Branch network

MADISON, Wis. – Royal CU said it expects to open the 11 branches it is acquiring from troubled Anchor Bank as credit union branches by the end of the month.

WICHITA, Kan. – Catholic Family FCU has hired local contractor Van Asdale Construction LLC to build a new home office for the $25 million credit union.

TACOMA, Wash. – Community First CU, the state’s oldest credit union, said it is moving to a new headquarters in nearby DuPont at the end of the year.

HARRISONBURG, Va. – DuPont Community CU has purchased the former NewBridge Bank branch for $1.2 million.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – Bellco Community CU is introducing a new branch in Gettysburg today.

SAGINAW, Mich. – Wildfire CU expanded its presence by opening a new high tech branch here yesterday.

DENVER – Bellco CU has signed an ATM outsourcing pact with Diebold, which will include upgrading its ATMs for enhanced deposit automation functionality.

SAN DIEGO-Morgan Courtney was recently named by San Diego-based USA Federal Credit Union as vice president of Overseas Operations. Talking to Credit Union Journal readers from Japan, below Mr. Courtney talks about the challenges and unique nature of overseeing branches located in foreign countries.

LEOMINSTER, Mass. – Leominster CU celebrated the opening of its new offices last week with $7,000 of community contributions.

MIDDLETON, Conn. – Seasons FCU opened an in-school branch in Westbrook High School, which will be run by students during lunch hours.

MADISON, Wis. – University Of Wisconsin CU said yesterday it has agreed to acquire a Waukesha branch from The Equitable Bank, its second recent acquisition of a bank building in the Milwaukee suburbs.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan CU closed a deal yesterday to buy the 58,000-square-foot former headquarters building of the defunct Ann Arbor News in downtown Ann Arbor.

SCRANTON, Penn. – Tobyhanna Army Depot FCU has sold the building it called home since 1995 and plans to build new offices at a nearby site it has owned since 2006.

OMAHA, Neb. – SAC FCU said it is opening a third Wal-Mart branch in nearby Council Bluffs, Iowa.

ERIE, Penn. – Erie FCU has signed with NCR to install the company’s EasyPoint 3800 ATMs.

FAIRHAVEN, Mass. – Southern Mass. CU is building a branch in New Bedford, bringing the $175 million credit union back to where it began 88 years ago.

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines FCU announced the opening of its newest north Texas branch in the town of Euless, not in an airport as with most of the $5 billion credit union’s other branches.

ALLENTOWN, Penn. – PPL Gold CU, which has served employees of Pennsylvania Power & Light since 1938, had a grand opening for its new branch and administration facility, the first real estate owned by the $100 million credit union.

CORDOVA, Tenn. – HealthNet FCU opened a new main office last week that includes a branch office with drive-up service, a night depository and ATM.

LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich. – Michigan First CU will open a new branch today in a Meijer store in Rochester Hills, the third new branch opened by the $550 million credit union in the past nine months.