Branch network

EL SERENO, Calif.-The match was perfect, according to the owner of a coffee shop that had lost its lease-a credit union looking for a branch location and a charter school seeking an alternative revenue stream.

BOULDER, Colo. – Elevations CU, which has a branch in the University of Colorado’s Memorial Center, equipped its ATM with a voice guidance system that provides instructions to the user through a built-in audio port.

IRWINDALE, Calif. – SCE FCU plans to cut a ribbon at its new headquarters branch on Monday.

SUITLAND, Md. – Andrews FCU’s newly renovated headquarters branch here features an expanded member service area, Internet cafe, flat-screen LCD television, coin counter and even a "Kid’s Zone" with toys and other activities.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Twinstar CU has purchased an abandoned branch once occupied by First Independent Bank in the Van Mall here.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Knoxville TVA Employees CU has acquired a former elementary school and plans to renovate into a new headquarters for the $800 million credit union.

LOWER BURRELL, Penn. – A-K Valley FCU said its board has decided to close its Homewood branch after the outlet, robbed four times in the past two years, was burgled on New Year’s Day.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Affinity Plus FCU said it is renovating a former Starbucks location in Hasting into a new branch.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Coastal FCU, hit hard by the state’s recession, announced yesterday plans to shutter four branches as part of an effort to refocus on its core operations in the Raleigh market.

CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Security CU will open its 12th branch today in the building that formerly housed Cruisers Auto Wash.

BADEN, Penn. – Ambridge Area FCU has opened a student branch in Ambridge Area High School.

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah First FCU said it is moving its headquarters into a building it recently acquired in the downtown area here.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU has signed with Stripes LLC to provide its members with access to ATMs at 500 Stripes and Town & Country convenience stores in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

REDLANDS, Calif.–Arrowhead Credit Union has installed an Ice Bear unit to provide demand-reducing air conditioned cooling for its branch here, and is projecting it will be able to reduce the air conditioning peak demand by more than 20% at the 5,500 square foot facility.

SEATTLE-The $8.7-million Express Credit CU made a radical change earlier this year in an effort to survive, and so far the move is paying off, according to its CEO.

WICHITA, Kan. – Fast-growing Credit Union of America announced last week it plans to open another new branch, its 11th, in the downtown next year.

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Texas Dow Employees CU, on the heels of six new branches, is planning at least five additional outlets in the coming months.

LOWER POTTSGROVE, Penn. – Students and faculty at Pottsgrove High School can now conduct their finances at school with the opening of a new on-campus branch of Tri County Area FCU.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Assemblies of God CU purchased a branch this week being closed by Village Bank, its second purchase of a bank branch in recent months. The branch is one of three being closed by Village Bank.

COLUMBIA, Md. – State Employees CU of Maryland has acquired a former Krispy Kreme donut shoppe here which it plans to renovate into a new branch.