No. There is no system connection whatsoever between the user ID a person uses to log in to CU*BASE and the CU*BASE employee ID your credit union assigns to the employee that controls what specific tools they can access. For online credit unions, the CU*BASE login/user ID must be set up by an authorized data center security officer; your credit union cannot create these but can request them via forms available from a Client Service Representative. This ID simply controls a user’s overall  More...

Over the past year or so we worked on a project based on a request from Experian, related to how credit data pulled from Experian is stored on CU*BASE. In a nutshell, Experian requires that for credit unions who pull credit* from them, personally identifiable information about members must be encrypted while “at rest” in the database, and revealed only to authorized users – meaning CU employees, not data center support staff. What that means is that with this release we added i  More...

NMS will need access to Tool #3555 NMS Combine Surf Files . This is custom tool, which means we will need to adjust settings on our end so your credit union has access to the tool. This is normally done as part of a regular CU*BASE release, although special arrangements can be made. Contact a CSR for assistance. Once the tool is activated for you, then your credit union's security officer will be able to grant NMS authority to the tool as usual via CU*BASE Employee Security. Once the user h  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.

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.

For online credit unions, contact a Client Service Representative or complete the It's Me 247 Configuration Change Request Form (see the link below; requires Microsoft Word) to activate this flag. You can also define how long the stop pay orders will remain on file before being purged, in # of days or months. For self-processors, this is done using OPER Tool # 5356 Online Banking Configuration and OPER Tool #5511 Audio Response Configuration . IMPORTANT: If you have already activat  More...

Since the system will be unable to respond with a balance, it will also be unable to log the text message against the member's account number, which means it cannot be included when fees are tallied. So although the member may still be charged by their mobile phone provider for text messages they send, they will not be charged the usual text message fees by the credit union via CU*BASE (nor with the credit union be charged for that item).

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...

It is NOT suggested that a CU place a stop or a reversal on a Fiserv ACH debit. If a Credit Union places a stop on a Fiserv ACH debit or a reversal of a Fiserv ACH debit, the following will occur: --The member’s bill pay service will be frozen. --No pending or recurring payments will be sent from the member’s bill pay. --The amount of the stopped/reversed payment will become a collection item with the Fiserv Collections Department. --The member will need to personally call the Fiser  More...

Yes. You can pull a credit report for any service using the online credit bureau process. Using Tool #53 Process Member Applications, use action code CR to pull the report without creating a loan request and application. We can then create Member Services denial notices for debit cards, checking accounts, ATM cards, etc.

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...

My Virtual StrongBox has an extensive library of technical documentation and video for members directly within the user interface. From time to time members may experience technical difficulties. The primary method for requesting assistance is directly through your client portal link provided by My Virtual StrongBox. Please visit https://virtualstrongbox.zendesk.com to create a profile to share with your administrative teams.

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...

The fields are related to Process Codes, in that they are derived from the code attached to the message received from the plastics processor (vendor, or switch). The Type you see in the initial Type column of the Activity screen relates directly to the Transaction Description when you view additional transaction details. Transaction types may not apply to all vendors. Examples of these labels are as follows: DEP (Deposit Transactions) ATM/DEP A deposit made at an ATM. ATM/DEP - including a $  More...

The most likely reason is that the member did not have any activity for the month that would trigger a statement, based on the CU's configuration. Most credit unions have their statement configuration set up to print a monthly statement only if the member has a checking account, and only if there is activity on that account, saving postage costs on months when there is no activity. You can verify this by viewing his Share Draft Transaction Inquiry in Phone Operator, then compare that to yo  More...

Online CUs must contact a Client Service Representative to make these changes to your configuration. (You can, however, view the configuration using Tool #961 Audit Reg E Triggers for Stmts. As long as you let us know before the last day of a month we can make the changes to your configuration before statements are generated on the 1st. (Self Processors can change these settings via OPER > MNOP09 Member Statement Config. ) Regulation Z Reg. Z

The Internet Retailer Support Center (IRSC) is a support desk at CU*Answers for credit union virtual channel project managers. It brings together several digital strategy products into one cohesive location and a single point of contact—no more searching across CU*Answers’ websites for forms saved in different places! Credit unions looking to expand their virtual channel marketplace will be able to shop and explore the offerings online as well as check project development status. The  More...

Deactivating auto-security then reactivating it does require you to enter a different employee ID. After a password is entered to reactivate auto-security under that ID, the screen will refresh the tools display to show which ones can be accessed and which cannot. However, it doesn't necessarily refresh all of that employee's other preferences such as color theme or tool set (Favorites vs. All My Tools). Therefore it's best to just log off and have the next user log in to complete  More...

This comes from the Workstation Device Configuration in CU*BASE. To view or change this: Launch Tool #326 CU Hardware Configuration Select Terminal/Workstation In the list of workstations, locate the ID of the workstation you are looking up and double click on it (or just type the ID and press Enter) This will open up the terminal's configuration in CU*BASE. In the middle is the list of default printers where your documents will print: General Printer - this will be the printer to which a  More...

Not every feature that potentially shows account details on an employee's account is governed by the Employee Account Security controls. Apart from technical impracticalities, our basic philosophy has been that employees who are given access to “sensitive” features (like Collections, or posting payrolls, etc.) should be trusted employees, and they should be allowed to use the tools to do their job. If they have to be hobbled or monitored, then perhaps they shouldn’t be tr  More...

If you press the SHIFT key five times in rapid succession it will ask if you would like to turn on StickyKeys. If you click OK, it will turn on StickyKeys. StickyKeys is an accessibility option in Windows that allows for someone to use the CTRL, ALT or SHIFT keys one key at a time without having to hold the keys down. To turn StickyKeys off: Click on the Start button Click Control Panel If you see “Pick a category” with 10 categories below, click Accessibility Options, and then c  More...

Flex Loans allows members in It’s Me 247 to request a change in the term of their loan, which results in a payment change. This is permitted on configured products with monthly payment frequencies. The loan modification request can be immediate if the member is qualified and your credit union activates auto approvals. Otherwise, the member’s request is sent to the LOS loan queue ( Tool #2 Work/View Loan Application Status ) to be approved or denied by your loan officer. First, it   More...

Yes. Use Tool #357 “Employee Security Audit Report.

With the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system was implemented that automatically funnels 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.” In cases where the Depositor ID is the same, for example a husband and wife, these ACH transactions will be handled by the same master ACH distribution record under the Depositor ID since duplicate Depositor IDs are no  More...

In a nutshell, you will set up a Membership Designation Code for Representative Payee, with the label for primary name set to Beneficiary and the label for the joint owner name set to Rep Payee. Then the procedure is to open the membership in the beneficiary's name and SSN, then put the representative payee's SSN as the joint owner (type J secondary name link). TIPS: Remember that in CU*BASE the words joint owner simply are used to describe a particular record type in the Se  More...