GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–CU*Answers has announced it has opened its 10th Annual Video Contest to clients of the cuasterisk.com network.
Each year CU*Answers offers up to a total of $4,500 in cash awards to three winning credit unions and the chance for their ideas to be professionally produced into a video. This year’s video contest theme, “It’s A Cooperative Thing,” asks credit unions to put their creativity to work by illustrating how their credit union fosters teamwork, collaboration, and how they drive to pay their customer-owners and take the lead in being a cooperative.
CU*Answers said credit unions can participate in the video contest by sending their ideas for the best video, best 30-second spot, or a completed video related to the chosen theme. Winners will be announced at CU*Answers’ Annual Leadership Conference in June where the winning entries will premiere on the big screen.
Completed videos, past winners, and a collection of videos CU*Answers has produced for credit unions to use on their website, lobby monitors, and some suited for television broadcast can be viewed at www.cuatv.com.
Additional information can be found on the CU*Answers website.
Separately, CU*Answers has published information on credit unions using its My CU Today product, an online tool for tracking data related to your credit union. In 2016, credit unions using the service experience the following growth, CU*Answers said:
- Closed end loans grew from $5.64 billion to $9.23 billion
- Open end loans grew from $0.79 billion to $1.06 billion
- Share balances grew from $5.01 billion to $5.70 billion
- Net member growth of 19,711 members
- Number of checking accounts grew from 601,363 to 742,733
“My CU Today is a great resource for credit unions to track their data consistently, every single day,” said Keegan Daniel, Vice President of Professional Services. “Data is presented in a format that is easily digested and can be shared with employees, board members, and other stakeholders. There has never been a better time for credit union to use this data to incorporate conversations into their board meetings, justify value of investments made, and to quantify the success of a campaign.”