The crux of the matter: “The agencies are aware that the use of certain alternative data may present no greater risks than data traditionally used in the credit evaluation process.”
Credit unions, however, continued to grow their holdings of home-equity loans, up 1.9% to $92.5 billion as of the end of the third quarter. New HEL originations edged up 0.7% from the previous period to $9.7 billion.