Auto Financial Group (AFG) recently announced that CU*Answers, a credit union service organization (CUSO) and a cooperative corporation headquartered and incorporated in Grand Rapids, Mich., has signed a referral agreement and continues to advance the development of a future integration with AFG.

Company officials explained CU*Answers’ integration with Auto Financial Group will allow balloon loan and member data to be pushed directly from CU*BASE, the CUSO’s core processing platform, to the AFG calculator and then back to update the balloon loan application in CU*BASE, seamlessly.

Through this relationship, AFG’s balloon lending and leasing programs will be even easier to access and implement for financial institutions in CU*Answers’ network

This partnership further reinforces AFG’s mission to bring its “Walk-Away” balloon lending and leasing programs to financial institutions across the country in order to meet the rising consumer demand for lower auto payments.

Furthermore, officials said AFG’s balloon lending and leasing programs will be even easier to access and implement for financial institutions in CU*Answers’ network.

“We are excited to work with the CU*Answers team, and we are looking forward to bringing value to their clients with our residual based financing programs,” Auto Financial Group CEO Richard Epley said.

CU*Answers CEO Geoff Johnson said that the AFG integration will be a great addition to the CU*BASE platform.

“This is sure to be a major win for our clients, streamlining the process between core and AFG,” Johnson said. “We are looking forward to working with AFG’s team in bringing this offering to our network.”

To learn more about AFG’s programs, go to https://www.autofinancialgroup.com/products/.