Gone are the days when not-for-profit financial institutions could succeed by just offering the most basic of services. Today, customer demand and other competitive pressures have caused credit unions to take stock of their practices of the past.

Going forward, they have to differentiate themselves by offering new products and services that are on par with, or surpass, those offered by their commercial counterparts. Fortunately, many credit unions are rising to the challenge.

By taking actions that include leveraging new technologies, delving into new offerings like foreign exchange and capitalizing on the opportunities uncovered by new regulations, to name but a few, credit unions are proving to be feisty competitors in the brave new world of retail banking.

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