Branch network

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU opened its 38th branch and 8th inside a Walmart in the state capital of Concord last week.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Mountain America CU, which has expanded into Nevada and Arizona in recent years, announced last week it is opening two branches in Idaho.

KENNEWICK, Wash. – HAPO Community CU agreed last week to acquire the city’s landmark building popularly nicknamed "the flashcube" and renovate it to accommodate a branch and administrative offices.

WEST CHESTER, Penn. – Benchmark FCU has joined the Pennsylvania CU Service Centers, adding its four branches to the local shared branch network.

ORLANDO, Fla. – CFE FCU held a grand opening for its second student-operated branch in an Orange County high school and fourth high school branch.

JACKSON, Miss. – Hope CU has opened a full-service branch in nearby Utica, two months after BancorpSouth, the town’s only bank, closed its branch there.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Vantage West CU has upgraded its 34 ATMs with Diebold technology, adding deposit automation to 11 of them.

HOUSTON – Cardtronics on Tuesday said it completed the acquisition of Access to Money, Inc., a troubled Cherry Hill, N.J.-based operator of 10,350 merchant-owned ATMs formerly known as TRM Corp.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – United FCU, which is poised to become one of the first credit unions to acquire a bank, on Monday said it plans to build a new headquarters and add up to 500 jobs by 2020.

FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio – The city council last week approved a pre-construction, seven-year tax abatement for the United Telephone CU for the construction of new administrative offices at the site of the former Cleveland Motel.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Fire Police City County FCU has acquired two former Sonic fast-food drive thru restaurants where it will build new branches.

CHICAGO – Southwest Chicago Chapter CU has signed with Credit Union Centers to become a member of the Indianapolis group’s shared branch network, which include 4,400 branches nationwide, including 275 in Illinois and Indiana.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – GHS FCU is building a new branch in nearby Norwich in the old Byrne Dairy building.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Horizons FCU has signed with Manley’s Mighty Mart to offer credit union members access to the convenience chain’s 23 ATMs.

FISHKILL, N.Y. – Bridgeway FCU on Wednesday said it will open a fourth branch in early November inside a Walmart store.

ROCKY HILL, Conn. – Nutmeg State FCU will open its first grocery store branch inside the Newington Price Chopper supermarket on Monday, its sixth Connecticut branch.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Belvoir FCU said it is opening a new branch inside the Base Realignment and Closure Act headquarters, its second branch opened to accommodate new Department of Defense personnel moved here under the base closings restructuring.

BALTIMORE – First Financial FCU has opened a student-run branch at Calvert Hall, where students are able to make deposits, open new accounts, make limited cash withdrawals and receive general information about all of the credit union’s services.

TAUNTON, Mass. – Taunton FCU plans to open a branch inside Trucchi’s Supermarkets’ new Middleborough store early next year.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU is opening a new branch at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., this morning to serve the Army’s 12,700 active duty personnel, civilian employees and their families.