Branch network

ALGIERS, La. – Navy FCU continued its branch openings with a new facility opened yesterday here on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

BERKELEY, Calif.-Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union is reaping big benefits from its installation of a 29.7 kilowatt DC photovoltaic solar system earlier this year.

DALLAS – Credit unions were hit last week with a new group of suits by one consumer claiming they violated the public disclosure provisions of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act by failing to post non-member fees being charged at their ATMs as required by the EFTA.

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco FCU said this morning it signed a deal with Walgreens to allow its members surcharge-free usage of cash dispensing ATMs in 500 Walgreens locations and the placement of 20 ATMs with the credit union's brand throughout San Francisco.

GROTON, Conn. -- Charter Oak FCU is opening its 12th branch at the Electric Boat campus, in New London, the building site for Navy submarines.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Consumers CU is planning to open two branches in 2012, one in Kalamazoo and one in Mattawan.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Community CU announced this morning it is the latest victim of market economics, forcing it to close its branches on the University’s campus and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as the credit union declined to participate in competitive bidding for renewal of the five-year leases.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokane Teachers CU said its new branch will feature an electric car charging station.

LEBANON, Ore. – Linn-Co. FCU is renovating three branches in the heart of lumber country with the goal of reflecting the local industry as well as the community’s status as the “grass-seed king of the world.”

LEBANON, Ore. – Linn-Co Federal Credit Union has undertaken a renovation of its three branches to reflect the local market’s relationship with the timber industry, local rivers and its status as the “grass-seed king of the world.”

FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. – Teachers FCU, Long Island’s biggest credit union, opened a new branch in Hauppauge on Monday, the $4.1-billion credit union’s 23rd service facility.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Omni Community CU plans to open a branch in Kalamazoo, its seventh branch overall, in December at a site that once housed the Access First FCU branch.

WATERLOO, Iowa – Veridian CU opened a new branch in Coralville, the credit union’s 27th branch and second new facility in the past few months.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Alaska USA FCU said has agreed to build a data center in north Glendale in 2012.

GLASTONBURY, Conn.-Highly efficient branches using teller capture are saving the front-line team 80% of their daily keystrokes and significantly shortening end-of-day activities.

HAMILTON, Ohio – Aur Group Financial CU has opened a student-run branch in Hamilton High School called Big Blue CU.

SILVERDALE, Wash. -- Navy FCU is moving its flagship branch here and is leaving its leased quarters for a credit union-owned 7,600-square-foot building.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Sunmark FCU said it has joined the Universal Sharing Network, the shared branch network in New York.

CHAMBERSBURG, Penn. -- 1st Ed CU is now live on the PaCUSC shared branching network, so its members can now go to other shared branching locations.

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Space Coast CU plans to launch a branch inside a Walmart Supercenter opening this week in New Smyrna Beach.