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CAMBRDIGE, Mass. -- A standard operating procedure for credit unions for decades, collaborative competition--or co-opetition--is finding a new home in a perhaps unexpected arena: big banks.

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Sometimes the best way for a credit union to stand out is to state the obvious with a simple declaration: We are not a bank.

MADISON, Wis. -- The industry should expect to see a slowdown in membership growth for the rest of the year based on historic seasonal trends coupled with return on asset declines.

BOSTON -- Much ballyhooed but rarely quantified, online banking is now seen as essential component to both individual and business credit union members.

MADISON, Wis. -- An increase in short-term selling could be driven by government measures to get national and worldwide financial systems back on track coupled with the stock market flip flops.

Since I've started writing this column, I've heard that I'm selfish, lazy, fickle and a whole slew of other negative characteristics that don't exactly line up with the credit union people helping people philosophy.