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Using an offbeat but innovative pitch to attract the youth market via YouTube technology, the $1.5 billion Tinker Federal Credit Union last week launched a "make your own video" promotion and Web site contest with a financial education theme.

June 29, 2007 might seem like a distant memory at this point, but it was a day when thousands across the country vied to be the first iPhone user on the high-tech block. Months later--despite early network initialization and rebate issues--there's no denying that the Apple iPhone was a hit.

NAFCU said while it supports the Small Business Administration's efforts to improve oversight of the agency's guaranteed loan portfolio, it is concerned about the lack of transparency regarding key aspects of the SBA Lender Risk Rating System.

The "wave of the future" has arrived at PIMA Federal Credit Union, which is using a set of new marketing tools to help drive adoption of its Paytraxx bill-pay solution.

The California Credit Union League will meet with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Feb. 7 to discuss ways to implement his new Bank on California program. However, thanks to the Golden State's current budget crisis, there will probably be little funding for the initiative if any at all.

One out of three Canadians is financially linked to a credit union but the numbers are not as strong when it comes to having their investment needs met. The January completion of a merger between Provincial Credit Union Centrals and Desjardins Group aims to change those numbers, however.