CNS is a trusted partner of our credit unions and often we are the first call when there’s a cyber event at an institution. However, there are important limitations to the cybersecurity services that CNS provides. CNS provides general office network design, implementation, and management services. CNS will monitor and patch for supported patches . CNS does not provide cyber security services. CNS does not warrant that managed networks are immune to cyber events or breaches or that lost dat  More...

With the May 2004 CU*BASE software upgrade, a new option was added to allow you to control whether or not disbursements can be made through Audio Response and Online Banking, by loan category. This feature can be turned on or off using Tool # 458 Loan Category Configuration. After selecting the loan category, use F23-Audio/PC Bank to change the setting on the new Allow disbursements... flag. loan Online Banking, distributions, CU@Home, CU*@Home

The freeze codes themselves are designed when you want to control the member's access to the funds in his or her account. But if you want to control whether an employee can access or post transactions on a particular membership, you should check into Employee Account Security and/or Employee Type Codes . These can stop a member from making a transaction at the teller line until the appropriate employee could give access to the account, but wouldn’t stop the member from using self  More...

There are several ways to obtain this data. To see the total number of active online banking members, use Tool #856 Tiered Svcs Monthly Comparison to display active user counts for any monthly period. (HINT: Click the Goal 4 button to display this data.) This can be done even if your credit union does not use Tiered Services for any other purpose. To print a report of usage statistics, use Tool #141 ARU/Online Banking Stats Dashboard To see online banking usage stats for a particular m  More...

Yes. There is a technique for reviewing and manually adjusting branch allocation calculations for projected asset and liability balances. See the Budgeting with CU*BASE booklet for instructions. NOTE: The classical budgeting tools also contain a “Close a branch” function which zeros out monthly figures from your budget starting with a month you specify. But this does not affect projections for asset and liability balances used in the modeling tools.

No, you do not have to automatically activate OLB or ARU for new memberships. Actually, you can default all new memberships to deactivate online banking and/or audio response access until the member specifically requests it. This is highly recommended as it helps to protect members who join the credit union but never get around to using your online tools right away. These accounts may be your most vulnerable since the member hasn't set up a private password or security questions. By deact  More...

There are a couple of access points: Launch Tool #14 Member Personal Banker and select the Online banking/ARU (activate, change PIN/password; view password history) option OR Launch Tool #72 Update ARU/Online Banking Access (PIN) (Shortcut: PIN) It's Me 247 CU*TALK CUTalk

Yes, this occurs every night when we perform daily processing. During stand-in, all audio response features will continue to work as usual. However, there are a few special features in online banking that are not available during stand-in processing. See the link below for more details on services that are unavailable during stand-in.

Both can be found on our website at the following links: To request a free copy of our current Business Continuity Plan: https://store.cuanswers.com/product/cuanswers-business-continuity-plan/ Additional information about the CU*Answers Business Continuity Program can be reviewed at: https://www.cuanswers.com/solutions/business-continuity/ To request a free copy of the most recent recovery/rollover results report: https://store.cuanswers.com/product/cuanswers-recovery-test-reports/ Prior copies   More...

Marketing material lists and samples can be found at the Marketing Website: http://marketing.cuanswers.com/materials.php Click on the “Order material” button then fill in quantity, customized information, shipping instructions, etc.

The following applies only to credit unions that have activated the Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine for CU*Talk Audio Response. You can use Tool #506 Member Rate Maintenance to control product rates read to members in CU*Talk Audio Response. But keep in mind that because you are using Text-To-Speech, changes made here directly affect the credit union website and It's Me 247 online banking as well. Once in the menu option, select shares or certificates. From the next rate menu, you will see a   More...

We do. In addition to information we can provide, we have services that will help you plan and execute your recovery test. Helpful information about Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity planning and testing can be viewed on our website at: https://www.cuanswers.com/solutions/business-continuity/ Services to help credit unions build and test their Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plans can be found on our website at: https://store.cuanswers.com/store/business-continuity-services/business-co  More...

