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i³ Ideas

Build Wealth

Featured Project

Prize-linked Savings (2006)

Developing life-long financial habits by adding an element of chance to the discipline of savings. See innovation at its best in the Save to Win 2009 Results and 2010 Implications report.

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Projects

• Auto Savings (2007)
• CU PICK 64 (2006)
• Giving CD (2009)
• Hi 5 (2005)
• No Excuses Savings Club (2006)
• Online Goal Setting (2008)
• Prize-linked Savings (2006)
• S-Card: Save a Little, Spend a Little (2008)
• SimplySave (2009)
• The Savings Revolution (2007)
• Two Grand Plan (2010)
• Unite (2008)

Navigate Financial Waters

Featured Project

MVP (Member Value Promise) (2009)

Demonstrating the value of credit union membership.

Projects

• Collaboration in the Classroom (2008)
• Debt in Focus (2010)
• iNForm (2006)
• LOT$A MOT$A (2007)
• MVP (Member Value Promise) (2009)
• Smart Score (2005)
• Virtual Finance (2007)
• Women: A Strategy for Success (2007)

Meet Life's Milestones

Featured Project

MatriMoney® (2005)

Helping newlyweds get what they really want and need.

Projects

• Always a Member (2006)
• Choice Endings (2008)
• CUPay (2008)
• Decision Point (2006)
• Hello (2009)
• MatriMoney® (2005)
• Sandwich Generation Recipe (2008)
• Single Again (2008)
• The Big Idea (2008)

Make Community Connections

Featured Project

Moneyworks (2005)

Think Tupperware® party meets financial services.

Projects

• Airport Oasis Lounge (2008)
• Community Impact Center (2007)
• CU Launch (2010)
• First Step Program (2008)
• Green Feat Rewards (2009)
• Moneyworks (2005)
• My Community Connection (MCC) (2006)
• The Leap (2009)

Borrow Responsibly

Featured Project

CU-HomeWise (2009)

Supporting quality tenants and investment property owners with a solution that addresses the needs of both parties.

Projects

• 60-Day Loan Guarantee (2010)
• Auto Resource Center (2007)
• Be N’ Biz Fund (2010)
• CU 1031 (2006)
• CU-HomeWise (2009)
• Flex.One (2005)
• Interest Refund Loan (2008)
• Lifestyle Lending (2007)
• Lifetime Auto Loan (2005)
• Lift (2010)
• Peace of Mind Auto Loan (2009)
• The Big Payoff Loan (2010)
• Wintegrity (2009)

Connect. Collaborate. Cooperate.

Featured Project

Why Co-op? (2009)

Linking credit unions to the larger cooperative movement.

Projects

• CU Tempo (2009)
• CUBE (2009)
• Share the Wealth (2009)
• UMatter (2010)
• Why Co-op? (2009)