WASHINGTON–Loans outstanding at credit unions increased 0.19% in April, compared to a -0.12% decrease in March and an 0.2% increase in April 2025, according to America’s Credit Unions’ latest Monthly Credit Union Estimates.
The estimates are generated from the Equifax Analytics Dataset, which is an anonymized random sample of credit report data that tracks 10% of all U.S. consumers with a Social Security number.
According to America’s Credit Unions, leading growth during the month were:
- Home equity lines of credit union (0.92%)
- Credit cards (0.3%)
- First mortgages (0.24%), second mortgages (0.15%)
- Auto loans (0.08%).
On the decline during the month were:
- Private student loans (-1.2%)
- Unsecured personal loans (-0.73%)
- Secured personal loans (-.03%).
