union Trends Report is now available. Highlights include:-During October, credit unions picked up 215,000 in new memberships.
-The nation's credit unions increased their loan portfolios by 0.9 percent in October, faster than the 0.7 percent pace reported in October 2016.
-Credit unions now make up 11 percent of the overall consumer credit market, up from 10.5 percent one year ago.
-At the end of October, CUNA's monthly estimates reported 5,815 credit unions in operations, down 34 credit unions from one month earlier.
