A 1096 IRS Tax Form is required if an institution is filing your IRS Tax file using paper format. Since CU*Answers transmits your IRS Tax File electronically this form is not required to be completed. Reports (P1099 x, P1098 x , P5498 x) are generated automatically for each form type are generated when our Operations Team creates the files for the IRS in February and May. These reports contain the totals for each tax form type created.

This comes from the Workstation Device Configuration in CU*BASE. To view or change this: Launch Tool #326 CU Hardware Configuration Select Terminal/Workstation In the list of workstations, locate the ID of the workstation you are looking up and double click on it (or just type the ID and press Enter) This will open up the terminal's configuration in CU*BASE. In the middle is the list of default printers where your documents will print: General Printer - this will be the printer to which a  More...

For online credit unions, contact a Client Service Representative or complete the It's Me 247 Configuration Change Request Form (see the link below; requires Microsoft Word) to activate this flag. You can also define how long the stop pay orders will remain on file before being purged, in # of days or months. For self-processors, this is done using OPER Tool # 5356 Online Banking Configuration and OPER Tool #5511 Audio Response Configuration . IMPORTANT: If you have already activat  More...

If you need to allow an employee to perform upload and/or download tasks (FinCEN, AIRES, ALM, uploading G/L entries to post, etc.), you must first complete the iShield Security Access Request form and have it signed by your credit union’s designated Security Officer to sign. Once our Client Services team receives your signed form and verifies it, a request will be submitted to our System i administrators, and you will be notified when the new permissions have been granted. This process wi  More...

No, you do not have to automatically activate OLB or ARU for new memberships. Actually, you can default all new memberships to deactivate online banking and/or audio response access until the member specifically requests it. This is highly recommended as it helps to protect members who join the credit union but never get around to using your online tools right away. These accounts may be your most vulnerable since the member hasn't set up a private password or security questions. By deact  More...

The following applies only to CUs that do NOT use the Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine for CU*Talk Audio Response. In order to read a rate message to a member in CU*Talk Audio Response, the system must find both a recorded message for that position and a rate greater than 0.000 on the corresponding position in your configuration (Tool #882 Update ARU Interest Rates ). For example, message #1 and rate #1 must both exist in order to read the rate message to the member. Remember that in order for mes  More...

The previous tools used for uploading and downloading to and from CU*BASE will be retired when your credit union recieves the 20.07 CU*BASE software release. For online and Site-Four credit unions, that date is Sunday, July 12. Self-processing credit unions will receive the release the following Sunday, July 19. To replace the two tools, a new tool was introduced in November 2018, Tool #1375 Data Transfers (Upload or Download) . Following the release, this tool will be the default data transfer  More...

Transfer Control means that a member must tell you the account numbers where he or she would like to be able to transfer funds in Online Banking. (Audio Banking does not support Transfer Control lists.) Remember that these are accounts that will receive funds from the member's own account. If only transfer control lists are activated, a member will only choose from a drop-down list of names (not account numbers) from his configured transfer control list. You will need to decide how membe  More...

Both of these terms refer to types of Secondary Names records that can be linked to individual savings, checking, certificate and IRA accounts. There are actually three types of links, tracked via records in the SECNAMES (Secondary Names) database table: Joint owners (type J ) Beneficiaries (type B ) Miscellaneous owners (type M - added with the 18.10 release) All are simply links from an account to another membership (MASTER) or non-member (MSNONMBR) record. Labels used when displaying t  More...

No. This requires a very high level of security access on the iSeries, which we cannot make available to our clients. The only way for CU*BASE user IDs to be created or deleted is to fill out and submit a Credit Union Security Authorization Request to our Client Services team. This form can be found on our CU*Answers Online store (use the link below).

For online credit unions, contact a Client Service Representative or complete the It's Me 247 Configuration Change Request Form (see the link below; requires Microsoft Word) to activate this flag. For self processors, this is done using OPER Tool #5356 Online Banking Configuration and OPER Tool #5511 Audio Response Configuration . IMPORTANT: If you have already activated PIB and your members have a PIB profile, remember that the ability to view ACH records is controlled by the member&#  More...

Enter your device library by launching Tool #326 CU Hardware Configuration. You will need the correct authority to do so. Decide what the ID for the new device should be based on your existing device listing. Complete a Workstation Request form and fax it to the Systems Team at (616) 285-5735. If you don't have one available, you can get one by by going to NET > Technical Support Info > Links in your GOLD session; choose the New Workstation Request. Requests will be completed within   More...

As we transition from CU*BASE GOLD to CBX, we are shifting from an application that runs directly on a workstation to a more modern, browser-based solution. Previously, CU*BASE GOLD relied on command-line arguments and local temporary files to interact with multiple applications. This approach is not sustainable for the future, as web browsers lack the capability to execute command-line requests and require called applications to be installed and registered on the system. To address this limitat  More...

Tray assignments are controlled by a combination of the model in the CU*BASE library, the print session configuration, the Windows driver, and the settings on the printer itself. Let's break down how each affects it first: Model in library - each model defines the PCL code that CU*BASE appends to the print job for duplex and trays. If the wrong model is selected, the wrong PCL may be pushed with the print job. It is also important to have a supported printer , otherwise CU*Answers cannot   More...

Only a CU*Answers team member can add a new user ID to CU*BASE. Please submit a “Credit Union Security Authorization Request” available in the store. (See link below.) This form must be completed and signed by the credit union’s security officer listed on file at CU*Answers. Please complete ALL fields of ‘Section 3: Credit Union Authorization’, or the form will be rejected. The User ID request is added to AnswerBook for documentation. All CU*BASE user IDs are ten-  More...

Passwords do not expire according to a set period (such as every 30 days). However, you can activate a feature called non-use expiration for your online banking passwords. This is a feature that automatically locks a person from logging in to online banking if they have not logged in during the past 90 (or 60, or whatever) days. We recommend a setting of no more than 90 days, although 60 or even 30 days is even better. Remember that your most vulnerable accounts are those where members aren&  More...

No. There is no system connection whatsoever between the user ID a person uses to log in to CU*BASE and the CU*BASE employee ID your credit union assigns to the employee that controls what specific tools they can access. For online credit unions, the CU*BASE login/user ID must be set up by an authorized data center security officer; your credit union cannot create these but can request them via forms available from a Client Service Representative. This ID simply controls a user’s overall  More...

For online credit unions, contact a Client Service Representative or complete the It's Me 247 Configuration Change Request Form (see the link below; requires Microsoft Word) to activate this flag. AFT and CFT maintenance can each be activated separately. For self-processors, this is done using OPER Tool #5356 Online Banking Configuration and OPER Tool #5511 Audio Response Configuration . For a description of how members can update or create new AFT/CFT records in Online Banking, refer to  More...

CU*Answers process Analytics Booth contracts on Wednesdays. Depending on when your order form arrives, the next Wednesday we will make the request to begin your data harvesting. This gives us a week to add your credit union to our data collection routines and verify that data is being collected properly. When the next Wednesday comes, and we've verified Analytics Booth is receiving your data properly, your credentials will be emailed to you. You will be assigned a temporary password that  More...