For loans opened during the same tax year, the system uses the end-of-month balance from the same month when the account was opened for the beginning balance reported on form 1098. Since the loan was opened in February but not disbursed during February, that EOM balance will be 0.00, which is what will appear on the 1098 form for that tax year. Remember that CU*BASE does retain balances for every loan for every day of the year, which is why we must use a balance from the end-of-month snapshot.  More...

No, CU*BASE cannot automatically remove the 08 Payment Stopped code from an ACH distribution record. ACH stop payments are tricky. Since an ACH stop payment is only valid for a specific payment, the system would have no way to determine which payment it was applicable for as it’s not easily identified by simply using the posting date. Often the information needed is located in other optional fields of the ACH record such as company descriptive date. For instance, if a member is NSF for  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 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...

Yes, you can still set restrictions on the immediate release of funds, including setting a maximum check amount. You will build these requirements into your business rules. We will assist you with this during your onboarding process.

Yep! Either press F5 to pop the Preferences window, or right-click anywhere on the home page and choose Preferences from the pop-up menu.

Members whose character-count fall below the new minimum required characters will have their online banking passwords reset, and upon their first login, will have to change their passwords to meet the new password minimum length.

CU*BASE uses phone numbers that are stored in the MASTPH file when generating card activation information to send to vendors on initial card orders. The numbers in MASTPH are determined by the label/flag applied in Tool #3 Open/Maintain Memberships/Accounts or Tool #15 Update Membership Information as follows: Nighttime # - primary phone number sent to vendor and defaulting into the Card Activation field when ordering a card. Daytime # - secondary phone number sent to the vendor. Mobile –   More...

The following things are not affected by 7-day back office processing changes implemeted in February 2019. ACH - ACH will continue to process as always. OTB - OTB is not affected by 7-day back office processing. RDC - Deposits are processed seven days a week or by credit union configuration. eAlerts - These are sent with an automated process that is not changed with 7-day back office processing.

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...

When setting up the loan request, enter a First payment date that is the appropriate month-end date. For example, if creating a loan request on August 25, you would specify that the first payment is due on September 30. Then enter a 31 into the Payment day field. This will trigger the system always to use the last day of any given month going forward (31, or 30, or 28 or 29 for February). To adjust this on new loan requests going forward, set the Day of first payment as 31 using Tool #470 Loa  More...

In this tool, you can request which date range to view. For example, in February, you can view Jan 1 through Jan 31. However, if you run this same date range in March, you may see different results. This is because this dashboard requires a MASTER record (an open membership) to display the refunds for that account. If a member received a refund, then subsequently closed their account, the total count of fee refunds are no longer displayed, thus resulting in different counts.

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.

When you use the filter buttons on the File Maintenance Inquiry dashboard (Tool #159: Audit File Maintenance Inquiry (CUFMNT)), indicators note which programs, fields/columns, and files/tables AuditLink has flagged as “critical” for auditing teams to monitor on a daily basis. You can quickly sort by that indicator and select only those items for a quick scan of maintenance that directly affects member accounts. Below is a listing of these critical items. Columns/Fields Field Why   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...

The differences ultimately come down to control and cost. The online ASP system is the fastest, simplest, most inexpensive way to get started with an e-documents strategy for your credit union. With online ASP you offload the back-end service management headaches to CU*Answers. We manage, backup, secure, and patch/upgrade the eDOC servers and databases and these processes fall under our SAS 70 and third party security audits. The online ASP system consists of electronic storage of receipts, loan  More...

Between February 23, 2021 and June 11, 2021, credit unions who have links from their website to our business online banking product (formerly known as It's My Biz 247 ), will need to adjust the URL on those links to BizLink 247 as follows (the parts in red are the only parts that need to be changed, and ### represents your online banking ID): OLD ADDRESS NEW ADDRESS https://www. itsmybiz247 .com/###/Authentication/Username https://www. bizlink247 .com/###/Authentication/Username https://p  More...

CU*Answers began 7-day processing on Sunday, February 3, 2019.

Due to the growth of our network, during 2017 we will be changing the naming convention we use for CU*BASE devices (printers and workstations). We're expanding the number of characters in each device name so that more devices can easily be added as we continue to grow in the future. This new, 7-digit format will include: The CU ID The Branch Location The Device Type The Sequence Number What Your Credit Union Needs To Do CU*Answers will be working with your credit union to prepare for   More...

This has to do with the difference between the business date and activity date on a transaction that occurs around midnight, when the system might still be processing on today's business date but the clock has already moved past midnight to a different activity (system) date. For example, a member uses online banking after midnight on the 1st but we haven't yet done EOD for the 31st, then the last disbursed date on that loan account record will still be recorded as the 1st (the activity   More...

Yes. There is an Amortization Default option available in each of your Loan Product Code configurations which allows credit unions to default amortization criteria such as: Delinquency Fine Code, Rate, Payment Frequency, # of Payments etc. The system will then default this value into the applicable fields when creating a new loan request. These defaults are intended to provide consistency for all new loan requests, but can be changed/edited during the loan request process if necessary.

Corporate One FCU closes for all federal holidays. Credit for checks scanned the day before any federal holiday will not be available until the first business day after the holiday. If you scan checks on the holiday, credit will not be available until the second business day after the holiday. For example, say President's Day is Monday, February 19. Credit for checks scanned on Friday, Feb. 16 would not be available until Tuesday, Feb. 20, after 10:30 am. If your CU was open and you scanne  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...

The IRS, which makes changes to tax form layouts almost every year, recently added this new informational box to form 1098 to report the balance on a mortgage account as of January 1 of that same tax year. Each year on January 1 we capture the loan balance on all loan accounts in a special file, and then when tax forms are created at the end of the year we can use that figure. Therefore, for loans that were opened in a prior tax year, this balance is usually easy for members to understand.   More...

These message indicators appear on the CU*BASE loan insurance premium posting report (TCUNAS2 / TCUNAS3) and the Debt Protection Fee posting/exception reports (TCUNAD2 / TCUNAD3). By looking at the reports, you can tell if a premium / DP fee posted or not based on the exception. LOAN INSURANCE MESSAGES ADD SIGN There is joint coverage on this loan. There is either no 'additional signer' record, or the birth date for the additional signer is missing or invalid. JT TO SG There is joint cov  More...

The following types of transaction patterns can be created: Velocity : This evaluates if the member has an unusual amount of transactions that fall within the criteria configured. Idle : This evaluates if the member has an unusual flurry of activity (either based on # of transactions, transaction type, or transaction amount) following a period of inactivity. Out of the ordinary : This evaluates if the member has a percent or amount increase compared to a prior activity.