ATLANTA - Each uptick in the price of gas will only reinforce the value of conveniently located branches, and could have some unforeseen consequences on other facilities, according to one analyst.

In response to increases in gas and other expenses, our CU has:

WICHITA, Kan. – Three illegal immigrants convicted of an eight-state check-forging spree will be deported to their native Mexico after serving prison terms ranging from 30 months to 40 months.

HOUSTON – Authorities are searching for a suspect they believe is responsible for at least three area robberies, including a June 3 hold-up at Associated CU and a June 13 heist at Primeway CU.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fidelity National Information Services, a conglomeration of back-office service providers, yesterday said it had completed the spin off of its vast mortgage processing operations into a separately traded company, called Lender Processing Services, Inc.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. – Fiserv yesterday said it has agreed to sell a 51% majority stake in its insurance businesses to Trident IV, a private equity fund managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, for $540 million.

FAIRFAX, Va. – Apple FCU’s 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament raised more than $33,000 on the green for the American Cancer Society.

FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines FCU said Angela Owens, its chief operating officer the last two years, has succeeded John Tippets as president and CEO of the $5 billion credit union.

LANDOVER, Md. – National Capital FCU said it is adding Visa payWave contactless cards to its portfolio of Visa credit cards.

LAWRENCE, Mass. – Merrimack Valley FCU has signed with APPRO Systems to install the company’s new account opening, cross-selling, consumer and business lending system.

BOSTON – Military veterans will have access to as much as $200 million of low- and no-down payment mortgages from 50 credit unions and banks under a new program unveiled by Massachusetts’ governor and the participating institutions yesterday.

LUBBOCK, Texas – NCUA yesterday said it approved a program proposed by Texas Tech FCU to allow students, faculty and alumni of Texas Tech University to buy gift cards at the credit union to finance millions of dollars of football tickets, refreshments and booster merchandise.

WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense has rejected a challenge by defense credit unions to a new credit card offered by JP Morgan Chase at on-based PX and BX retail outlets.

TROY, N.Y. – A man who robbed Greater Miami Community FCU last month and made his escape on a bicycle was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday.

NEW YORK – Viewpointe Archive Services, one of three major check and image exchanges, yesterday said it has eased the way for small credit unions and banks to connect to its Pointe2Pointe image-exchange network via the Internet.

NEW YORK – Visa dropped a requirement that merchants treat Visa debit cards differently when used as PIN debit cards, prompting the Justice Department to close a federal antitrust investigation, the government said yesterday.

AUSTIN, Texas – Teres Solutions, which provides indirect lending systems to more than 175 credit unions, yesterday announced it has agreed to be acquired by CRIF, an Italian provider of credit systems that plans to sell the company’s SAIL solution in Europe.

MONETT, Mo. – Jack Henry & Associates yesterday said it agreed to sell its Banc Insurance Services unit.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – CommunityAmerica CU yesterday received an $110,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan bank of Des Moines to help finance a Habitat for Humanity project here.

EL PASO, Texas – GECU employees won a trip for two to New York City, a 42-inch high definition TV, more than 40 pairs of movie tickets, 24 video camcorders and 22 DVD players as part of the MasterCard Priceless Partnership Promotion, aimed at developing new credit card and debit card accounts at the $1.3 billion credit union.