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For the second year in a row, a new team of high school students from Irondequoit High School in Rochester, NY, captured the 2008 New York State LifeSmarts title when they bested 12 teams that converged in Albany from around the state to compete in the statewide finals.

Sunmark Federal Credit Union will be a sponsor for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Incubator's Networking Series for 2008.

Through its CUSO, LCU Financial Services LLC, Eli Lilly FCU here has now added 16 Indiana-based credit unions to Members Auto Source, which provides auto-buying services to CU members.

Redwood Credit Union and California Preferred Credit Union have announced plans to merge on June 1, 2008.

What started out in 2004 as a group of industry movers and shakers coming together to bring real solutions to credit unions has blossomed into several projects prepped for actual implementation.

Franchises still remains an untapped market for credit unions and banks even though this business sector's numbers have increased 65% over the past five years.