The credit union collections landscape is under real pressure right now, and if you’re feeling it, you’re not imagining it. According to a recent CUCollector article, consolidation has shrunk the industry from more than 7,300 federally insured credit unions in 2010 to roughly 4,287 by the end of 2025. But while the industry contracts, the pressure on collections keeps moving in the opposite direction. Auto delinquency rates are climbing, and regulatory expectations keep rising.
Smaller credit unions are carrying more of this weight than the headlines suggest. You are managing rising delinquency with the same staff and resources you had before the environment changed. The expectation that you keep pace with larger institutions does not come with a larger budget.
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MBSi’s RecoveryConnect platform was built with exactly that reality in mind.
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Doing More with Less Isn’t a Slogan. It’s the Reality
We talk to credit union teams every day who are navigating this exact tension: the volume is growing, but their headcount isn’t. They can’t add staff to solve every problem. What they can do is work smarter, and that requires technology that actually keeps pace with their needs.
That’s why we built RecoveryConnect the way we did. Not as a system that adds another layer of complexity to your operation, but as a platform that quietly takes work off your team’s plate so they can focus on the decisions that actually require their expertise.
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A Single Platform for the Entire Recovery Process
For lean teams, fragmentation is one of the biggest hidden costs. Time spent toggling between systems, chasing status updates, manually routing accounts, and reconciling information between your team and your vendors is time that isn’t going toward recovery.
RecoveryConnect brings the entire recovery-to-remarketing process into one place , case management, vendor communication, compliance documentation, and portfolio insights all in a single view. When your team knows exactly where every account stands without having to ask, they move faster and make better decisions.
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We Handle the Administrative Work So Your Team Doesn’t Have To
One of the things we hear most often from credit union teams is that compliance and documentation aren’t just time-consuming , they’re stressful, because the stakes for getting it wrong are high. RecoveryConnect’s automated decisioning engine routes accounts to the right vendors at the right time, based on the criteria that matter to your credit union. Lien verification runs before any action is taken, so your team isn’t carrying the mental load of manually checking every account for risk. And because every step is documented in real-time, you always have a clear, auditable record , without anyone having to build it by hand.
That’s not a feature list. That’s hours back in the week, and significantly less exposure for your institution. In fact, a credit union we partner with shared we were able to save them 15 hours in manual work every week.
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Insights That Tell You What to Do Next
Recovery strategy built on gut instinct is expensive. RecoveryConnect puts real-time portfolio data directly in your team’s hands , not in a report that gets pulled at the end of the month, but easily accessible to help inform decisions. Vendor performance and account-level patterns: it’s all visible as it happens. For a team that can’t afford to react slowly, that kind of intelligence isn’t a bonus. It’s the foundation of a sustainable recovery operation.
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Built for the Industry You’re Actually Working In
MBSi has been in the credit union space long enough to understand that what works for a large bank doesn’t automatically translate here. The member relationships matter. The compliance environment is specific. The resources are real. RecoveryConnect was built with all of that in mind.
If your credit union is looking for a partner to help navigate these pressures, we’d love to talk. Reach out at sales@mbsicorp.com or fill out our form here to set up a quick demo.
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Liz Schuerman
VP of Sales & Partnerships at MBSi
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About MBSi
MBSi is a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) provider in the auto finance industry, specializing in creating real-time connections between lenders, forwarders, and recovery agencies. MBSi is committed to developing technology solutions that increase efficiency, security, and compliance, helping our clients streamline operations and minimize risk.
Our flagship product, RecoveryConnect, enables seamless assignment management between lenders and recovery agencies, while VendorConnect offers transparency and compliance oversight for third- and fourth-party vendors. At MBSi, we blend industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to drive innovation and results.
For more information, please visit www.mbsicorp.com.
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