TEXAS CITY, Texas – AMOCO FCU will celebrate another strong year by paying its members $1 million in bonus dividends and loan interest refunds, its 17th straight member bonus.
This year’s payout, the same as last year’s, amounts to a 5% bonus on the dividends earned on deposits and/or interest paid on loans and credit cards for accounts in good standing as of Dec. 31.
The $590-million credit union reported a $660,000 net for the first three quarters of the year.
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