Branch banking

Columbus Data Services, an ATM processor, has completed MasterCard end-to-end certification for all Triton ATM products. As a result, CDS is now processing transactions that comply with the EMV-chip card standard on MasterCard networks.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU announced it has opened a branch inside the Walmart Supercenter in Hinsdale.

ROCKVILLE, Md. – The National Institutes of Health FCU has hired a real estate consultant, Scheer Partners, to find it a 20,000-square-foot property near the area’s biotechnical hub for a new headquarters.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU on Monday opened a branch inside a Safeway store in Germantown, Md., and may expand its grocery store presence.

ALBANY, N.Y. – SEFCU, New York’s seventh-largest credit union, is moving its headquarters to a former train station in downtown as part of a plan to redevelop the site.

TAMPA, Fla. – Fast-growing Grow Financial FCU announced today it is opening its first out-of-state branch this fall in Columbia, S.C., the first of 15 branches the $1.9 billion credit union plans for South Carolina.

Aspire FCU call center staff can tell if they are having a good day by the looks on their faces-which they can see from the mirrors in each of their cubicles.

One credit union has found success using remote controlled drones to highlight branch locations and promote the credit union.

The recent court ruling on debit interchange fees should remind the payments industry how harmful the Durbin amendment is.

DUBUQUE, Iowa – DuTrac CU is opening a branch inside Davenport’s West High School on Monday.

RENO, Nev. – United FCU, a Michigan credit union that gained a foothold here with the 2010 acquisition of Clearstar FCU, this week broke ground on a new, 6,500-square-foot branch.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – RIA FCU broke ground on a new corporate center, which will include executive offices along with back office departments and a full-service branch.

The ATM Acquirers Alliance is restructuring its organization to accommodate new industry segments and payments technology and has changed its name to Integrated Payments Alliance.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU announced this morning it has signed a deal to link to 167 ATMs located in Rite Aid stores in Maryland, Virginia and greater Washington D.C., part of a broader ATM co-branding strategy.

David Dove is the new group president of enterprise growth at the ATM operator Cardtronics, which is also launching a new Enterprise Growth Group.

CHICOPEE, Mass. – Alden Credit Union has now opened its third branch over the past four months.

MEDFORD, Ore. – The Internet and online banking may be affecting branch networks, but one person says that branch locations are still critically important – especially when consumers are searching online for a new financial institution.

A federal judge raised the possibility that banks will have to repay billions of dollars to merchants, but legal experts say the court lacks the authority to enact such an order.

ERIE, Penn. – Erie FCU, which moved into the old Glenwood Elementary School in February, announced plans yesterday to spend $8 million to renovate or raze the old school building for a new headquarters.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Numerica CU plans to open a downtown Spokane branch this fall in a 3,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of the former First National Bank Building.