BSA stands for the Bank Secrecy Act. SARs stands for Suspicious Activity Reports. Listed below is a summary of the evolution of the Bank Secrecy Act. The Law Before the Patriot Act BSA of 1970 - required banks to file CTRs on single cash transactions in excess of $10,000 April 1996 – required banks to file SARs to FinCEN reporting known or suspected criminal offenses or a transaction that a bank suspects involves money laundering or violates the BSA Focus on drug trafficking After the Patr  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.

This error message may indicate that an Office DLL is not registered correctly on that workstation. The suggestion per Microsoft is to run a Repair option on Microsoft Office. This requires Local Admin privileges so you may have to ask your IT team for help. Launch the Windows Add or Remove Programs applet Find Microsoft Office 365 in the list and click the Modify option You'll be prompted for a Local Admin password Then try the Quick Repair option, responding to prompts as they ap  More...

It is possible to have two people review the same loan application screen. This is helpful if you would like for two people two review the screens together who are on different workstations. For example, you may have a loan officer and a loan underwriter review the screens together. If you review loan application screens this way, the last person to leave the screen will have their changes saved. Let's review this example: Sue Loanofficer and Mary Underwriter are reviewing a loan applic  More...

No. This requires a very high level of security access on the iSeries, which we cannot make available to our clients. The only way for CU*BASE user IDs to be created or deleted is to fill out and submit a Credit Union Security Authorization Request to our Client Services team. This form can be found on our CU*Answers Online store (use the link below).

GUAPPLE is short for GOLD Update Appliance. The GUAPPLE is a stand-alone network appliance that takes the place of the GOLD-Master update server PC. It is designed to seamlessly handle all of your GOLD software update retrieval tasks. No effort is required to retrieve software updates when using a GUAPPLE device. It will acquire GOLD update files automatically as well as custom loan screen updates, doing away with manually downloading and extracting software update files. One GUAPPLE unit  More...

Yes, the dashboard allows any employee to see either their own forms, or all forms out for e-signing.

Yes. The first time someone sends a document for e-signing the system asks for a name and email address and that is used as the “from” address on the outgoing emails to members. Whenever someone signs, an email is sent to that address alerting that a signature has been captured. We will also configure a generic email address for your credit union that the system can use for any subsequent notifications, and this should be a group email that gets routed to multiple people at your cred  More...

No, our CSRs will not reset the 2-character CU*BASE Employee IDs for your staff. This must be done by an internal CU security officer. Use Tool #762 Reset Employee ID Password . (This can also be done via Tool #327 CU*BASE Employee Security using the Reset PW option.) It is important that credit unions insure proper training to their employees regarding the expiration of their CU*BASE Employee ID password. We deliver a warning message of expiration 7 business days prior to the staff member.   More...

The debt-to-income ratios on the loan officer worksheet correspond with the ratio percentages displayed on the Summary tab of the CU*BASE loan application screens. The values used to calculate the ratios come from the debt and income sources recorded in the application. Keep in mind that when there are two applicants, the debt ratios on the loan officer worksheet can be combined for both applicants or listed individually. When viewing the Summary screen, you can toggle between a Combined, Applic  More...

What This Message Means: This appears when the member has tried 3 times to enter their password incorrectly. The message does instruct the member to click I forgot my password and answer all three Security Questions to reset the password themselves. But if the member doesn't know their password or their security questions, they will need to contact the CU. BE CAREFUL: This is a scenario that presents the most risk to your members. If a bad guy finds out a member's name, account nu  More...

Source of Receipt (SOR) is the paperwork that accompanies the checks to the Check Processor. It is the documented proof of when and from whom the checks were received. SOR provides the ABA# of the bank the checks are received from, the date of the cashletter, the amount of the bundle the check was in, the position of the check in the bundle (checks before after), and the tracer number assigned to the check. On the form you'll see a couple of abbreviations: IB stands for Item Before that   More...

If a member cannot view their check, the research team needs the following information: Credit Union Questions What is your credit union name? Have multiple members reported that they cannot view checks? Are these members having the same experience when viewing their check? (See Member Questions. ) Has the check appeared on the Check Exceptions Report? (TNDET) Was this check cleared at the teller line? (Sometimes this is referred to as a counter-killed check.) Are you able to retrieve a chec  More...

If you need to allow an employee to perform upload and/or download tasks (FinCEN, AIRES, ALM, uploading G/L entries to post, etc.), you must first complete the iShield Security Access Request form and have it signed by your credit union’s designated Security Officer to sign. Once our Client Services team receives your signed form and verifies it, a request will be submitted to our System i administrators, and you will be notified when the new permissions have been granted. This process wi  More...

To take advantage of the CU*Answers online imaging solution, there are a few required pieces of hardware. Each branch will each need an Gweep upload appliance to transfer the electronic images to the secure database. Additionally, scanners are needed to capture photo IDs (and supporting documents for loans), and signature pads are needed at each workstation where receipts are signed. Thermal printers are required for the system. These hardware devices are described in more detail below: Gweep U  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...

Here are a few helpful tips that may help you if a terminal or a printer session stops working. All of these fixes can be handled right at your office using Tool #762 Reset User Password/Device. When a terminal is not working or is locked up, authorized branch personnel may follow these simple procedures. Your printer and terminal sessions should reset and you’ll be right back to business. TERMINAL: 1. Launch Tool #762 “Reset User Password / Device.” 2. Insert  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...

CU*Answers strives to accommodate our clients by offering training in many different formats, from full classroom offerings (see the current CU*Answers University Catalog) to online learning and web conference sessions. We also offer individual training sessions, and workshops which can be held either at a credit union site, or here at CU*Answers. For credit union staff to train internally, we offer our web-based online courses as well as hands-on learning using a pretend CU*BASE credit union  More...

This can be done by your credit union's designated Security Officer using Tool #763 Reset User Password/Device . This tool lets you reset a password for a terminal User ID (not an employee ID) as well as to vary on a workstation device. NOTE: AI*Engaged password resets are done via the CU*BASE tool at this time.

Use Tool #763 Reset User Password / Device. Remember that you must have authorization to access this tool in order to reset an ID. Usually this is limited to the credit union's security officer or other authorized person. NOTE: For Data Center employees, a similar tool is available via the main Toolbox menu ( Reset Login PW for DC Employee. )

This address is customized for each credit union. When you first activate mortgage statements, we will assume the address should match the address in your G/L Chart of Accounts corporate record (Tool #202 Chart of Accounts/Budget Groups Maint ). If a different return payment address is desired, the CU must contact the Client Services team at 616-285-5711 ( or ask a question in the AnswerBook ). Normal programming fees and lead times apply. Important note: The coupon and return payment address  More...

When you see the 'pass decision' status, this means that the application passed your filters and then passed the model. The underwriting ratios are not a hard stop and will not cause an application to pass or fail. Based on the workflow, a model is requested and a decision has already been made by the time those ratios calculated. The ‘fail’ flag in the underwriting ratio is simply a visual indicator to the loan officer that the ratio is potentially higher than normal.   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...

Have the CU use their back office connection to the Check Image Processor to pull an image of the check in question and send it to you. Carefully check the information on the image (MICR, Tracer #, check #, amount, etc.) against the information in CU*BASE. If you find a discrepancy, that is likely the issue. At this point you can contact the Check Image Project Coordinator on how to proceed.