Products, Programs and Progress: Are CDFIs the Future for Credit Unions?
Episode description
On this episode, host Vince Passione is joined by Shirley Senn, Chief Consulting Officer at CU Strategic Planning, a Callahan company, for a deep-dive into the CDFI program: How it can strengthen credit unions, what's required to achieve and retain a CDFI designation, and how it ultimately benefits credit union members.
Key Takeaways:
(2:35) The criteria for CDFI designation - for credit unions, banks and VC funds.
(5:52) Credit unions can use CDFI Financial Assistance grants to enhance reserves and increase lending processes.
(11:35) New criteria and requirements for CDFI designation that every existing CDFI has to meet.
(15:06) How and why CDFI credit unions continued to lend through the liquidity challenge of the last two years.
(17:36) Ways to leverage CDFI grants to support programs like ITIN lending or financial counseling.
(22:34) Overlooked opportunities for credit unions to expand their deposit-base.
(24:58) CDFI credit unions need to look more broadly at partnership opportunities to deliver their mission.
Resources Mentioned:
CU Strategic Planning
Callahan
Guadalupe Credit Union
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund
Military Annual Percentage Rate
www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/educator-tools/servicemembers/military-lending-act-mla/
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