The process can vary a bit according to the vendor, but here's a discussion about how it works for credit unions on the CO-OP network, as an example. In most cases, debit card authorizations create a Misc. Secured Shares record on the member's account to hold the funds. When the actual transaction comes in, this record is automatically deleted. (There are exceptions to this rule, such as gas purchases.) A little history: In the past, debit card authorizations would add a hold to an ind  More...

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...

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.)

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The 800 number that appears on the front of the statement for credit counseling services is a national one that is paid for by CU*Answers, to cover all CUs in the network. This information cannot be customized at this time.

This is controlled by the Grace period (# of days) setting in the payment change control section of your Loan Category configuration (LOC and open-end loans only). See the online help topic (link below) for more details about how this field works to calculate the next payment due date on zero-balance LOCs.

Online CUs must contact a Client Service Representative to make these changes to your configuration. (You can, however, view the configuration using Tool #961 Audit Reg E Triggers for Stmts. As long as you let us know before the last day of a month we can make the changes to your configuration before statements are generated on the 1st. (Self Processors can change these settings via OPER > MNOP09 Member Statement Config. ) Regulation Z Reg. Z

If an employee attempts to order an ATM, debit or credit card for a membership with a SSN/TIN that appears on the plastic orders denial of service block list, an employee cannot order the card. If the employee tries to order a card (via ATM/Debit Card Maintenance (Tool #11) or Update/Order Online Credit Cards (Tool #12), during the membership open process), or when creating a credit card loan, or when adding an OTB credit cards (via Member Inquiry (F1), then OTB/Cards (F17)), they will see mess  More...

Launch Tool #145 ATM/Dbt/Crdt: Audit Card Status Changes , locate the activity record (the User/Employee ID column will say ONLINE STS ), select it and choose Additional Status Information. The following vendor response codes may be sent from STAR/PSCU: ■ 00 - Successful ■ 25 - Record Not on File (P) Card not in CMA ■ 26 - Record Already on File (AM) Card already activated ■ 29 - Unsuccessful (any other denial code) SGD Activation not supported, any other problems with processing the trans  More...

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...

The reports associated with the Standard ATM/Debit process are as follows: LPANTX1 Detail Information for transactions (Card # order) LPANTX2 Summary Information for transactions (BIN order) - USED FOR BALANCING SETTLEMENT TOTALS LPANEX Exceptions report (Broken down into three sections: Denials, Unposted Items, and ISA Fees) LPANAC1 Detail Information for transactions (Account # order) LPANAC2 Summary Information for transactions (BIN order) PADLIM Report  More...

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...

This comes from Fiserv's records, which are provided to them by the Federal Reserve (through the FRB's Checks Department).