Two credit unions in Pennsylvania have gotten together to share a branch–not by joining a network, but by actually building a branch together and sharing it.

The 41,000-member Sun East Federal Credit Union and the 8,000-member Keystone FCU recently opened the doors to their new branch inside a shopping mall.

Sharing the branch allows the credit unions to share expenses, as they work in one facility, while remaining separate business entities, the CUs said. It also brings another branch to an area that needed one.

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