If you: A) automatically deactivate online banking access for all new members, and B) expire online banking passwords due to non-use after 90 days, then how do you run an online banking promotion? After all, sending a marketing piece to members won't do any good if they're disabled or locked out from logging in. Of course you could have them call the credit union to get set up, but here's another idea: Set up a special promotional period! Pick a date to start your campaign. Advert  More...

Analytics Booth Trends provide a quick and easy way to view your credit union activity over time. Trending information can show how your credit union is performing. Watch for blips and spikes to see if marketing campaigns are succeeding. Did you run a new membership drive last month? Watch the trend to see how it paid off. Trends can be viewed on over fifty key performance indicatiors including balance, member, and transaction data. The graphs displayed on the trends screen can be selected to  More...

Yes, you can customize the entry screen of Xpress Teller with four custom graphics using CU Publisher suite. All four graphics can have hyperlinks. This feature allows you to market special services, offerings, promotions, or other campaigns you wish to keep top of mind with your staff as they assist members. Learn more about this feature in the store. See the link below. When uploading graphics CU Publisher be sure to use graphics that are 420 x 210 pixels if you use the standard size screen.  More...

In this particular member's situation there was no activity in either October or November that triggered a statement. The credit union's quarterly (and year-end) statements are configured to produce a statement for every member, regardless of activity level, but monthly statements are more restrictive in an attempt to save postage costs, and not every member gets a statement every month. NOTE: CU*BASE statements have a considerable number of configuration options that allow credit unio  More...

Yes. Xtend offers a data hygiene campaign to assist you with cleaning up your email and phone numbers. Click the link below to learn more.

If the member closed their account in November, they would receive a final statement for their November transactions but will not receive a December Statement as they did not have any transactions in December and the account was not active. This would also be true for members who closed their accounts earlier in the year. For example, for a membership closed in April, the member will receive their final statement at the end of April then will not receive another statement again (not even the q  More...

This will occur after the books are closed for the year. The closing process creates a journal entry containing amounts that will zero out the income and expenses for the year. This journal batch is marked as the year-end batch. To exclude the closing entries simply enter a Y in the Year-End column when printing the financial report (Tool #640 Print CU Financials ).

Prior to the 16.10 release, the SSA began using multiple Company IDs, and it was recommended that credit unions consider using Automated Funds Transfers (AFTs) to handle distributions. Beginning the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system will be implemented that will automatically funnel all incoming company IDs from the Social Security Administration and treat them as if they came from one, consistent company ID we’re referring to as the “Primary ID.” With the changes ma  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...

Regardless of whether a member is enrolled in eStatements, the member will receive a paper copy of their tax documents in the mail, provided they earned enough dividends (or paid enough interest) through the tax year to qualify for a tax form. The presentation of tax documents in the My Documents section of It's Me 247 is an additional convenience that makes the forms readily available online, often earlier than they are provided by via mail. If you are not currently offering this feat  More...

Tool # 868 Transaction Override Report allows you to create a report that shows when a transaction override was performed on an account that was frozen, had secured or uncollected funds, as well as transaction overrides to par value (below minimum). This report was added to the Report Scheduler feature with the 15.3 CU*BASE release in December 2015. It is easy to use the Report Scheduler tool to archive monthly reports. Just enter the filter screen and make your selection of which type of ove  More...

Prior to the 16.10 release, the SSA began using multiple Company IDs, and it was recommended that credit unions consider using Automated Funds Transfers (AFTs) to handle distributions. Beginning with the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system will be implemented that will automatically funnel all incoming company IDs from the Social Security Administration and treat them as if they came from one, consistent company ID we’re referring to as the “Primary ID.” With the chang  More...

Below are some commonly asked questions about MFA. Below the questions are some fuller feature documentation resources. If members receive their one-time passcode for multi-factor authentication (MFA) via a text, how will my CU be charged for that text message? After my credit union activates multi-factor authentication for It’s Me 247 , do my members using the “jump” feature (to access a second membership without entering credentials) need to use MFA during this jump? Can you   More...

