FOSTER CITY, Calif. – Shares of Visa Inc. rose more than 2% in after-hours trading to $140.80 yesterday, after the payments giant reported a 90% rise in fourth quarter earnings to $1.66 billion.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Affinity Plus FCU unveiled its new 22,000 square-foot branch in nearby Roseville, the largest of the $1.5-billion credit union’s 26 branches.

BOWIE, Md. – Prince George’s FCU said Cindy Prestandrea, its CEO since 1995, is retiring from the $131-million credit union at year end.

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Zia CU on Wednesday said it has hired David Woodruff, vice president of lending at Virginia’s CommonWealth One FCU, as president and CEO of the $140-million credit union.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A member of Navy FCU on Wednesday was sentenced to four years in prison after she pleaded guilty to bank fraud in an identity theft scheme that siphoned more than $180,000 from the credit union.

SLIDELL, La. – St. Tammany FCU is participating in the latest VISA NFL promotion, allowing each of its Visa cardholders to enter a sweepstakes to win a trip to the NFL’s four biggest events, the 2013 Super Bowl, 2013 NFL Draft, 2013 NFL Kick-Off and the 2013 International Series Game in London.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University FCU has upgraded its Platinum Plus Visa Credit Card, doubling the amount of rewards members receive for purchases to 1% back with additional opportunities to earn greater rewards by shopping at select local retailers.

BERLIN, N.H. – Members of troubled Woodlands CU on Wednesday brushed off some opposition and voted by a three-to-two margin to merge the $112-million timber employees’ credit union into $731-million Northeast CU in Portsmouth.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA announced this afternoon it liquidated tiny Women’s Southwest FCU of Dallas and assigned the remnants of the $2 million institution, the year’s 18th credit union failure, to City CU of Dallas.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – National 1st CU said today it has agreed to acquire San Jose CU, creating a credit union with $340 million in assets.

NEW YORK—Millions of people and the credit unions that serve them in the Northeastern U.S. remain without power today. Some state league offices remain closed, and are reporting difficulty in contacting some credit unions in their respective states. Others are just beginning to restart their operations. Here’s an update on the latest news.

IRONADALE, Ala. – Corporate America CU said this morning it has hired Pete Pritts, the former CEO of Arizona’s FirstCorp CU, as president and CEO of the $2 billion corporate credit union.

PURCHASE, N.Y. – Fast-paced growth in debt continued to fuel MasterCard in the third quarter, with the cards network announcing this morning an 8% increase in net income for the period.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Chartway FCU announced John “Jack” McGrath, a member of the organization’s board of directors, passed away on Oct. 27.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. – Fiserv yesterday said net income for its third quarter rose 9% to $13.9 million on strong sales growth.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – CU*Answers said credit union members will be able to print loan coupons themselves from It’s Me 247, the CUSO’s online banking platform being introduced next month.

LOMPOC, Calif. – CoastHills FCU employees have worked to make over Vandenberg Middle School, with 190 credit union employees spending the afternoon of Oct. 8 painting and performing landscaping upgrades to the school.

PHILADELPHIA – Sb1 FCU has signed with Vertifi Software LLC to implement the CUSO’s DeposZip mobile remote deposit capture solution.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – L & N FCU has started building its 15th branch – its first in Bullitt County.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Metro CU is launching an advertising campaign to tout its growth one year after Bank Transfer Day.