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BATON ROUGE, La. – Pelican State CU will pay its members a bonus dividend and loan rebate totaling $172,000.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – ACIPCO FCU said it will pay a member rebate for the 19th consecutive year.

YUBA CITY, Calif. – Sierra Central CU announced a $1-million bonus dividend for members.

DENTON, Texas – DATCU said it paid members a bonus dividend for 2011 of $363,940 on Jan. 1.

Credit unions in the U.S. have paid members more than $75 million in special bonuses and loan interst rebates for business done during 2011.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Dannemora FCU paid its members a bonus dividend of $226,000.

FREMONT, Mich. – Gerber FCU paid members a 2.43% bonus dividend at the end of December, a total of $180,000.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Community Financial CU this week will be paying members a bonus dividend for the fourth year in a row, this time of $306,000.

SOUTH COLUMBIA, S.C. – SAFE FCU paid its members a $2 million bonus dividend and loan rebate Dec. 31.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mazuma CU paid its members a year-end bonus dividend of $930,000.

RALEIGH, N.C. – State Employees’ CU, the nation’s second-biggest credit union, reported another strong year for 2011, including 10% growth to $23.7 billion in assets and a 0.82 return-on-assets.

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Hanscom FCU paid $567,000 to its member-owners at the end of 2011 in the form of a loyalty dividend.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Empower FCU said it paid its members a $2.5 million “give-back” bonus dividend and interest rebate.

FORTH WORTH, Texas – American Airlines FCU paid members a $10 million special dividend at year-end, one of the biggest member payouts for the year.

Should credit unions surpass $1 trillion in assets during 2012, it will prove to be a strong indicator of the growth CUs have seen, as many began their lives in cigar boxes. But the growth is coming with some strong challenges.

LAKE BLUFF, Ill.-Credit unions face difficult operating decisions to maintain the bottom line and to provide for $1 trillion of assets-and soon 100 million members, according to Michael Moebs.

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. – PCM CU paid $370,252 in year-end patronage refunds to its members for 2011.

FAIRBORN, Ohio – Wright-Patt CU members started off the new year last week with a $5 million special patronage dividend paid to their accounts from their credit union.

PHILADELPHIA – NCUA this afternoon took People for People Community Development CU under conservatorship while it tries to nurse the troubled CDCU back to health.

CHARLEVOIX, Mich. – Bay Winds FCU paid its members a $500,000 bonus at the end of 2011.