Branch network

TAMPA, Fla. – Grow Financial FCU will open a new branch in Wesley Chapel that will feature interactive tellers.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. – Siouxland FCU will take over a site that is being vacated by Home Federal Savings Bank at the Dunes General Store in Dakota Dunes.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU has completed a 26,000-square-foot corporate office, which includes a renovated branch.

HOOVER, Ala. – Alabama Telco Credit Union has opened a new branch in Greystone in a former Superior Bank building.

BRISTOL, Conn. – Nutmeg State FCU opened a branch in a new Walmart Neighborhood Market, the first credit union in the area to have an in-store branch.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Pentagon FCU has opened a new branch serving the Clarksville and Fort Campbell communities in Clarksville.

NEEDLES, Calif. – Desert Communities FCU has moved into its new location, an old Bank of America building.

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State FCU opened its doors in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Monday as part of the Village redevelopment.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Allegacy FCU will open a new office in a remodeled former Blockbuster Video building in Winston-Salem this morning.

ARVADA, Colo. – Sooper CU will break ground next week on a 4,000-square-foot branch here that will allow the credit union to remodel the existing branch to better serve as its corporate office.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Gesa Credit Union has begun construction on two branches, one to replace an existing facility in Pasco, the other a new service center in Richland.

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – St. Mary’s CU this afternoon is holding a grand opening for a new branch it built by renovating a former Friendly’s ice cream restaurant.

Consumers are not overly concerned with the appearance of bank branches, according to a recent survey by Synergistics Research.

Looking to help CUs bring more value to their members, Cummins Allison is giving credit unions several new options to place self-service coin machines in their branches.

At a time when many single-SEG credit unions are expanding their charters, one CU continues to see significant growth opportunity in getting a lot closer to its only sponsor.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees’ CU plans to start moving some of its employees into its new, 12-story tower office in downtown Raleigh later this month.

As other banks grapple with the issue of branching, Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida is letting its creativity run loose. The Stuart company has opened five offices in the last three months, called "fuel cells," to focus on small businesses. The aim is to foster more collaboration between commercial clients and Seacoast employees.

GECU and the local Kinley's House Coffee & Teas are introducing a new concept-combining a credit union branch with a cafe.

CHICAGO – First Northern CU will be expanding into a former Bank of America location in Evanston.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Class Act FCU has acquired and is renovating a former branch of Fifth Third Bank, which will be the credit union’s fifth service facility.