Performance reports

Black Friday debit spending was up 12% this year over the last two holiday spending sprees-good news for CUs hoping that debit transaction volume can continue to offset falling swipe fees.

OGDEN, Utah—Goldenwest Credit Union has awarded members an annual bonus dividend, bringing the CU's total return to members to more than $5.8 million over the last decade.

TULLAHOMA, Tenn. -- Ascend FCU has made its members holiday season a little brighter with a $5-million bonus dividend.

MIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical Employees' CU is giving back $11 million in member rebates this year, a record for the credit union.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Scott Credit Union has handed out a $1.3 million bonus dividend to members.

PEORIA, Ill. -- CEFCU announced it has paid members a record $12 million extraordinary dividend this year.

MADISON, Wis. - With two weeks left of the year and fourth quarter data still to be parsed out, CUNA Mutual Group says 2013 "will go down as an exceptional year for CUs."

KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- Eastman Credit Union announced it will pay a $6 million year-end dividend to its members.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation placed Bagumbayan Credit Union into conservatorship after assets plummeted at the small Chicago institution.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Third quarter data released by NCUA last week offered more signs of strengthening, leading one economist to declare, "we're officially out of the woods."

ARLINGTON, Va. — That's the response from David Carrier, chief economist and director of research at NAFCU, following NCUA's release of third quarter data.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — While overall loan growth increased by 6.8% in the year ending in the third quarter of 2013, NCUA is reporting that Idaho and Rhode Island blew past that, with loan growth of 15.2% and 12.6%, respectively.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Loan growth at federally insured credit unions continues to rise, along with net worth and membership totals, according to third quarter data released by NCUA today.

ATLANTA — The number of credit unions buying banks will likely increase next year, along with the size of the deals.

PLANO, Texas — While CEOs are seeing a number of positive growth signs within credit unions, their outlook on the overall economy may be headed in a different direction — and part of the reason may be Washington.

LAS VEGAS — At the end of the day it's often the measure of success-the bottom line, and it can be a challenging metric for a financial institution to manage in today's economy.

NEW YORK—NCUA will receive $78 million from Ally Financial under a settlement of claims the credit union regulator filed over mortgage-backed securities the former GMAC subprime loan subsidiary known as Residential Capital, or ResCap, sold to three corporate credit union failures.

VIENNA, Va. — Navy FCU reported Monday that it added another 234,000 new members in the third quarter and 445,000 new members over the past 12 months — for a total of 4.6 million.

CARSON CITY, Nev.—While some might refer to the recent economic downturn as a financial crisis, a recession, or even the ""Great Recession," Wally Murray calls it "The Dark Times."

SAN FRANCISCO—As credit unions from California and Nevada converge here for the Annual Meeting and Convention of their two state CU leagues this week, the answer to the question "How are you doing?" will depend greatly on which state is called home.