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Finally! Some good news on employee participation in 401(k) plans.

In a ploy to build membership, the $200 million Members Credit Union is relying on blogs, low-cost online ads and home-grown videos to showcase its three-year old "Football Pick 'Em" game promotion that now has more than 1,500 players.

Credit unions in Oregon celebrated their numerous legislative successes when the state House and Senate adjourned.

Reaching out to members who may have been victimized by other mortgage lenders State Employees' Credit Union has developed new products to help them refinance and keep their homes, said the CU.

Marking what is being called a "dramatic" move to fight hunger among school age youngsters, a group of North Carolina credit unions are helping finance a local charity's distribution of daily food snacks in dozens of classrooms.

Credit union industry executives willing and available to devote their time and energy to implementing innovation in the marketplace are the prime candidates for the Filene Research Institute's new sabbatical program.