CNS offers our clients a variety of solutions to maintain software hygiene on their networks. Most of these solutions are automated, and with user cooperation to complete reboots, it's relatively easy to keep your systems up to date with current software versions. However, there are some important limitations to the automated processes that are important to understand. This article presents those considerations. For Complete Care Clients that do NOT Elect Third Party Patching Services:   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.

To clear your cache in Edge, follow the steps below. 1. Access your Edge settings by selecting the three dots in the upper right-hand corner and selecting Settings . 2. Choose the cookies to clear by selecting the Privacy, search, and services tab, then selecting Cookies . 3. Select See all cookies and site data . 4. Make sure to delete ONLY the CBX cookies by searching “cua”. The CBX cookies will be stored under the cuanswers.com dropdown. Select the delete icon next to th  More...

There are several configurations that control the member’s ability to set up and maintain Automated Funds Transfer (AFTs) online. Does your credit union's Personal Internet Branch configuration allow the maintenance of AFTs? Are AFTs configured to show in online banking? Does the member's PIB configuration allow maintenance of AFTs in online banking? For existing AFTs: Is the record locked to prevent changes in online banking? 1. Does your credit union's Personal Internet Bran  More...

Download the Software Note: Our network requirements have been updated and can be found here . Please verify with your IT vendor that these changes have been put into place before attempting to download Station Control. You can download CBX from this link . Site-Four clients please use this link . Instructions for Manual Install of CBX Station Control Run the downloaded CBX Install Suite Prod CBX1.exe installer. This will require administrative privileges on the workstation. 1. On the CBX In  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...

Online banking is activated via Tool #14 Member Personal Banker and select the Online banking/ARU (activate, change PIN/password; view password history) option. Audio Banking is activated via Tool #1072 Update Audio Banking Access (ARUPIN)

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...

Using CBX 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 collecti  More...

Tips for Recognizing a Fraudulent Check What is a Fractional? A fractional is used to determine the financial institution of the share draft if the MICR line is ever damaged or torn off: 2 digit city and state prefix pre-assigned by “Accuity” (in the example, the prefix is 25 – see red below) Digits 5-8 of the routing number and transit number indicating the institution identifier (in the example, this is 5678 – see blue below.) First 4 digits of the routing and transit n  More...

When members receive an error code of 1 or 2, there is a very simple fix for it in CU*BASE. It's Me 247 online banking and bill pay (Fiserv) programs communicate with each other automatically through an authentication PIN every time we go from one to the next. When we see a status code of 1 or 2, it is telling us there is an issue with this PIN. It is easy to reset and the member will be able to get into bill pay within 24 hours. Launch Tool # 14 Member Personal Banker. Enter the member&r  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...

When a member goes through the Pay My Bills option in online banking and accepts the CU*Answers Terms and Conditions Agreement, they are actively enrolled on the CU*BASE core processing system. The member is prompted to continue with the enrollment and iPay also delivers and Terms and Conditions Agreement that needs to be accepted, which creates the member as a subscriber in iPay. If the member does not accept the iPay Terms and Conditions agreement, iPay does not create a subscriber for this me  More...

The first thing to do when a member claims their Pay My Bills icon is missing from online banking is to check their personal PIB profile. Here's what to do: 1. Launch Tool #14 Member Personal Banker 2. Enter the member's account number and press Enter 3. Place a check in the Personal Internet Branch (enroll of change PIB settings) box 4. Press Enter 3 times to reach the appropriate screen - Configure PIB Profile 5. Look at the very last option on this menu - Manage Online Bill Pa  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...

At CU*Answers Network Services (CNS), your service issues are important to us, and we want to resolve them as quickly as possible! Our goal is to resolve your issue in 12 business hours from our team engaging with you on your service request. Here are the best ways to engage with CNS support: Voice: A phone call is usually best for urgent issues requiring immediate attention. Our toll-free number is 800-327-3478 option 2. CNS staffs our phone lines with trained technicians who will work to resol  More...

When using Tool #990 Work With Accounts Payable Vendors to verify your 1099 vendor information, take special care that you are entering the correct 1099 box number from the 2020 1099-MISC form instructions; especially paying attention to box numbers that changed, including 7, 9, 10, 12, and 14. As an example, if your vendor reports Gross Proceeds Paid to an Attorney , that was previously box 14 and is now reported in box 10, so in order to report this correctly you must change the 14 to 10 on t  More...

We will not be converting any existing members who have only the See feature activated so that they automatically allow Jump for those relationships, but you can make those adjustments yourself as members request that access be reinstated. Use Tool #14 Member Personal Banker then choose See/Jump Relationships . Since we are still considering how to introduce a different type of See functionality in the future, at this point we will not be removing the existing settings from the configurat  More...

The system will automatically generate an email any time an member's password is reset using the tools in CU*BASE (such as Tool #14 Member Personal Banker ) or in online banking by the member. This message is sent automatically to the email address already on file for the member. This is a security feature that is intended to warn members if someone else initiates a password change on their accounts without their knowledge. The content of the email reads as follows: If changed by a member in  More...

The first thing to do is make sure all the cables are connected securely to the printer and the PC. Be sure to note if one of the cables is a network cable. If all of the cables are securely connected and you still cannot print, restart the PC and the printer. If you receive the same error once the printer and PC are back up, there is likely a hardware issue with the printer. If one of the cables that plugs into the printer is a network cable then the Jet Direct card (a network interface   More...

This calculation uses the standard calculation for daily interest on a loan, using a 365-day simple daily calc type with the current balance (CURBAL) and the rate on the loan account (MEMBERx) record. For example, imagine a written off loan with a current principal balance of $25,000 and a rate of 14.50%: 14.50% 36500 0.000003973 daily interest factor 0.000003973 $25,000.00 $0.10 daily interest amount Keep in mind: This process always uses the 365-day interest (simple daily) calculation, even  More...

First add your member to the online/mobile fraud block list. Fraud Block lists are accessed via Tool #892 Update Fraud Block Lists/Blocked Persons List. Select the Online/Mobile fraud block list and add your member to the list. (You may wish to note that reason for this block using the Comments field.) Important note: This blocks the member's SSN/TIN from having online banking access. Since your member has already logged in to their account, next block further access to the account. Unch  More...

The purpose of these steps is to assist credit unions in connecting to their virtual environments during the week of testing. 1. Install the Omnissa Horizon Windows Client. Download the Omnissa Client for Windows. (Click HERE to download the file) Click the Download Now button, wait for the client to download, then open the file to start the installer. Select Agree Upgrade. The installer will run through and apply any patches or prerequisites. Once completed, the installer will ask you to   More...

Ever wondered just how many times members really do call up and ask that their online banking password be reset? Might seem like some members call every other day, but until now there wasn’t really an easy way to tell. The PIN/Password Change History screen answers that question quickly and easily. When accessed via Tool #14 Member Personal Banker , you will see just a single member’s history, which is helpful if you are talking to a member on the phone. When accessed via Tool #505  More...

The system will advance the next payment due date depending on the payments made during the “payment period” window, which runs from due date to due date (which is not always calendar month). Once the next payment period begins, any payments made will count towards the payment amount due until it is fully satisfied, at which point the due date will advance to the next payment period. Payments may still be made during the current payment period; however, any overpayments will be c  More...