Four years of shrinking
It made 95 loans in 2025, down 18% from 116 a year earlier. Similar lenders, credit unions making between half and twice as many loans, grew by 7%, and the whole market by 10%. The fall is a long one: the credit union made 305 loans in 2021 and has made fewer every year since. The peak came in 2020 and 2021, so part of the fall may be a return from those unusually busy years.