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SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Empower Federal Credit Union is paying a $2.5 million “giveback” bonus to its members in the form of extra interest on deposits and rebates on loans. The bonuses will be paid on Dec. 31.

ONTARIO, Calif.—CU Direct’s 20 for 20 Giveback Campaign has now grown to $60,000 in donations spread across six different Children’s Miracle Network hospitals.

WASHINGTON—Just a month after CUToday.info published a series of stories examining the risk of rising rates and competition for deposits at credit unions, the FDIC has also published its Winter issue of Supervisory Insights in which it urges its regulated institutions to look at key aspects of interest rate risk (IRR) management, including the implementation of effective governance processes, the development of key assumptions for analyzing IRR, the development of an in-house independent review of IRR management systems, and what to expect during an IRR review.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Xtend, Inc., a CUSO owned by 83 credit unions, announced it will pay its third stock dividend in four years as the result of a strong fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30.

WASHINGTON—Five credit union trade associations have sent a comment letter to the Department of Defense on its proposal to amend the rules on Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents, which implement the Military Lending Act (MLA).