No. At this time, instant payments can only be received by savings or checking accounts. If a member attempts to use their CU loan account as the recipient for an instant payment, the payment will fail to send.

RTP ® is an instant payment service rail from The Clearing House; it is completely separate from the FedNow Service ®, which is an instant payment service rail from the Federal Reserve Bank . Instant payment services transfer funds between participants immediately via a credit-push only payment rail. Though RTP does stand for Real Time Payments, it is The Clearing House's service name and does not encompass all instant payment services. RTP is a real time payment solution, but not al  More...

There are no controls or limits in place for receiving instant payments via RTP or the FedNow Service. Once receiving capabilities are set up for your credit union, any CU member can receive instant payments in their savings and checking accounts. Due to the immediacy of instant payments, CU*Answers cannot ensure the recipient's name and account number match before the instant payment is received. We strongly recommend you make your members aware of the irrevocable nature of instant payment  More...

Credit Union ABC has activated the Reg E opt in/opt out feature and has configured a NSF fee. John Smith, a member of ABC Credit Union, has elected to opt out of receiving overdraft services. John will not be charged an NSF fee on one-time PIN ATM Debit (13) and Debit Signature (16) transactions. John will be charged an NSF fee on any recurring PIN ATM Debit (13) and Debit Signature (16) transactions, which are not covered by the member's Reg E opt in/opt out setting.

This can be done if you completely close down your program with your existing vendor and do a hard cutover to RDC-IQ. However, depending on the status of your program, you may want to allow your members time to migrate. If you use a vendor other than eDOC Innovations for batch posting (UrbanFT, for example) and want to use RDC-IQ, we recommend that you first migrate to eDOC Innovations and use RDC Posting Services (a batch file process). Once you terminate your program with the former vendor, w  More...

This situation could occur if your credit union charges a Service Charge fee to members who do not belong to a particular Marketing Club. If a member does not have funds to cover the Club dues at the time the dues are posted, this member's status in the Club is changed to P for pending. (This can be confirmed on the TCLUBFEE exception report.) When the Service Charge posting program is run, the member is then charged the Service Charge fee (since the member is not currently active   More...

Within CU*BASE the Participation Lending software is for managing member loans and investor positions. With this the member record is serviced by your credit union and therefore recorded as an actual member loan. If your credit union is purchasing into a loan serviced by someone else and you would like to manage your investment in participation offerings by others, this can be done through the CU*BASE Investments subsidiary software. Some pointers to keep in mind: You will use Tool #993 INV 1:  More...

As a result of a January 2018 Windows 10 update, you will need to join your Windows 10 iSweep to your domain. This will be handled internally for Network Services Managed Clients, however, non-managed clients will need to have Network Services work with their IT staff/third party IT company to setup a new local account on the machine in order to join this unit to your domain and complete the additional steps. Configuring Group Policy and Active Directory Active Directory Configuration Open Act  More...

In online banking, members see both their Tiered Services points (member points) and possible points. As a general rule member points do not exceed possible points. Member points can exceed their possible points if the member has several accounts that qualify in categories that count each individual account instead of limiting points to one per loan category or dividend application. For example the categories of “general savings accounts” or “all other loans accounts”  More...

There are two primary reasons we charge this fee: Our belief that we should do our best to keep our fees down when credit unions do not earn. This is why, for example, It's Me 247 mobile web is offered free to our credit unions. It's also behind our constant pressure to reduce fees where CUs have no basis or belief they can charge for a defensive, relationship service. Charging for these services in this manner fund other areas where the direct expenses cannot easily be identified wi  More...

The Monthly Minimum Balance Service Charge looks at the balance in a field called MMBAL. This field stores the Monthly Minimum Balance. There is another field called MINBAL, which holds the minimum balance used for dividend calculations, which could be quarterly, annually etc.

The most common reason why a member might have a hold group that's different from what would normally be associated with their Tiered Service Level is because of delinquency. During daily delinquency monitoring the system sets the Electronic Deposit Hold Group to a certain code when members go delinquent, according to your credit union's settings in both the Member in Good Standing feature as well as your Delinquency Aging Levels configuration. If the system considers a loan to be deli  More...

If you want to give a member default check holds based on their relationship with the credit union, you'll need to set up Electronic Deposit Hold groups (Tool #355 Electronic Deposit Hold Configuration with the appropriate # of days, then use the Member in Good Standing system (Tool #499 Member In Good Standing Configuration ) to assign the hold groups according to Tiered Service Level. Then, in the Teller Check Holds configuration feature (Tool #849 Teller Check Holds Configuration ),   More...

The Member Service Denials feature (to create/print denial notices) can be accessed via a Denied button located within Tool #3 Open/Maintain Memberships/Accounts. A credit union can configure miscellaneous member service denial notice types such as: ATM/Debit Card application denials, checking account denials, membership application denials, etc. These member service denials are commonly used for denied services that would not involve a loan application/request.

In online banking, members see both their Tiered Services points (member points) and possible points. Points awarded for aggregate balances can cause a variance in the amount of possible points granted. Members with higher aggregate balances could be granted a more possible points than a members with lower aggregate balances. Additionally, credit unions can award points for years with the credit union. For these credit unions, long-time members are granted more possible points (as well a  More...

In online banking, members see both their Tiered Services points (member points) and possible points. Member points are granted for the highest aggregate balance range for which the member qualifies. For example if a member receives points for having an aggregate balance of over $25 , 000 in loans, the member does not also receive points for any of the other loan aggregate ranges. Possible points are calculated in the same manner as member points. Members with higher aggregate balances c  More...

With 7-day processing, things that rely on daily processing are evaluated daily, including Sundays. This includes, but is not limited to delinquency, dormancy, ANR scoring, and configured daily service charges. Do not forget to review your daily reports. Data will be generated seven days a week.

As part of the monthly iSweep management service, CU*Answers performs the tasks listed below. All units are monitored 24x7 by a custom management application hosted at CU*Answers. In addition to the daily monitoring, quarterly audits are performed against the units to ensure everything is up to spec. Important: Fully managing the iSweep(s) can only be done if all of the network requirements for the iSweep are met. Please refer to this article . Security updates - all iSweeps run a version of   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...

Your member may have been individually omitted from Tiered Service scoring, setting their score at 0. To update this, launch Tool #855 Tiered Services Misc. Member Maintenance, select View Member Score Detail/Set Base Scores for Specific Member Account and choose Change . Type the member's account base and press Enter, then uncheck the box that says Omit from scoring/set score to 0 .

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...

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...

Simply put, it is a way for your members to continue using interactive services such as audio response and online banking, ATM/debit cards, and online credit cards for their financial needs, even while CU*BASE is off line for normal daily or monthly processing. CU*BASE uses a special style of stand-in processing that allows for continued use of CU*TALK audio response and It's Me 247 online banking services even during the night when we perform end-of-day and end-of-month processing. Refe  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.

​ 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...