Branch banking

ABERDEEN, Md. – APG FCU, formerly Aberdeen Proving Grounds FCU, will open two loan centers in Cecil County next month, in Elk Mills and Rising Sun.

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia FCU announced the opening of a new branch in a former police station in the historic city neighborhood of Fishtown.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU on Friday said it will be closing its Van Wert, Ohio branch on June 15 because of declining membership, fewer branch transactions, and the growing trend by members to use online banking, mobile banking and ATMs.

After months of concern about MasterCard's April l9 liability shift for ATM owners accepting Maestro cards, the National ATM Council says it has established a workable solution with the card brand's offer of fraud screening. But another ATM trade group isn't celebrating just yet.

SAN DIEGO – Navy FCU opened its first new branch of the year – and its first “green,” or LEED-certified branch – at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. New Mexico FCU this month will open its seventh branch on Albuquerque’s west side, an 8,600 square-foot, $2-million facility that will house 20 members of its staff.

FERNDALE, Mich. – Credit Union ONE has opened a new Member Contact Center, which it said will help provide a higher level of service to its members.

ORONO, Maine – University CU is planning to build a new, 16,000-square-foot Greek Revival-style structure that will serve as its administrative offices here.

LANSING, Mich. – Lake Trust CU, the state’s fourth-largest credit union, announced plans today to move out of the downtown and build a 100,000-square-foot headquarters in the nearby suburb of Brighton.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Numerica CU plans to open two new branches by the end of next year, including one this year in the two-story former First National Bank Building downtown.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Mid-Illini CU is putting its faith in a new branch inside Mount Pisgah Church.

Alicia Moore, head of ATM banking at Wells Fargo & Co., recently spoke with PaymentsSource about the new credit card management and payment features that are part of the company's larger ATM fleet overhaul.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – The number of credit union “live teller” branch locations available through the nationwide CO-OP Shared Branching network has reached 5,000, making it the nation’s fourth-largest branch network.

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Stanford FCU said this morning it is installing eight Diebold deposit automation-enabled Opteva ATMs at its four Stanford-campus branches and off-premise locations and incorporating the company’s Agilis Campaign Office solution to push targeted marketing content to its ATMs.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. – Nutmeg State FCU has opened two more grocery store ATM locations inside Price Choppers in Southington and Bristol.

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon Community CU has installed a touch-screen, drive-up ATM at its Springfield branch that does not require a deposit slip or envelope when making a deposit.

MIAMI – South Florida Educational FCU celebrated the opening of its newest high school branch, Generals Credit Union inside Miami Jackson Senior High School, the credit union’s eighth in-school branch.

RICHMOND, Va. – Connects FCU has acquired a former BB&T branch, which will serve as the $72-million credit union’s third branch.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. – Alaska USA FCU has opened a new branch in the Haggen supermarket here, its 24th branch in Washington.

As ATM network operators add more complex payments functions, technology providers such as Fiserv and NCR are tweaking the underlying technology to better monitor the machines remotely.