Yes. You will want to ensure that no other users are performing any general ledger processing when these steps are taken! The first step is to use Tool #202 Chart of Accounts/Budget Groups Maint and update the Current process month and year to 12/YY (December of the closing year). In addition you will want to flag the line item Current Processing year/month is equal to period 13 Y/E. Then create and post your entry using Tool #61 Create/Post GL Journal Entries. Remember to also post the ne  More...

Of course we are always happy to assist you in explaining system features to your auditors and examiners. We will be glad to talk directly to your examiner to explain not only how the tools and security features work, but also the strategic ideas behind why things work they way they do and the direction in which we are heading. Please contact a CSR or our CEO directly if you need help working with your examiners.

With MFA, the member is presented a text message for a secondary authentication into online banking. Because of this, your credit union may wish to do the following to update the personal information that you have on file for your member. Xtend offers data hygiene campaigns to clean up your contact database. See the link to Xtend’s program below. You can add a banner in online banking that directs the member to the page where they can update their personal information in online banking the  More...

This data comes from the TAX file. This file is created automatically at year-end and populated with things like dividends, interest paid, and other details to be reported to the IRS and printed on tax forms. When it comes to Property Tax and PMI, things get a little complicated. Over the years the IRS has shifted back and forth as to (a) whether we are obligated to report this data to the IRS or (b) whether it can simply be reported to members via the 1098 form, regardless of whether the IRS  More...

When a terminal is not working or is locked up, authorized branch personnel may follow these simple procedures. Launch Tool #763 Reset User Login Password/Device . I nsert the failed terminal ID into the Device name field. To locate your device name, click the question mark at the bottom of any screen and then About this Application. For CU*BASE GOLD, the device name will end in G0, G1, etc. Use Enter. Your printer and terminal sessions should reset, and you’ll be right back to business  More...

For CU*Answers online clients, effective in March 2017 the standard online retention is 12 months for basic savings and checking accounts, and 48 months for all certificates, IRAs (shares and CDs), HSA share and checking accounts, club accounts (such as vacation, holiday, Christmas), tax escrows, and all loans. Prior to March 2017, data retention was 6 months for savings/checking, and 24 months for other member transaction history . Note that when this data is purged, it also removes the additio  More...

Based on our research there are only two areas of the FACT Act that directly relate to CU*BASE tools. One has to do with credit reports and the other with your credit union's requirement to provide certain notices to members. As far as the credit report requirements, Sync1 and the three credit bureaus are working together to provide all of the necessary information on all credit reports pulled through the CU*BASE online credit bureau access system. New data will appear on the human-reada  More...

Credit Unions can use the Customer Care software tracking feature. However, the Client Service Department is happy to handle the tracking function for our clients.

Credit unions have the option to have teller check holds based on business or calendar days. Use Tool #849 Automated Holds Configuration to update how the system calculates holds. If you select to have the system calculate using only business days you must also launch Tool #243 Configure CU Non-Business Days which allows a credit union to indicate what processing days they follow (Sunday through Saturday), to indicate whether the credit union observes all standard Federal holidays, and/or t  More...

The FRB produces six sets of files each business day on weekdays, Monday through Friday, except for Federal Holidays. CU*Answers posts the files as follows: CU*Answers receives the first and sixth set of files overnight and posts them by 8:30 AM ET. As this posting is a combined posting, two Receive reports and one Posting report are produced. CU*Answers receives the second set of files by noon and posts by 1:00 PM ET. Same-day credits must be posted with this file. CU*Answers receives the thir  More...

The non-business days configuration, which includes Federal holidays, is used only when calculating the release dates on check holds placed at the teller line or elsewhere. It is not related to 7-day processing. NOTE: Holds are released according to the release date on the individual Uncollected Funds record, regardless of whether daily processing is run on Sunday or not. If an Uncollected Funds record has a release date that falls on a Sunday, the hold is released on Sunday. This will work t  More...

Credit union FROM email addresses are closely regulated and monitored within CU*BASE. As a mass email sender, and as an entity that sends on behalf of the network of credit unions, CU*Answers must meet standards of compliance set forth by email service providers, such as Google and Yahoo. Many of these standards rely on our email being delivered to appropriate and accurate member emails, from correctly configured credit union emails. If we fall out of compliance with these standards, we run the   More...