WASHINGTON — The credit union/bank clash over member business lending, now fiercely fought this week before Congress, may be overshadowing some inter-industry tech collaboration, according to a senior executive of a Connecticut core platform vendor, Open Solutions Inc.

"The ABA and the independent bankers may be swarming the Capitol this week along with credit unions but the fact is we're witnessing new levels of sharing and cooperation on core platform apps," said Lizette Nigro, vice president and core business leader for the Glastonbury firm.

Nigro, in an interview this week at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington, picked out the $3.1 billion Redstone FCU of Huntsville, Ala. as one drawing widened interest – and income – from banks and other credit unions through the company's DNAappstore, a place for users of its DNA platforms and company developers to share and sell information and software add ons.