CUAI Weekly · September 28, 2026 · 3 min 12 sec

Membership growth hides a divide

New NCUA membership figures reveal a growth divide. Plus: Narmi’s AI workflow tools and The Clearing House’s planned payments network with Quant.

Growth has a divide: roughly 56% of federally insured credit unions lost members year over year through Q2 2026

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Podcast: CreditUnionAI News

Published conversations on how AI is reshaping member service, lending, fraud, and the back office.

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Episode 1: Introducing CreditUnionAI News

A short introduction to CreditUnionAI News and how it helps credit-union leaders stay ahead of AI without the hype.

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Podcast Episode 2 — “Why Credit Unions Can’t Wait on AI”

In this briefing, we explain why artificial intelligence has become essential to credit-union strategy, growth, and member experience. Learn how AI is improving underwriting speed, strengthening fraud detection, enhancing contact-center performance, and streamlining key operational processes across the credit-union industry. This episode breaks down real use cases, early-adopter advantages, and the practical steps credit unions can take to begin implementing AI today. If you’re evaluating AI for lending, payments, risk, compliance, or digital transformation, this concise analysis will help you understand what’s working, what’s changing, and what leaders need to do next. CreditUnionAI News delivers clear, jargon-free insights designed for executives navigating rapid technology change in financial services.