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What commands are available in text banking?
Keywords are not case sensitive. For example, you can type either help or HELP or even Help and you'll get the same result. BAL Reponses to BAL include the available balance on three savings accounts/and or checking accounts. Member Text: BAL Text Response: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:$-9,999,999.99, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:$-9,999,999.99, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:$-9,999,999.99. Reply HELP for help. Msg Data Rates May Apply. If multiple memberships are enrolled with the same phone, the response will ask you to specif More...
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How is the data gathered for the new search engine that's used by Member Inquiry and Xpress Teller?
We pull data from many different tables into a new behind-the-scenes table called a view. When a search is performed we look at everything in that view and return a result wherever we got a hit in any column or row in that table. The view selects data from the following files: MASTER membership info (account base, DBA name, employee #*, last name, first name, middle initial, reference*, SSN, member type) MSNONMBR non-member info (SSN/TIN, first name, last name, middle initial, member type) Th More...
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What do the reason codes mean for my Member's A2A transaction?
The following Reason Codes are used with the A2A processing: 00 - Payment accepted 01 - Invalid bank routing number 02 - Invalid checking account number 07 - Algorithm code invalid 08 - Invalid alternate company 09 - Missing or incomplete data in URL 10 - Invalid date format 11 - Invalid access number 16 - Bad password 17 - Invalid User ID 18 - Transaction already processed 19 - Account info does not match 20 - Invalid credit card number 21 - invalid credit card expiration date 22 - Credit card More...
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If I use Account Maintenance to update a Dividend Application and the corresponding general ledger number, will a journal entry be automatically posted for the principal balance (and any accrued dividends) of the member account?
Yes, the general ledger entry will post automatically in end-of-day processing. Account Maintenance can be used to change the dividend application for member accounts based on the product parameters. For example, a Student Checking may have an age maximum at which point the checking account may need to move the credit union's regular checking product offering. If the Dividend Application configuration have the same suffix range, there is no need to order new checks, change any ACH or Payroll More...
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How can I get a member who has a balance on an OTB Credit Card onto my CU*BASE database so they are able to take advantage of a sweep account to pay on their credit card?
In some cases, the general upload file that is received by CU*Answers on a daily basis only contains accounts where a member has had a change to their account. Contact your OTB vendor to see if you can request a full file to be sent so that all card information would be sent in the upload file to CU*Answers. (In some cases if your CU is already being charged for the upload it is possible there would be no change in price to have the full file sent over.)
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Can we pull credit reports for member service products such as debit cards, checking accounts, membership requests?
Yes. You can pull a credit report for any service using the online credit bureau process. Using Tool #53 Process Member Applications, use action code CR to pull the report without creating a loan request and application. We can then create Member Services denial notices for debit cards, checking accounts, ATM cards, etc.
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What is the best way to handle payoff for an online credit card account?
There are three choices. 1. Manually add the estimated finance charges to the balance of the account and have the member make the full payoff at that time. Then clear the cumulative balance on the individual buckets to ensure that there are no finance charges assessed on the account. To do this you will launch Tool #20 Update Account Information. Select the credit card account and then select F16/Chg Type Maint. Select the individual bucket and select the Maintenance action code. In the cumulat More...
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Are there ever situations where a member would get a credit card statement but not a regular member account statement in the same month?
It's possible but fairly rare, given how most CUs set up their statement criteria. The two statement types are independent as far as the criteria that determine whether a member gets a statement or not. Typically a CU sets up their regular account statement to look at OC (open credit) accounts, which includes online credit cards, and produce a regular statement if there is any activity. Likewise, a credit card statement is generally set up to produce a CC statement only if there is activi More...
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I need help with ordering an online credit card for the co-applicant/secondary person on a Visa account. I just ordered one for the member; how do I order one for the wife, who is listed as a co-applicant on the Visa loan?
