WICHITA, Kan. – Credit Union of America has given $50,000 to Via Christi Hospital to purchase patient education equipment for the hospital on St. Teresa, the only full-service hospital in west Wichita.

WICHITA, Kan. – A man who drove the getaway car during last November’s armed robbery at Catholic Family FCU was sentenced to 51 months in prison on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO – Visa said it completed the conversion of $400 million worth of its Class B shares owned by credit unions and banks to boost its litigation reserves, expected to fund a payout of pending antitrust suits.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NARFE Premier FCU, a $145 million credit union serving the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, has named Martha Wye, a vice president for Congressional FCU, as its president and CEO.

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.

WALL, N.J. – First Financial FCU said yesterday it has developed its own indirect auto lending CUSO, Jersey First Auto Connection.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – State regulators last Friday approved a request by Bellco CU to expand to serve all 610,000 residents of Denver County.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NAFCU called on NCUA to facilitate waivers for the agency’s cap on fixed-assets, reinstated for thousands of credit unions last year when NCUA trimmed its regulatory flexibility, or Reg-Flex program.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU said this afternoon it is now serving 50,000 members of the Navy League of the U.S., ratcheting up its competition with the nation’s largest credit union, nearby Navy FCU.

HARRISBURG, Penn. — Members 1st FCU, fresh off a trademark infringement claim with a local bank, filed a new suit Friday against Utah's Merrick Bank, which recently began soliciting credit cards in the credit union's local market using an identical "M" trademark incorporating the numeral "1."

DALLAS-Mortgage lending may be one of the best ways to generate revenue in 2011, but before a CU begins aggressively booking real estate loans, it needs to understand where the risk is, cautions ALM First.

Julia Goebel, vice president of marketing for Ambir Technology, says time savings from new technologies allow tellers to engage the customer and identify opportunities to cross-sell services

VISTA, Calif.-Improving a credit union's document-management capabilities increases operating efficiency, reduces expenses, and bolsters the bottom line, shared Andrew Tilbury.

MADISON, Wis.-One of the most effective strategies for credit unions to enhance the bottom line will also be the hardest, and that's reigniting lending.

ATLANTA-There are several ways to enhance the bottom line, notes one person, but just one where the focus should initially be.

CLEARWATER, Fla.-For the credit card portfolio to make a strong contribution to the bottom line, the CU's card must convey value and prestige.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Credit unions will thank banks for bottom line growth in 2011, predicted Jim Park, who believes CUs will take checking and credit card share from the big boys.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.-There are numerous tactics CUs can leverage to boost their bottom lines, but Eric Porter said one of the best places to start is to explode the myth that credit unions on not convenient.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-The answers to enhancing the bottom line don't lie in new initiatives. Instead, solutions can be found in existing products and processes.