Branch network

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Affinity FCU, which acquired troubled Rutgers University Student and Alumni FCU last year, is searching for a new on-campus home after university officials said the merger violates its lease to stay in the student center.

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-First Community Credit Union is reporting it has seen higher transaction volume at branches it has inside Walmarts vs. stand-alone branches.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – US Community Credit Union is opening a branch at McGavock High School this fall that will be operated by students in the school’s hospitality and finance academy and cater to other McGavock students and faculty.

HOUSTON – Cardtronics, the nation’s leading ATM operator, said yesterday it signed with Wegmans Food Market to place ATMs in 77 supermarkets in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland.

TEXAS CITY, Texas – AMOCO celebrated the opening of its newest full service ATM located at Alvin Community College in the Student Center.

MIAMI – American Airlines FCU on Thursday will celebrate the opening of its newest branch at the Miami International Airport Maintenance facility, the credit union’s second branch at the airport.

DALTON, Ga. – HealthCom FCU is holding a grand opening Friday for its newest branch here, a 5,227-square-foot building.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU said yesterday it is relocating its branch at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Penn., on Monday due to the military’s Base Realignment and Closure.

TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma Central CU on Thursday said it is building a new headquarters where the old Camelot Hotel once stood downtown.

LAS VEGAS — One credit union's branch closure can sometimes be another CU's opportunity, and Honolulu-based Aloha Pacific FCU said it has found success 2,700 miles from home.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Service CU on Tuesday broke ground on a 100,000-square-foot, 17-acre headquarters.

VACAVILLE, Calif. – Travis CU, which is in the process of merging with Metro 1 CU, plans to open three new branches after the April 30 completion of the deal, as the credit union celebrates its 60th anniversary.

CORNING, N.Y. – Corning CU opened its 14th branch, and third in North Carolina, in Wilmington to serve employees at the Corning Corp. fiber optics plant there.

RICHLAND, Wash. – HAPO Community CU has bought property to build two new branches, including its first in Oregon.

NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Hudson Heritage FCU opened a new branch in a Wal-Mart Supercenter here, the $225 million credit union’s 10th branch.

TOLEDO, Ohio – Directions CU announced it is shuttering two under-performing branches next month, one in Mount Vernon and one in Mansfield.

CHELSEA, Mass. – Metro CU, in the process of acquiring nearby University FCU, is opening a new Boston branch next month, representing an expanded presence in the city by the $800 million credit union based in Boston’s working neighborhood of Chelsea.

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University FCU opened its newest branch in the former Dimitri’s Restaurant building in downtown Lansing last week.

MECHANICSBURG, Penn. – Members 1st FCU on Monday opened a new branch in North Cornwall Township, its second in Lebanon County and one of five the $2 billion plans to open in 2011.

WICHITA, Kan. – Mid America CU is building what will be a shared branch in northeast Wichita, a community it abandoned two decades ago when it closed its branch there.