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...

Using CU*BASE to Comply with New Rules for Tracking Beneficial Ownership FinCEN has issued new rules under the Bank Secrecy Act that require financial institutions to identify and verify the identity of the beneficial owners of all legal entity members (corporations, etc.). Under the final rule, credit unions are required to have written procedures to identify and verify beneficial owners of legal entity members who open new accounts on or after May 11, 2018. In addition to identifying and coll  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...

There are several steps in removing a member's Social Security number: 1) Run a global search to see what types of relationship codes the SSN has with your credit union. 2) The first relationship codes you will want to review are the 'CB' or 'JI' which mean the non-member is a co-borrower and/or joint owner on the account. They need to be removed first. To remove them, launch Tool #3 Open/Maintian Memberships/Accounts, choose Update member information then Joint owners an  More...

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...

Yes, the Statement Mail Groups feature lets you configure up to 9 codes that can be attached to a member's account. The codes specify whether statements should be printed and archived (the standard method) or just archived only. This is used in situations such as for members with written-off loans or bankruptcy situations where the member shouldn't receive a statement, or even if you want to avoid printing statements for your own staff. Archived statements are available through CU*SPY  More...

The Certify address flag can be unchecked (or checked) using Tool # 15 Update Membership Information.

Use of the Force Monthly Statement' option on the member's MASTER record will allow for member to receive a monthly statement instead of the quarterly/annual statement they may qualify for based on your overall statement configuration settings. Remember that this is intended to be used only in rare occasions where there are exceptions to your rules. If you find that your staff is setting this flag on frequently, you might need to (a) revisit your general configuration settings or (b)   More...

There are two ways to accomplish this: The first way is to use the Marketing Opt-Out flags on the member's MASTER record. Introduced in the CU*BASE 9.2 release (August 2009), these are two flags that can be checked to exclude the member from third-party marketing communications and/or CU-related marketing commnunications. See the Opt Out link below to read more about the use of these flags. When creating a database file using Member Connect tools, or the CU*BASE List Generator, or even t  More...

Actually, because CU*Answers sends email on behalf of all of its clients, bad email addresses hurt all of us! Every month CU*Answers sends nearly 100,000 e-statement notifications. We send a couple hundred thousand It's Me 247 online banking notices. We send Member Reach newsletters on behalf of 80 credit unions. We send a lot of email. (And it’s email that your members want to receive!) Unfortunately, if enough emails are returned as invalid addresses, large Internet Service Provider  More...

Changing the member's name via Tool #15 Update Membership Information does not automatically change the member's name in the PLASTICS file. You would need to access Tool #11 ATM Debit Card Maintenance , highlight the member's card, and select Reorder Card/PIN. You will then be able to change the member's name and order them a debit card with the correct name information. Before selecting Add/Update, make sure you only select Order Card, and deselect the Order PIN and   More...

The one thing you do NOT want to do when you get a returned email is to change the email address to a fake one like bademail@xxx.com. Instead, check the Wrong email address flag on the member's account. You can access this flag anywhere an email address can be entered, such as through the Name/Address button (F14) in Inquiry and Phone Operator, or via Tool #14 Member Personal Banker (shortcut: pb), or via Tool #15 Update Membership Information (shortcut: umbr). When a member's ema  More...

Most online banking and mobile web pages have a timeout value of 15 minutes. The exception is the login pages, which time-out after 5 minutes of inactivity.

Yes, you can mark these memberships so that the statements are printed and returned to the CU for special handling, or are not printed at all. Start by using Toiol #275 Configure Statement Mail Groups to configure a code for written-off/charged-off loans. Then mark the member's account using Tool #15 Update Membership Information. (The flag is located on the final screen.)

These days, electronic communication is becoming more and more vital to your relationship with your members. Start by verifying your credit union's From: email addresses are set up properly. You can use a DNS tool to verify your domain, learn more in this Knowledge Base item . This is where bounced-back emails are delivered, one for loan status change emails (configured as part of your Underwriting Codes and generated by items in your lending queue) and all other general emails that CU*BAS  More...

You can find out how many visits you’ve had to your mobile web banking site by using Tool #565 Online Banking Detail Stats (AUDICC) . To see visits separated by day, with totals, enter the selection criteria as seen below (a total count for all days can be seen by navigating to the bottom of the report): Combine (And/Or) Field Name Comparison Criteria (Field, Number, ‘Text’, etc.) A.CCTYPE EQ = Equal to ‘I’ AND A.CCLOGT EQ = Equal to ‘W’

CU*BASE Standards for Names and Addresses for Metro 2 Credit Reporting With the implementation of new Metro 2 standards for reporting member credit data to the national credit bureaus, following are some tips for entering names and addresses, including military addresses, properly into CU*BASE. The bureaus have given notice that any names or addresses not adhering to these standards will be rejected and not posted to the bureau's database. (Keep in mind that for online credit unions, a high   More...

Go into your member's account through Inquiry or Phone Operator. Use F14-Name/Address to access the address maintenance screen. On the Misc Info tab, update the member's e-mail address in the appropriate field. This change can also be made using Tool #15 Update Membership Information (shortcut: umbr). eStatement

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...

There are four ways that information is communicated to the caller in CU*Talk: Static Audio Prompts/Custom Prompts – these are the CU-defined welcome messages, hours and locations. (NO SPANISH OPTION CURRENTLY.) Text to Speech – a custom option for the credit union in which information is grabbed from CU*BASE and communicated via a text to speech program in CU*Talk. This can include the welcome message, hours and locations, and rate descriptions and their corresponding rates. (NO SPA  More...

If you are considering purchasing a new workstation, here are some questions to ask yourself to ensure that you get all the features you need! First, be sure to review the CU*BASE workstation hardware and software requirements on our best practices page: http://cuanswers.com/client_pm_bp_network.php When purchasing any workstation, consider: 32 or 64-bit Operating System? CU*BASE and ProDOC are compatible with either operating system - but CU*Answers cannot make any guarantees about third part  More...

Before you begin: CU*Answers requires any CBX environment to be in an isolated sole-purposed DMZ to protect you from our network and to protect us from your network. Any distributed environment requires a load balancer with sticky sessions to function properly. CU*Answers only supports F5 load balancers. Our current recommended server sizing for self processors (not partners) is 4 cores, 16GB RAM, but may need to be adjusted based on actual usage patterns. Windows Server 2019 and associated lic  More...

Members who are not U.S. citizens should have the Foreign citizen or Foreign corporation flag checked on their MASTER membership record. This can be done when creating the membership, or by using Tool #15 Update Membership Information (shortcut: umbr) . Memberships flagged this way will not be included in IRS reporting or tax forms processing. NOTE: This is different from the Foreign address flag, which just controls the format of the member's address. This is so that a foreign c  More...

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...

Dormancy on a membership considers the entire membership, so any activity on any of the sub-accounts will suspend it from dormancy. If there is more than one account with recent activity, all accounts would need to be adjusted to remain in dormancy. Make sure the Last contacted date hasn't been changed on the member's account. This is used to record when a member contacts the CU about keeping their account active, without performing an actual transaction. (Use Tool #15 Update Members  More...