BROOKLYN, N.Y. — If members cannot easily visit Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union, the CU will go to the members.

The $1.2 billion credit union has launched a mobile branch to reach out to its membership, which is steadily becoming more far flung geographically. The mobile branch is a 40-foot truck which carries an ATM, a member service area and two teller windows. Members banking at the mobile branch will be able to make deposits and withdrawals as well as applying for a wide variety of loans, including credit cards.

"Technology, and information technology in particular, has been our tool of choice to help our credit union grow. Just a few years ago it would have been impossible to process transactions in real time; now, thanks to the wireless connectivity, our mobile branch has full functionality you would expect from a traditional branch," said Bogdan Chmielewski, Polish and Slavic CEO. "This is also a unique and modern way to introduce the credit union difference to potential new members, while at the same time servicing so many of our dispersed membership in those areas."