These FAQs are for financial institution use only and can be used as an employee awareness tool to help your frontline staff promote the Sweepstakes. We recommend directing your members & subscribers to the Official Rules for answers to their questions.

Q: How does the sweepstakes work?
A: The sweepstakes will be administered June 1 through July 31, 2009 and is designed to encourage the acquisition and activation of online bill pay. PSCU Financial Services, as the sponsor, will facilitate the administrative portion of the program including distribution of the Grand, First and Second prizes. Third prizes will be administered by the financial institution. We ask that you promote the sweepstakes and encourage enrollment and increased usage of online bill pay to increase the subscribers’ chance of winning. In order for your financial institution to participate, please complete and submit the online enrollment form no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

Q: How long will the sweepstakes last?
A: The promotion will begin on June 1, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time and end on July 31, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.  

Q: When will the winners be announced?
A: Winners will be selected on or about August 26, 2009. Winners will be announced shortly thereafter.  

Q: How many prizes will be awarded?
A: Grand Prize (1): One randomly selected winner will be awarded $10,000. The Grand Prize winner will be selected from all eligible entries from all participating financial institutions. First Place Prizes (1): One randomly selected winner will be awarded a $1,500 Travel Certificate. The First Place winner will be selected from all eligible entries from all participating financial institutions. Second Place Prizes (2): Two randomly selected winners will be awarded a Garmin® nüvi® 765T GPS Unit. The Second Place winners will be chosen from all eligible entries from all participating financial institutions. Third Prizes: One randomly selected winner from each participating financial institution will be awarded $100.00. The winners will be selected from all eligible entries from each participating financial institution. The presentation of the $100.00 prize will be left up to the discretion of the financial institution (i.e. gift card, cash, giant check, etc…).

Q: Is there a fee to participate?
A: There is no fee to participate in the program.

Q: Who is eligible for the sweepstakes?
A: The sweepstakes will be open to all U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older. Employees of the financial institution and their immediate family members are not eligible to win sweepstakes prizes. See Official Rules for additional details.

Q: How does a bill pay subscriber qualify for the sweepstakes?
A: To qualify, the subscriber must properly schedule 3 payments online during June and July. Each bill paid during the campaign is equivalent to one entry, with a maximum of 30 entries allowed.

Q: Is there an alternative method of entry for consumers who do not want to enroll in bill pay?
A: Yes. PSCU-FS will provide a customized enrollment form to each financial institution. Copies of these enrollment forms should be made available at each branch of the financial institution. These forms should then be collected at the end of the campaign period and mailed in the envelope provided by PSCU-FS. The envelope should be delivered to the sweepstakes administer no later than August 7, 2009.
This format will allow the company to include the manual entries with your subscribers’ electronic entries in order to perform the drawing for the $100 winner from your institution.

Q: Where can a consumer find the nearest location for mail-in entries?
A: Members can search for the nearest location by entering a ZIP code on the web page http://sweeps.pscufs.com/locations.

Q: What marketing collateral is available to promote the sweepstakes to our members?
A: The following tactics are available. All customization and printing is the responsibility of the institution.

Q: Is there a cost for the marketing collateral?  
A: There is no cost for the design files which will be available for download from http://sweeps.pscufs.com/collateral, or via CD-Rom. The design files are available in both Quark and Adobe InDesign, version CS2

Q: Can I order printed collateral from PSCU-FS?
A: Yes. We can facilitate the printing of the poster, counter card, and statement stuffer at the costs outlined below. If you choose to use these services, please be sure to check the box on the enrollment form, accepting the fees at the time of enrollment. We are not able to customize these items. If you want to brand with your logo, customization and printing are the responsibility of the financial institution. Please note that the collateral should not be altered in anyway other than the addition of the financial institution’s logo. As the sponsor of the promotion, PSCU-FS reserves the right to seek legal recourse should alterations be made.  

Statement Stuffer Printing Costs

Sheetfed litho. 7" x 3" plus bleed, 4c/2 sides plus coating, address inkjet, 80# Productolith Gloss Text. Shipping is extra.

Poster

Size is 22" x 28"

Shipping is extra and posters will be delivered in tubes.

Cost - $5.00 each

Total Counter Card Costs (no customization)

Shipping is extra. Counter cards have cardboard backing.

Cost - $9.00 each

Q: What is the deadline to submit orders for collateral if I want to utilize your printing services?
A: The deadline to request printed collateral is April 30th, 2009.

Q: How does your Financial Institution participate in the sweepstakes?
A: An enrollment form must be completed and submitted to PSCU Financial Services by April 30, 2009. This form will is available online.

Q: Where can I find a copy of the official rules?
A: You can view the official rules at http://sweeps.pscufs.com/rules. This link is also included on the statement stuffers, branch posters, HTML web site landing page, and counter cards; and should be placed on your Web site.

Q: Who should I contact if I have any questions?
A: After reviewing the official rules and FAQ document, please contact your eServices Account Executive, or, email e_acctexec@pscufs.com with additional questions.