CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned, cooperative CUSO is currently hosting two separate video contests with over $5,000 worth of cash prizes and products up for grabs. The first video contest encourages credit unions who use the CU*BASE^® data processing software to submit completed videos between 30 seconds and 2 minutes in length demonstrating how credit unions can anticipate what members will want next—the winner will receive a $1,500 cash prize. Entries for the contest are due by May 1^st, 2015. This is the third part of a series of contests totaling $4,500 in prizes as part of CU*Answers’ Leadership Conference.

The second contest is about getting credit union projects off the ground. It asks credit unions using CU*BASE to submit a 1-3 minute video explaining an important project the credit union has been wanting to get off the ground and which of the Building the Factory manuals will help them do just that. Building the Factory is a new series of do-it-yourself manuals that guide credit unions through completing a marketing or managerial campaign from start to finish. For the credit union that submits the most creative and compelling video, CU*Answers and Xtend will partner to complete the project for free. Video submissions must be sent by March 17^th, 2015.