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SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – Motorola Employees CU paid its members a special patronage dividend of $750,000 on Dec. 31.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said today that last year’s liquidation of Telesis Community CU, the year’s biggest failure, is projected to cost the National CU Share Insurance Fund losses of around $72 million, most of it on bad member business loans made by the one-time $615 million Chatsworth, California, credit union.

JOLIET, Ill. – NuMark CU paid its members a Dec. 31 bonus amounting to a 5% auto loan interest rebate and a $5 checking bonus for December – a total of $230,000.

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Penn. – U$X FCU paid its members $420,000 in member loyalty rewards.

There remains more concern than celebration among CU economists following last week's passing of a bill that backs the United States away from the so-called fiscal cliff.

MENOMINIE, Wis. – WESTconsin CU paid members almost $1 million in bonus dividends and interest rebates on Dec. 31.

DENTON, Texas – DATCU CU, which recorded its best year ever, shared record earnings with its members by paying $974,000 in special dividends Jan. 1.

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.

ANTIGO, Wis. – CoVantage CU announced $1.5 million in patronage dividends were paid to the credit union’s borrowing and saving members.

DEARBORN, Mich. – More than 100,000 members of DFCU Financial will get a big bonus tomorrow, the credit union’s annual Special Patronage Dividend—this year a record $21 million.

AUSTIN, Texas – A group of Houston, Dallas and Austin-area Muslims has applied to state regulators to charter the first credit union that would be operated under Muslim law, that is a credit union that would be barred from charging interest on loans.

MANISTEE, Mich. – Members of Filer Credit Union are starting their new year with a little something extra.

KANSAS CITY – K.C. Police Credit Union will pay the first dividend in its 78-year history on Dec. 31.

HARBOR, Ore. – NCUA liquidated Chetco FCU Friday night and assigned the remnants of the one-time $375 million credit union, the year’s 21st failure, to two west coast credit unions in an unprecedented purchase and assumption agreement.

MADISON, Wis. – Among the trendlines from 2012 that will need to be addressed in 2013 for America’s credit union community is the clear case of the “haves” and “have-nots” when it comes to growth.

In-branch transactions may be on the decline, but the west coast and southeast are seeing a boom in branch growth.

This year will go down as a record year for loan originations, membership gains and capital increases, noted an analysis released by CUNA Mutual last week.

HARAHAN, La. – CU Cooperative Branching, Louisiana’s shared branching CUSO, has approved a 4% dividend payable to eligible shareholders as of Jan. 1, 2013.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Guardian CU paid members more than $800,000 last week in the form of interest rebates and dividend bonuses, as it heads towards one of its best years ever.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Scott CU, having its biggest year ever, paid members a $1.2 million bonus dividend and loan interest rate rebate.