Professional Services For Credit Unions

Choose a-la-carte support or connect services across origination, credit administration, servicing, participations, and portfolio management—built for credit union oversight

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Support That Scales With You

Not every credit union needs the same level of support — and growth doesn’t happen on a fixed schedule.

AVANA CUSO offers flexible, modular services that allow credit unions to engage where and when needed. Whether it’s credit underwriting, document coordination, special asset management, compliance consulting, or Annual Term Loan Reviews (ATLR), our team integrates seamlessly with yours.

This approach allows credit unions to:

Supplement internal expertise

Scale resources during growth cycles

Strengthen risk management

Add capacity for peak volume

Fill gaps in specialized expertise

Professional Services for Credit Unions

Services We Provide

Loan Origination

Add origination support to help source, structure, and move commercial loan opportunities through a consistent intake and review workflow.

Credit Administration

Strengthen documentation and ongoing loan administration support to help maintain consistency, controls, and clear internal records.

Loan Servicing

Support the loan lifecycle after closing—payments, monitoring, and routine servicing activities—based on defined scope and requirements.

Loan Participation

Expand your reach, manage risk, and optimize your portfolio with Avana CUSO’s strategic participation and analytics solutions.

Portfolio Management

Access commercial real estate loan participation opportunities with a structured process and post-close visibility tools to support oversight.

Our working process with Credit unions

How It Works

01

Pick Your Starting Point

Start with the service you need most, such as credit administration or servicing.

02

Define Roles and Handoffs

We agree on responsibilities, handoffs and documentation standards that fit your process.

03

Deliver and Report

Work moves through a consistent workflow, with reporting tailored to your stakeholders.

04

Add Services Over Time

Expand in phases as your capacity needs and CRE program grow.

Origination, credit admin, servicing, participations and portfolio support

Choose the support your credit union needs, and only that.

AVANA CUSOOur Differentiators

Why AVANA CUSO

Built Around Credit Union Governance

Scope, reporting and documentation are aligned to your policies and to how your board and committees review risk.

Operational Depth Across The Lending Lifecycle

Support spans origination through administration, servicing, participations, and portfolio monitoring.

Technology-Enabled Reporting And Workflow Discipline

Structured processes and reporting tools can help teams stay organized, informed, and audit-ready.

Most common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

You can start with a specific service (like credit administration or servicing) and expand over time. Many credit unions choose a phased approach based on immediate capacity needs.

Engagements work best with clear roles, defined handoffs, and documentation standards. Your credit union retains governance and approval authority; support is structured around your process.

We provide reporting, portal access and dashboard-style portfolio tools; outputs can be tailored to stakeholder needs and available data.

Any engagement should include access controls, role-based permissions, and agreed data handling practices. Specific controls should be reviewed with your internal risk and compliance stakeholders.

Our Experts

Our Team

Sundip Patel

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Sanat Patel

Chief Lending Officer

Mae Julian

Global Controller

Brianna Vaughan

EVP, Credit Union Success

Joy Hekking

VP, Servicing

Candace Sheets

EVP, Head of Credit

Josephine Aquino

Customer Success Manager

Ward Hickey

SVP, Business Development Officer

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Choose Only the Services You Need

From Origination to Portfolio Oversight

Support That Scales With You

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