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.

Prior to the 16.10 release, the SSA began using multiple Company IDs, and it was recommended that credit unions consider using Automated Funds Transfers (AFTs) to handle distributions. Beginning the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system will be implemented that will automatically funnel 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.” With the changes ma  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...

Prior to the 16.10 release, the SSA began using multiple Company IDs, and it was recommended that credit unions consider using Automated Funds Transfers (AFTs) to handle distributions. Beginning with the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system will be implemented that will automatically funnel 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.” With the chang  More...

Starting with the 16.10 release, you can schedule recurring Automated Funds Transfers to and from accounts that are configured with the CU*BASE Account to Account (A2A) feature. You can also set up recurring outgoing AFTs to accounts set up with the “Off Trial Balance” (OTB) feature. Refer to the linked to Answer Book items for more information. This was implemented with the 16.10 release that was implemented to online clients on October 23, 2016.

Three reports can be used to monitor your AFTs. The Member Automatic Account Transaction Record (TAT1) report includes a detailed listing of automatic transfers that posted. The Member Automatic Account Transfer Notification Report (TAT2) show automatic transfers that did not post. The Member Automatic Account Notification Register (TAT3) lists transfers to 360 accounts that were “out of the ordinary” such as members who are making principal-only payments or additional payments. L  More...

Yes! The Call Report software is able to calculate more than one automation routine for the same NCUA account code. This is especially useful for the loan areas of the Call Report when you need to gather information from various codes (purpose, security, category, G/L) for the same NCUA category or if you have off-trial-balance (OTB) loans and in-house loans that fall into the same NCUA category. Each automation routine is set up separately then is automatically added together to provide the   More...

The Closed Account Report and the Closed Membership Report have two versions. LCLACE and LCLMBE are the daily reports that run at EOD. These reports show closed accounts and closed memberships for a single day. LCLAC and LCLMB are the reports that are run from the CU*BASE menu and via Report Automation, and these show closed accounts and closed memberships for a given month.

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Starting with the 16.10 release, credit unions can begin allowing AFTs with accounts that are “off the books” including accounts set up with the CU*BASE Account to Account (A2A) and CU*BASE “Off Trial Balance” (OTB) feature. The screen used for delinquency handling is skipped when setting up an AFT in CU*BASE with one of these accounts. See a link to this skipped screen below. When members set up AFTs in online banking, they cannot set delinquency rules. For this reas  More...

Beginning with the 16.10 release you can schedule recurring AFTs with accounts that are not on CU*BASE. This includes accounts that are set up with the CU*BASE Account to Account (A2A) feature and the CU*BASE “Off Trial Balance” (OTB) feature. AFTs with these accounts are reported in separate reports. Use the TATA2A1 and TATA2A2 reports to monitor AFT transactions to and from A2A accounts. Use the TATOTB1 and TATOTB2 reports to monitor AFT transactions to OTB accounts. Learn more  More...

Reports are categorized in CU*Spy according to the type of report, not the output queue to which they were printed. If a particular on-demand report also happens to be set up for Monthly Automation via the Report Scheduler, even if it is scheduled to print to the MONTHxx OUTQ it will still go to the same category in CU*Spy as always, not to the End of Month tab. Hint: When you are checking your automated reports to make sure they all ran, rather than try to remember where they normally get place  More...

The General Printer ID that is specified in Tool #326 CU Hardware Configuration does not control where screenshots are printed. The screen shot configuration needs to be changed on the virtual workstation device. Contact the network help desk for assistance. There should be 3 sessions per workstation (G0, G1, and G2). The screen shot printer can be modified here.

When a device first connects to the iSeries, a virtual device is created - consider it a placeholder for that workstation or printer. Only one device can exist for each ID, which is why only one person can sign into a printer at a time. Throughout the virtual devices lifecycle, there are several different statuses that device can be in. Read below for some details! Workstations VARY ON PENDING - this is the default status of the virtual device. This status means the device is ready and wai  More...

GOLD cannot be installed directly on an iPad. However, GOLD can be accessed from a remote session server via various thin client access methods such as RDP emulators, etc. in much the same way Virtual Branch functions. However, CU*Answers does not officially support accessing GOLD via an iPad at this time. CUs can certainly access GOLD in this manner, though it is recommended they follow best practices and FFIEC/NCUA VPN recommendations concerning two factor authentication, encrypted sessions, P  More...

The differences ultimately come down to control and cost. The online ASP system is the fastest, simplest, most inexpensive way to get started with an e-documents strategy for your credit union. With online ASP you offload the back-end service management headaches to CU*Answers. We manage, backup, secure, and patch/upgrade the eDOC servers and databases and these processes fall under our SAS 70 and third party security audits. The online ASP system consists of electronic storage of receipts, loan  More...

Filing CTRs through the e-filing system can be redundant and time consuming. With the Automated CTR Uploads service, CU*Answers can file the CTRs created on the system electronically! Just save the CTR and set it to “ready to transmit” in CU*BASE. CU*Answers will batch it up with all the others and automatically send it to the Treasury. Click the link below to learn more about this service.

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...

Using CU*BASE 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 coll  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...

Save trees, save paper – Use your credit union’s virtual printer instead! Ever wondered how to generate a report without wasting paper actually printed a hard copy? HOLD it instead! Wherever you can enter a printer ID, you can enter HOLDxx (where xx is your credit union’s 2-character CUID) and the report can be viewed in your spooled files list but will not actually print a hard copy unless you move to one of your printer queues. TIP: You can also send things to the INST  More...

CU*Answers is occasionally asked about controls regarding ransomware and backups. Some questions are related to our data processing software (CU*BASE) and others are related our Imaging System (CU*Spy). CU*Answers and our credit union clients are on entirely separate, segregated networks, and therefore it is highly unlikely if one business victimized by ransomware that both entities would be affected. The CU*Spy discussion does not apply to clients that have their own in-house imaging solutio  More...

The NSF Statistics Dashboard (Tool #557) will track this information for you automatically. It is separated into the NSF category and the Courtesy Pay Category. Credit unions are using this dashboard to help predict averages of NSF/Courtesy Pay fee income and also to track how many members may be using the service. You can click on any of the origins (listed in blue text) and you can drill further to members who had more than X transactions in a specific month. There are a lot of graphical oppor  More...

The report you are looking for in CU*Spy is the LTLAU2: Teller Closing Transaction Audit Report. You can also access the teller audit via Tool #33 Teller Drawer Control/Inquiry. Select the 2-digit employee ID and choose a vault. On the second screen use the Audit button to display the Teller Audit / Change Fund Analysis screen, where you will see every transaction this teller has performed. In addition, you can enter in prior dates. The reference document My Favorite CU*BASE Reports is also   More...

The Social Security Administration uses several company IDs for its ACH transactions. Previously two recommendations were made to handle the changing Company IDs, namely to create records for all possible Company IDs with duplicate distribution records or to transfer the distributions with the Automated Funds Transfers (AFT) system. With the 16.10 release a process was implemented that will no longer require either of these complicated solutions. Going forward only one Company ID will need to   More...