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Arizona credit union leaders Wednesday joined in expressing their support for victims of Saturday's Tucson shooting with a number planning to attend tonight's memorial ceremony led by President Obama with CUs also contributing to various local funds.

Although they are outside credit unions' traditional line of products, private student loans present an opportunity to help families pay for college when scholarships, grants and federal loans are not enough to cover the rising cost of attendance.

Social media has become a lightning rod for debate. While its detractors say it's all hype and its evangelists tout social media as marketing's great panacea, the reality of its merits lies somewhere in the middle.

Affinity Group Credit Union and Kensington Valley Community Credit Union have announced plans to merge touting how collaboration is nothing new given their respective CUSO alliances.

Credit Union Student Choice, a CUSO providing private student lending services, announced it has partnered with Filene Research Institute to help its clients form deeper relationships with young adults.

CUNA has informed the U.S. Treasury Department that credit unions believe the federal government has a "very important but targeted" role in the secondary mortgage market going forward.