Branch banking

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Medical FCU has renewed the lease on its 4,638-square-foot Mission Valley headquarters in the 29,639-square-foot Rio Vista Plaza II office building.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU said it is closing its San Antonio branch later this month, part of a move to focus more on online and mobile services.

GLENDALE, Calif. – California CU has acquired its office building here for $33.8 million.

DECATUR, Ala. – Family Security CU has acquired a branch building in Mobile that was vacated by banking failure Woodlands Bank.

CHAMBERSBURG, Penn. – Patriot FCU received approval from the local school board to open a student-run branch in Chambersburg Area Senior High School.

RALEIGH, N.C.-After installing video teller systems in nearly all of its 15 branches, Coastal Federal Credit Union here is moving to now be open seven days a week.

MIAMI-As part of its strategy for reaching out to the un- and underbanked, Self Help FCU has opened a "micro branch" in east San Jose, Calif.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU last week said it has received approval to begin construction on a 100,000-square-foot office building that will house its administrative staff.

HOUSTON – Cardtronics has broken into the Puerto Rico market with agreements with credit unions to manage their ATM operations.

FORT MILL TOWNSHIP, S.C. – Family Trust FCU broke ground here for a new branch that will be part of the Springfield Town Center.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Florida Gov. Rick Scott will join officials of Navy FCU for Friday’s grand opening of the 224,000-square-foot Building 4 of the credit union’s huge call center here.

SAN ANTONIO – Air Force FCU opened a new branch in Del Rio yesterday, the $335 million credit union’s first new branch in nine years and first outside of San Antonio.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University FCU opened a new branch last week with the help of local tax breaks at the former Dimitri’s Restaurant in nearby Lansing.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Navy FCU is negotiating to purchase 240 acres at Escambia County’s 4-H Center which would be used to expand the credit union’s massive 52-acre call center, the biggest credit union facility in the world.

SUITLAND, Md. – Andrews FCU will open a new branch in the town of Waldorf on March 30, which will be the eighth U.S. branch for the $810 million credit union.

RALEIGH, N.C. – And on the seventh day Coastal FCU was open for business and offered teller hours.

SAN ANTONIO – Firstmark CU began construction on a new Alamo branch, which will be the $700 million credit union’s 11th service center.

LARGO, Fla. – Achieva CU has opened a new branch in Sarasota in a building recently vacated by Tropical Financial CU.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – PSCU Financial Services said yesterday it has joined NCR and First Data Corp. to offer ATM hardware purchase, leasing options and maintenance services to its 1,500 credit unions.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees’ CU is planning to open three new branches in Greensboro later this year or in early 2012 as part of a plan to expand its footprint in the region.