A sudden surge
It made 191 loans in 2024. In 2025 it made 468, well above its earlier high of 353 in 2020. Similar lenders, credit unions making between half and twice as many loans, grew by 6%. Its typical loan fell to $85,000 from $125,000, so the money it lent rose by less, to $49.8 million from $27.2 million. The figures do not show which product drove the rise; purchases were 35.3% of its loans and home improvement 29.5%.