GEISMAR, La. – Wymar FCU celebrated gave its members a half-million reasons to celebrate the New Year. The 48-year-old credit union sent its members $250,000 in Bonus Dividends and a $250,000 in Interest Refunds-- for a total return of $500,000. The $250,000 Bonus Dividend represented 69.9% of the dividends already paid to the members in 2006. The $250,000 Interest Rebate represented a return to the credit union’s members of 16.4% of the interest they had paid on their loans during 2006. The $42 million credit union was chartered in 1958 to serve the financial needs of the employees of what is now BASF Geismar, Louisiana.
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