March 25, 2025
Chaos and Confusion: What Credit Unions Should Know About Trump’s DoEd Cuts
The Department of Education is facing drastic cuts—so what does that mean for student borrowers and the credit unions that…
March 17, 2025
Trust as Currency: How Credit Unions Drive Growth Through Member-Centric Lending
Navy Federal Credit Union isn’t slowing down—even with a million new members joining each year. In this episode, Chief Lending…
March 3, 2025
First Steps and Fresh Starts: The Art of Storybook Lending
In this episode of 22 Minutes in Lending, Kristina Kovacevic, AVP of Retail Services at First Alliance Credit Union, discusses…
February 18, 2025
Ignoring the Echo Chamber: Unsaid Risks and Rewards of Fintech Partnerships
In this episode of 22 Minutes in Lending, Brian Kaas, President & Managing Director of TruStage Ventures, unpacks the fintech…
January 27, 2025
Inward and Upward: Driving Member Growth and Financial Health with Auto ReFi
In this episode of 22 Minutes in Lending, we sit down with Eric Stradley, president of Caribou, to explore the…
January 13, 2025
Finding the Formula: Balancing Deposit Growth and Loans in 2025
Explore how credit unions can balance deposit growth and lending in 2025 with Casey Mauldin of Jovia Financial Credit Union.…
December 30, 2024
Balancing Tech and Tradition: Serving Local Communities Digitally
Elizabeth Adcock and Darcie Morgan of MAC FCU share how they bridge traditional credit union values with digital transformation. Learn…
December 16, 2024
Whose Rule Is It Anyway? Unpacking CFPB’s Rule 1033
Whose Rule Is It Anyway? Unpacking CFPB’s Rule 1033 Capitol Hill insider John McKechnie joins host Vince Passione to break…
December 6, 2024
No credit union left behind: Reimagining the role of credit union leagues
In this episode of 22 Minutes in Lending, host Vince Passione sits down with Juan Fernández Ceballos, President and CEO…
November 12, 2024
Addressing bias in AI: Opportunities to even the playing field for consumers
In this second of two episodes with Kareem Saleh, Founder and CEO of FairPlay AI, host Vince Passione continues the conversation…
October 28, 2024
Throwing out the rulebook: How age, race and gender are key inputs for fair lending
In this episode, Kareem Saleh, Founder and CEO of FairPlay AI, joins host Vince Passione to explore AI underwriting and…
October 15, 2024
Credit’s new frontier: Cross-border records and the role of cash flow data
In this episode of 22 Minutes in Lending, Misha Esipov, CEO of Nova Credit, discusses how millions of “Credit Invisible”…