T o order an online credit card for a co-applicant on the loan account, you would complete the following steps: Launch Tool #12 Update/Order Online Credit Cards Enter the member number and suffix for the Visa loan account OR If you have the last 4 digits of the primary member's Visa card number, you may enter that instead Use Enter to continue On the next screen you will see a card that has been ordered for your primary member only. On the lower left corner of the screen, choose Add More...
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If I activate Statement Style Fees, what happens on a month when a member gets only their credit card statement and not a regular account statement too?
Printed Statement Style fees are triggered only by production of a regular account statement (based on a file called STPRINT01, which is generated only with regular statements, not CC statements) . If a member gets only a credit card statement, they wouldn’t get a fee that particular month. If the next month they get both a credit card statement and a regular statement, then they would get a fee that time. (Note: We do always produce a year-end statement for every member, no matter wha More...
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I have an online credit card loan account where the balance from the previous month end was paid in full by the payment due date, yet the member still incurred a finance charge. Why?
Credit card finance charges can be confusing as they are different from a normal simple daily interest consumer loan, because billing cycles play a part in the finance charge calculation. Both current and previous billing cycles are required for the calculation to qualify for a configured grace period. Grace period flags are determined by the credit union and disclosed in their credit card disclosures. Finance charges are waived if the account qualifies for the grace period configured in the loa More...
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Can I use the Debit Card Round Up feature to transfer round-up funds to our credit union's internal membership account, if a member wanted to use round up money for charitable contributions? If so, will the member be able to see our credit union's member account # on their statements and in online banking?
Yes, you can designate your credit union's own savings (or checking) account number to receive round-up funds when setting up a member's round-up transfers, if you wish. 1. Launch Tool #14 Member Personal Banker for a member who wants to participate 2. Select the Debit Card Roundup enrollment button and double click on the member's desired suffix 3. Enter in your credit union's internal account for the account to which you'd like the round-up funds transferred (this accou More...
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If I decide to use the separate Mortgage Statement feature to send monthly statements on my mortgage accounts, will the statements arrive in the same envelope as regular and credit card statements?
No, at least not if processed by Sage Direct. Mortgage statements will be sent in their own envelope, one envelope per mortgage account. In fact, mortgage statements are processed separately and after regular and CC statements, so they may not necessarily even arrive on the same day in the member's mailbox. Normally e-statements for all three statement types would be generated on the same day and available to members at roughly the same time. The first month we run mortgage statements fo More...
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Why on an ATM or Debit card do I need to flag a member's card as "hot" and also close the same card in order to close the linked account or close the membership?
When a credit union statuses a member's card as 'HOT' or warm (Lost/Stolen/Fraud/Restricted), this information is transmitted immediately to your vendor to stop any further withdrawals/purchases being performed with that particular card. But at your vendor a 'Hot Card' is not considered to be a closed card. When your member's card remains at a HOT or Warm card status on CU*BASE, CU*BASE is still required to send any maintenance updates such as address change, phone numbe More...
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When looking at the ATM/Debit or Credit Card Activity screen, what does the indicator in the Type and Transaction Description mean?
The fields are related to Process Codes, in that they are derived from the code attached to the message received from the plastics processor (vendor, or switch). The Type you see in the initial Type column of the Activity screen relates directly to the Transaction Description when you view additional transaction details. Transaction types may not apply to all vendors. Examples of these labels are as follows: DEP (Deposit Transactions) ATM/DEP A deposit made at an ATM. ATM/DEP - including a $ More...
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There is a IRS reporting requirement that states that companies that process credit and debit card payments are required to submit IRS Form 1099-K. Will CU*Answers be producing this form?
No. This law actually pertains to merchant card programs where the merchant is collecting payments for services and goods sold. Since we do not run merchant programs on our platform, this reporting requirement does not apply to us.
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Is there any way to quickly tell what card was used for an ATM/Debit card transaction? For example, a jointly owned account with 2 cards for the husband and wife.
