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Credit unions maintained their recently won dominance in automotive lending in the fourth quarter, but by a smaller margin than in the previous quarter.

Experian's "State of the Automotive Finance Market" report for the fourth quarter released Thursday showed credit unions originated 26.9% of the total number of loans and leases in the fourth quarter, up from 21.4% a year earlier but down slightly from 28.4% in the third quarter.

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