Simply put, it is a way for your members to continue using interactive services such as audio response and online banking, ATM/debit cards, and online credit cards for their financial needs, even while CU*BASE is off line for normal daily or monthly processing. CU*BASE uses a special style of stand-in processing that allows for continued use of CU*TALK audio response and It's Me 247 online banking services even during the night when we perform end-of-day and end-of-month processing. Refe  More...

One of the hardest things to do with a 7x24 product like o nline banking and PIB is to decide when to implement software changes. Unlike CU*BASE changes that easily can be coordinated with normal credit union operating hours, o nline b anking changes must work around member usage patterns and support concerns. If a member needs to check a balance or transfer money at 3:00 in the morning, he can’t just pick up the phone and ask a credit union MSR to handle the transaction for him. Because   More...

Do not use these instructions if you are performing one of the standard uploads such as to DMPIMPORT, FCBUSINESS, FCPERSON, IMPEMAIL, etc. Instead, look for your appropriate .FDFX companion file in C:\cubase\cubase\resources Instructions below are relevant for projects where you are working to upload data to a custom table destination that meets the following criteria: The table already exists in CU*BASE The table has been used before (has at least 1 row of data in it). For the purpose of the ex  More...

CU*BASE supports Co-Borrower Only coverage for Debt Protection plans. Currently Loan Insurance does not.

No. PIB is a layered security solution , which is one of the three methods recommended by the NCUA to comply with the “Guidance on Authentication in Internet Banking Environment” (letter 05-CU-18). Remember that you only need to select one of the three available methods. (The other two methods are multi-factor authentication, and “other controls,” the NCUA’s way of allowing for technology that doesn’t even exist yet.) Although the term “multi-factor   More...

The Secondary Names (SECNAMES) file stores instructions that link a membership account to another member or non-member record. The file stores links to joint owner names and beneficiary names for all non-IRA account types. (IRA beneficiaries are stored in a completely different file because they are linked to an IRA Plan Type, not specific individual sub-accounts.) The file also stores a third type referred to as miscellaneous owner which can be used for any purpose you wish. The most co  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...

Online Banking continue to work just fine whether you decide to activate PIB or not. Yo u should not activate PIB without some careful planning and preparation. You need a plan. A plan for marketing the change to members. A plan to train your staff. A plan for rolling out the changes with an acceptable level of disruption to members and staff. A plan to handle the increase in phone calls and frustrated members. A plan to make this part of your process for opening new memberships.   More...

There are many, many components in the infrastructure that protects your member data, from passwords and daily backups to production redundancy and full-blown DR/BR plans. One important piece of that puzzle involves the protections we put in place to control data moving between the System i and a local workstation. Years ago no one ever imagined an employee popping a thousand member records onto a thumb drive and heading out the door. Today we have entire teams and sophisticated tools to prev  More...

No. If a loan has been written off by the CU*BASE system and therefore is still considered collectible, it will continue to appear on member statements. If a loan uncollectable it should be closed (charged off) and therefore will not appear on member statements. Currently there is no plan for CU*BASE to suppress certain types of loans or other accounts from appearing on a member's statement. However, you could code the account so no statement is produced. See the Related Q A link below. coll  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...

Message Types are utilized by CU*BASE to determine what action is to be taken for this transaction. The original message type is the incoming message received by CU*BASE from your vendor. Depending on the Message Type received by CU*BASE, the system could perform any of the following type of transactions (this is not an all inclusive listing): Balance Inquiry Request for Authorization of Transaction Advice of Authorization (Vendor/VISA/MC approved) Transfer of Funds Request Reversal of Transac  More...

There are four types of debt protection plan types. 1= Single, 2=Joint, 3=Co-Borrower, 4= Blended. The transaction descriptions are: 1. SIngle Debt Pro Fee, 2. Joint Debt Pro Fee, 3. Co-borrower Debt Pro and 4. Blended Debt Pro Fee.