Yes. When reviewing the history on the account, you can select the additional transaction information for the transaction in question. This will take you to the Recorded Card Activity screen for this transaction. The top of the screen presents the last four digits of the card #, and right below that, the embossed names. If a husband and wife each have a card with the same PAN (card #), you can find the card sequence # in the top right corner of the Recorded Activity Screen. This will allow y More...
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Can I just give my members an automatic skip pay on their credit cards, assuming their account is in good standing?
Yes! Tool #317 Online Credit Card Skip-a-Payment Program lets you set up a batch skip a pay program for your online credit cards which will occur at month end for the next payment date. Contact SettleMINT ( SettleMINEFT@cuanswers.com ) if you would like some help setting up a program. You can also manually adjust the payments for individual member accounts as needed, if you wish: Tool #51 Miscellaneous Loan Maintenance > Payment Changes This feature will allow you to set a fixed payment am More...
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How does CU*BASE handle Plastic reissues for my ATM/Debit/Credit card products?
CU*BASE does not perform any automated card reissues for any credit union or vendor. With the exception of two platforms*, all plastic card reissues are done for the credit union by their vendor. The normal process is the vendor sends the CU a couple of reports once monthly (usually 6 weeks out from expiration of card). One is a reissue report, the other a non-reissue report. The CU reviews and makes changes to the vendor system prior to their cutoff date for ordering the reissues. All cards More...
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How can I find out where my members have loans, credit cards, or LOCs at other financial institutions?
If you pull credit reports using the CU*BASE online credit bureau access system, credit report data is stored online and can therefore be mined for opportunities. There are a couple of ways you can find this information: Use Tool #976 Where Your Members Borrow This tool pulls trade line data from stored credit report files, showing other financial institutions with whom your members do business. This tool lets you make a direct comparison between your credit union and a competitive FI. F More...
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Our credit union has been asked to perform a member account verification (audit). What are the procedures for this process?
At some point during the year your credit union's audit firm may contact your credit union to perform a member account verification. This involves sending statements with a special message and unique return address, so that members respond to the auditing firm rather than the credit union directly. Here are some important tips to ensure your audit is successful: CU*Answers cannot change your credit union's return addresses on statements. CU*Answers uses custom statement envelopes for a More...
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A member is trying to log in to online banking and they see this message: "Online access for this account has been disabled. Please contact the Credit union to reset your password." What should I do?
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...
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I see that my member's loan account is in the credit bureau reporting file but it isn't reflected on the individual's credit report. What types of things might prevent a primary borrower or additional signer from being applied by the bureau?
If you or your member notice an account is not being updated (or the additional signer on a loan) you should first try to find out if the loan/additional signer was included in the file sent over to the bureau. You can do this for the most recent reporting cycle by running Tool #658 Print Loan Info Sent to Credit Bureau . If the member loan/additional signer information (defined by METRO 2 as the J1 segment or J2 Segment) is present in that file you need to look further into the following types More...
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The member has scheduled Automated Funds Transfer (AFT) and has selected the option to "pay the amount in full every time (for credit cards or lines of credit)". What happens if the AFT amount will result in an overpayment of the loan's current balance?
You can schedule the AFT payment to pay the amount in full every time (for credit cards or lines of credit). Making this selection allows the member to pay the LOC or credit card off every time a transfer is performed. (The recommended frequency with this AFT payment method is Monthly.) For LOCs , this means pay whatever the current balance on the loan is at the time the transfer is performed. If the AFT payment amount will result in an overpayment on the loan, the transfer amount will be adj More...
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Why, when we report a credit card to the credit
bureau, it is reporting the credit limit & high
credit fields as the same?
In the past, when reporting credit cards to the bureau, CU*Answers sends the maximum disbursement limit field for both the high credit amount and the max credit limit fields. Effective with the CU*BASE 11.4 Software Release (Nov/Dec 2011), a change was made so that this is no longer true. For open-end loans, we will report the larger of the Crrent Blance or the calculated High Credit Amount. Since members can draw on these loans at any time, the High Credit Amount will be determined using the More...
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