Branch network

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.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU has opened a new branch at Pentagon City, the office and shopping mall development across the street from the Pentagon.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – St. Mary’s CU was cleared Tuesday to build a new branch at the old Friendly’s Ice Cream location in Westborough.

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. -- The vacant Ponderosa Steakhouse property soon will be home to a branch for Hudson Heritage FCU.

CHELSEA, Mass. – Fast-growing Metro CU opened a new branch in Boston City Hall Plaza it acquired in the recently completed acquisition of Massachusetts State Employees CU.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Warren FCU is renovating a former Bank of the West Branch in Fort Collins for its second Colorado location but first stand-alone branch.

NORWICH, Conn. – CorePlus FCU announced plans to open two new full-service branches inside area Wal-Mart Supercenter stores in 2013.

ivermark Community Credit Union says it has no intention of going branchless, but it has closed or is scheduled to shutter three branches in 2012 as it ramps up its electronic banking efforts.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Achieva CU, formerly known as Pinellas County Teachers CU, is opening its first branch in nearby Hillsborough County.

TAMPA, Fla. – Suncoast Schools FCU, a credit union giant that teetered during the financial crisis, is putting its stamp on a financial rebound with plans to open a new branch this week, one of two for the coming months.

LOS ANGELES – USC CU has moved its University Park Campus office to the Campus Center Courtyard after 15 years in King’s Hall.