Generally, when you suspend a G/L, journal activity cannot occur on a suspended G/L account. Any balance in the account will remain, but the account cannot be used for any posting. However, there may be some places, such as configurations driven by the specific suspended G/L (that were configured prior to the G/L being suspended) that still will use the suspended G/L. In this case the transaction was posted via a Misc. Posting Code. These are used when posting things such as misc. receipts   More...

The Internet Retailer Support Center (IRSC) is a support desk at CU*Answers for credit union virtual channel project managers. It brings together several digital strategy products into one cohesive location and a single point of contact—no more searching across CU*Answers’ websites for forms saved in different places! Credit unions looking to expand their virtual channel marketplace will be able to shop and explore the offerings online as well as check project development status. The  More...

CU*BASE has a powerful tool to help complete your credit union's quarterly NCUA 5300 Call Report. There are many different automated calculation routines you can set up that will calculate much of the data you will need, pulling from your General Ledger and member account data. To list all of these tools, click the Filter by Category button on the CU*BASE home page and choose the 5300 category (you'll find it at the bottom of the list of categories). Refer to the links below for more   More...

If you press the SHIFT key five times in rapid succession it will ask if you would like to turn on StickyKeys. If you click OK, it will turn on StickyKeys. StickyKeys is an accessibility option in Windows that allows for someone to use the CTRL, ALT or SHIFT keys one key at a time without having to hold the keys down. To turn StickyKeys off: Click on the Start button Click Control Panel If you see “Pick a category” with 10 categories below, click Accessibility Options, and then c  More...

Follow these steps to change a member's opt in/out preferences for marketing and other communications: Launch Tool #15 Update Membership Information Type in the member’s account base You will be shown a screen with general member information such as name and address Use Enter until you reach the final screen with the Other Information sub-heading Check the CU contact opt out box Press Enter to save and finish You may also update the Flag using Phone Operator. Simply select the Na  More...

When sending emails to members from CU*BASE, or any emails to members for that matter, Google, Yahoo, and likely many other major tech companies that deal with email traffic require that the email include what they call a one-click unsubscribe link. Having the member reply to the email or call a number decreases the delivery rates of your message and makes it more readily marked as spam. Simply have the link say, Unsubscribe and link it to an external opt-out website (that you will need to   More...

All of the calculation routines in this software assume that each Corporate ID is reported to the NCUA separately. Each time you create a new Call Report, you will be asked to specify the Corp ID, and each corporation must be completed separately.

Yes! The Call Report software is able to calculate more than one automation routine for the same NCUA account code. This is especially useful for the loan areas of the Call Report when you need to gather information from various codes (purpose, security, category, G/L) for the same NCUA category or if you have off-trial-balance (OTB) loans and in-house loans that fall into the same NCUA category. Each automation routine is set up separately then is automatically added together to provide the   More...

Tool # 362 Enter Quarterly Call Report Data can be accessed by more than one CU employee at the same time. That way you could assign more than one person the responsibility to complete different sections of the Call Report. Keep in mind, though, that if both people update the same account code (field) , the system will simply save whatever the last entry was. So your staff need to be careful that they aren't both trying to update the same sections of the report at the same time!

Yes. For example, you could use G/L automation routine to gather a G/L account total(s) plus use a purpose code routine to gather a total of certain loan accounts, and the sum of both would be used for the account code on the 5300 report.

A discrepancy in the number and amount of loans is because the reports gather the information differently. The Selective Loan Info report (sometimes referred to as the Loan Trial Balance ) is gathering the loans using “Total number of payments” and the Loan Maturity Report is calculating the length of time to maturity from the appropriate date (as specified for “Calculate length of time from maturity from”) and gathering the loans that fall into the maturity ranges ent  More...

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​ For General Support and CU*BASE Assistance: Use the AnswerBook to submit a question to the Client Services and Education team. You can access the AnswerBook via a CU*BASE session by selecting the @ symbol and asking a question, or by logging in and asking a question. You can also call 616-285-5711 or 800-327-3478 and follow the menu prompts to reach a representative. For Technical Support: Use the ConnectWise ticketing system to submit a question to the Network Services team. ConnectWise   More...

IMPORTANT NOTE: When It’s Me 247 was updated in 2021, the “See” option shown on here was made unavailable. There are two major points to consider when thinking about allowing members to see information beyond the account to which they are actually logged in. Both extend beyond online banking to consider a financial institution’s role and responsibility in protecting member private data via all access channels, from the teller line to a back office employee answering   More...

There are two methods used to track delinquent loans for reporting purposes in CU*BASE: Method One (for Collections tracking) We have always tracked delinquency in two separate fields for “Months” and ‘Days” in the member files. When a loan is 30 days delinquent, it shows as “0 Months, 30 Days” delinquent. When a loan is 31 days delinquent, it is “1 Month, 0 Days” delinquent. A month is always considered 30 days regardless of the actual number o  More...

What This Message Means: This appears when the member has tried 3 times to enter their password incorrectly. The message does instruct the member to click I forgot my password and answer all three Security Questions to reset the password themselves. But if the member doesn't know their password or their security questions, they will need to contact the CU. BE CAREFUL: This is a scenario that presents the most risk to your members. If a bad guy finds out a member's name, account nu  More...

There is a table called MBRAPPSTAT which holds records of various API calls done during the entire member authentication process, even before they have successfully logged in to online banking (even if through the mobile app). That is the first place TO look to see records of what's happening with this member's account as they step through that process. There is one row for each API call, and each API call represents a different phase of the process. For example - Get Username, Get Chall  More...

The two reports are using different criteria to determine loan delinquency: Loan Delinquency Analysis With the 13.0 release in the spring of 2013, the Loan Delinquency Analysis Report (Tool #461) was changed to report loan delinquency in days instead of months per updated NCUA requirements (see below*). The current processing date is compared to the next payment date to determine the actual number of days delinquent. This is most commonly used report for obtaining delinquency information for  More...

Xtend, Inc. is a CUSO with a select group of credit union leaders independent of CU*Answers. Xtend consulting is about creative services, access to marketplaces that may be outside the scope of smaller credit unions or even CU*Answers, and the sharing of resources that no single organization is able to afford. Participating credit unions have discussed using Xtend operationally to improve share branching concepts, provide call centers, share human resources, set up combined member outreach pro  More...

The system will automatically generate an email any time an member's password is reset using the tools in CU*BASE (such as Tool #14 Member Personal Banker ) or in online banking by the member. This message is sent automatically to the email address already on file for the member. This is a security feature that is intended to warn members if someone else initiates a password change on their accounts without their knowledge. The content of the email reads as follows: If changed by a member in  More...

Starting with 2017 year-end, you can use Tool 822 Smart Operator: Daily Operations Log to view tax file transmissions. This tool will now contain data center tax processing information. Access the tool and use the Process lookup button to select one of the process codes below to view the processing date and time information for the following tax processes: PROCESS CODE PROCESS DESCRIPTION ASCFMVCRT Ascensus FMV file created ASCDSTCRT Ascensus Distrib file created ASCCONCRT Ascensus Contrib f  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...

The e-Alerts that warn a member his balance has gone below (or above) a certain dollar amount are generated once the member's available balance falls below or above the configured tolerance. At that time, the e-Alert will appear in the online banking message center. The accompanying email notifications are sent within 30 minutes of the the online banking notification. (Self-Processors and other cuasterisk.com partners may opt to send email notifications more or less frequently based on syste  More...

The member can call Fiserv's collection line at 800-848-1337. Once the member has settled the debit with Fiserv, their account can be reactivated.