If a person or organization is added to lending denial of service block list, an employee cannot open a loan under any membership owned by that SSN/TIN. They will see messaging that the “SSN/TIN appears on block list” directly after selecting the membership when attempting to create a loan application for that SSN/TIN in CU*BASE. Additionally, for online loan applications, the loan officer will see messaging “On Fraud Block List” when working an incoming loan application   More...

No. This law actually pertains to merchant card programs where the merchant is collecting payments for services and goods sold. Since we do not run merchant programs on our platform, this reporting requirement does not apply to us.

Online CUs must contact a Client Service Representative to make these changes to your configuration. (You can, however, view the configuration using Tool #961 View Reg E Triggers for Statements .) 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 Tool #5434 Member Statement Config .) Regulation Z Reg. Z

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.

The document will be available for 90 days, and your employees can monitor the status of documents to follow up as needed.

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...

Members who apply for membership via online membership applications (MAP) can be approved as members via Tool #13 Work Online Banking Apps/Requests ; however, this does not activate online automatically. To activate online banking, use Tool #14 Member Personal Banker . Use the reset password feature to activate online banking and set a temporary password for the member. This will reset the password to the temporary password setting configured by your credit union. This will appear on the p  More...

​ For General Support and CU*BASE Assistance: Use the AnswerBook to submit a question to the Client Services and Education team. You can access the AnswerBook via a CU*BASE session by selecting the @ symbol and asking a question, or by logging in and asking a question. You can also call 616-285-5711 or 800-327-3478 and follow the menu prompts to reach a representative. For Technical Support: Use the ConnectWise ticketing system to submit a question to the Network Services team. ConnectWise   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...

A third-party utility is needed to generate robust PDF output. If you are having issues with PDF generation, it is possible that this is missing or corrupt on your PC. Or it may mean that you have not yet installed the software on your PC. See below for directions on what to do if you need to purchase a license of this software (iText Sharp) or how to install it once you have purchased a license. IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING LICENSING (Updated January 28th, 2014): CU*Answers has purchased a blo  More...

The first step is to make sure your credit union has filled out the three required forms: Sign Up Form, Electronic Payment Service Agreement, and Fed ACH Participation Agreement. There is also a non-disclosure agreement to sign to receive a copy of Magic-Wrighter's SSAE-16 audit results. Once the Client Service and Education team has received the forms from your credit union, they will send the form to our third party processor, Magic-Wrighter. Magic-Wrighter will submit a confirmation with  More...

It is not recommended that you make a non-member fill out both a loan application and then go through MAP/MOP after that. The way these work currently, there is no way for the system to know those completely independent applications have anything to do with each other. Normally, when a non-member loan app is submitted, a non-member record is created. In the normal workflow of an employee approving that app via CU*BASE, the data is moved from the non-member table to the MASTER table for the ne  More...

In one of three ways: Note: The term 'subscriber' refers to your 'member'. Electronic Payments (ACH) - Fiserv's preference is to send all payments electronically. However in the Risk Model format it is not always feasible. Fiserv submits the merchant payment (via the fed) from a Fiserv settlement account the same day we submit the debit (via the fed) to the subscriber account. Fiserv is taking the risk on the payment. Electronic payments are typically sent when the subscr  More...

Members can perform the following tasks while in Mobile Web Banking: Check account balances of savings, checking, certificate, credit card and loan accounts (both available and current balances). View transaction history for these accounts. View funds on hold for savings and checking accounts View pending authorizations for credit cards (if they exist) Transfer funds to other accounts (as allowed by standard online banking) View if a check has cleared (cancelled checks) View pending ACH transac  More...

Log in to the Help Desk Portal Navigate to https://cuanswers.myportallogin.com . If you already have an account, click Sign in. Enter your email and password. Click Login to be directed to the Home page (shown below). If this is your first time logging in, click Sign up. Enter your information below. Click Sign Up. You will receive an email to verify your account. Once confirmed and logged in, you will be directed to the Home page (shown below). Log Out When you are finished using the Customer  More...

Membership applications that have the same SSN as one already on file (either the applicant or joint owner) will be submitted as an application for the credit union to work. Since the system has no way to know whether the new data is for the same or a different person, these will require extra attention since if they are accepted, the data submitted in the application (such as address or phone number) will override personal data saved to the membership or non-member record that is already saved  More...

T o order an online credit card for a co-applicant on the loan account, you would complete the following steps: Launch Tool #12 Update/Order Online Credit Cards Enter the member number and suffix for the Visa loan account OR If you have the last 4 digits of the primary member's Visa card number, you may enter that instead Use Enter to continue On the next screen you will see a card that has been ordered for your primary member only. On the lower left corner of the screen, choose Add   More...

Yes, your credit union will work with Magic-Wrighter to choose a daily cut-off time for ACH transactions initiated through A2A. In the past the only choice was a cut-off of 12:00 noon ET, but recently M-W began offering later cut-off times, such as 7:00 pm ET. CU*Answers will transmit activity directly to M-W throughout the day as it is posted by members in online banking. Then M-W will submit your credit union's items to the Fed based on your cut-off time. Contact Magic-Wrighter directly  More...

Your credit union Security Officer must designate who should be given the authority by completing an authorization form and submitting it to CU*Answers. CU*Answers will modify the user profile so that downloads can be performed using CU*BASE tools (see the link below for instructions on performing the actual downloads). Asset Liability Management

The following applies only to CUs that do NOT use the Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine for CU*Talk Audio Response. In order to read a rate message to a member in CU*Talk Audio Response, the system must find both a recorded message for that position and a rate greater than 0.000 on the corresponding position in your configuration (Tool #882 Update ARU Interest Rates ). For example, message #1 and rate #1 must both exist in order to read the rate message to the member. Remember that in order for mes  More...

The transaction can be reversed from the member's credit union account, but this does NOT reverse the A2A transaction at the other financial institution! You cannot cancel/reverse an A2A transaction after the transaction has been submitted by the member. The transaction is immediately sent in a file to Magic-Wrighter to be processed as an ACH item.

There are two possible paths for a membership that is initated online. The first is that it becomes a membership in CU*BASE. The second is that it becomes an application to be worked in CU*BASE. An online membership application can end with a membership being opened in CU*BASE. This is called MOP (membership opening process). MOP includes an Experian Precise ID scan which asks the applicant questions to confirm their identity. This process also includes an OFAC scan. A record of the scan i  More...

Yes, if an online note is programmed in CU*BASE, it will be presented to and signed digitally prior to the loan funding. If the member cancels out and does not sign the form, the loan will not be created. Instead, the system will submit a loan application to be worked in the LOS Loan Queue (Tool #2). Deposit Secured loans do require special loan forms specifically coded for this type of offer. Your standard loan forms cannot be used with this feature without the special coding. f you are anx  More...

Certain controls that may be used by a lender, or even by It’s Me 247 when a member submits a loan application, are not evaluated by the system-generated Deposit Secured loans. As long as a member has access to online banking, a PIB profile that allows loan applications, and has a certificate of a Certificate Type/Dividend Application that allows Deposit Secured loans, that member has the ability to open a Deposit loan online, up to the available funds on that CD/checking/savings account.  More...

For a forced password change, the security table can be flooded with a forced password change status and the member would have to change their password the next time they log in. The hold password would remain in the system until the member updates their password. There is not an automated process for this on CU*BASE. A programmer will have to do this manually via a custom programming request. A custom request would need to be submitted and an estimate for leadtime will be provided at that time.  More...