Today's lending environment is unique, with rates rising more quickly than many of us have experienced in our careers and inflation at 40-year highs. At the same time, longer-term trends such as automation and artificial intelligence are helping lenders use technology to make better credit decisions more efficiently. This specific moment in time presents both challenges and opportunities for credit union leaders and the members they serve.
A Full Throttle Challenge
One of the common challenges we've seen since COVID began is institutions opening all their lending valves and waiting for production. For much of the past two years, liquidity has been high across the industry and consumer borrowing was down. This caused many credit unions to chase consumer loans, and subsequently loan yields, down to the floor.
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