Branch network

PHILADELPHIA – Sb1 FCU, the one-time SmithKline Laboratories credit union that recently converted to a community charter, opened a new branch in the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

GREENBELT, Md. -- Educational Systems FCU, fresh off its merger with Rockville’s Montgomery County Teachers FCU, has begun construction on a new branch in nearby Prince Frederick, Md.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Mountain America CU is opening its fourth Idaho branch and first in Boise.

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. – JetStream FCU said yesterday it opened its newest branch last week in Carolina, Puerto Rico, near Luis Munoz Marin Airport.

MADISON, Wis. – Summit CU is poised to open its latest in-school branch in Memorial High School in January.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU will open its 14th Maryland branch in the Baltimore suburb of Glenn Burnie Tuesday to serve more than 21,000 local members.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU is offering the public free tours of its new 100,000-square-foot headquarters built with the latest environmental technology, including geothermal heat exchange, displacement ventilation and other systems that reduce energy usage and provide healthy work environments.

BETHEL, Conn. -- Bank security provider BranchServ said this morning it has acquired CheckView Banking Security Solutions, a division of Checkpoint Systems that provides electronic security solutions for credit unions and banks.

KINSTON, N.C. -- Self Help CU’s recycled branch here—a former gas station- is green in more ways than one.

DUNEDIN, Fla. – Fast-growing Achieva CU is scheduled to break ground this morning on a $10 million, 67,000-square-foot headquarters project near its old Clearwater offices.

TAMPA, Fla. – Suncoast Schools FCU has opened four middle and elementary in-school branches in Hillsborough, Citrus and Collier counties, including FishHawk Creek Elementary School in Lithia.

LAUREL, Md. – Tower FCU has contracted with CO-OP Financial Services to drive its ATM terminals.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU plans to open a new branch in Savannah, Ga., a mile away from Hunter Army Airfield, to serve 8,000 members in the area.

GROTON, Conn. – Charter Oak FCU has begun construction on its $18-million, 65,000-square-foot headquarters and branch project in nearby Waterford.

CLEVELAND – Cardinal Community CU is opening a branch at Lake Catholic High School.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – VyStar CU will open a new branch at Jean Ribault High School, which will be run by students in the school's Academy of Finance program.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU has opened its 22nd New Hampshire branch and ninth in-store branch, this one inside a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Derry.

The holidays came six months early for some credit unions this year, in the form of an NCUA ruling that allows remote teller technology to qualify as service facilities.

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. – Navy FCU will open a new branch here this morning, its 32nd in California, which will serve the 8,700 Department of Defense, military, civilian members, and their families in Orange County.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said this afternoon it gave away IBM laptop computers to 14 small credit unions in order to help them file quarterly financial reports with the credit union regulator, as part of its Small CU Initiative.