Regardless of whether a member is enrolled in eStatements, the member will receive a paper copy of their tax documents in the mail, provided they earned enough dividends (or paid enough interest) through the tax year to qualify for a tax form. The presentation of tax documents in the My Documents section of It's Me 247 is an additional convenience that makes the forms readily available online, often earlier than they are provided by via mail. If you are not currently offering this feat  More...

When eStatement messages are complete there are two things that happen: 1. A 'Completion Summary Report' with successes/exception/totals is created. The call letters for this report are LFMLOG. 2. A record is written out to the CUFMNT File (see example below) and if you don't see this record, it has not run yet. MNTPGM = PESTMT MNTOLD = MSG: ESTMT EMAIL SENT TO AUTO MNTNEW = CORPID: 01 #SENT:(Your Credit Union #) You can view this record using Tool #159 Audit CU F  More...

CU*Spy supports current versions of IE , Firefox and Chrome. Safari is not officially supported but typically works. Usually if Safari has issues, in our experience, it is with displaying PDFs. Should this occur, this issue is outside of the CU*Spy web application and exists between the browser and it's ability to display PDFs and therefore we have no ability to correct this situation.

Yes, previous statements will be available, going back as far as our normal retention period.

Members cannot opt out of receiving the eStatement notification message. Their only option is to unenroll from eStatements if they do not want to receive these types of emails. Education is key in this area. Use Tool #262: Configure Monthly eStatement Emails (or Tool 497: Member Connect Marketing Tools, then Message Type ES) to update your eStatement notification text. Learn more by clicking the link below.

No, printed inserts do not show up with the eStatement in online/mobile banking. To include this same marketing message for your eStatement members, we recommend you work with Xtend to engage the e-Info service. Use the links below to learn more.

It depends. If the change is strictly related to the generic disclosure information that makes up part of the statement overlay (the layout and generic text that all statements have, regardless of the exact member data or CU configuration), then yes, the change will be retroactive to existing eStatements already stored in CU*Spy. That's because CU*Spy doesn't really store the actual statement image, but rather constructs the eStatement using a combination of the raw data generated by  More...

Remember that once the emails are sent by CU*BASE, it becomes a function of various Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to deliver the emails to members. See the related links below for ideas about preventing emails from being treated like spam by ISPs, thus delaying delivery. Also make sure that your credit union's email address is marked as a safe sender on your personal email settings. Likewise, members who complain about not receiving emails may need to check to be sure your emails ar  More...

Statements are available online for 18 months. They are also available through long-term archival options (CD-ROM/DVD). retain retention

They will not get unenrolled for eStatements, but their email will be marked as a wrong email address. This will cause the member to receive a printed statement that month, and the normal e-Statement fee/rebate will not be posted. The next time they log in to online banking, they will see a banner ad alerting them to the fact that their email is flagged as invalid or missing and that features such as eStatements require a valid email. eStatement

If you require an email address for eStatements and your member has a wrong email address (and is enrolled in eStatements), the system will do everything to ensure that a paper statement is not mailed (which happens in this case when the email address is marked as incorrect). The next time the member logs on to online banking, they will be presented with a wrong email address prompt and asked to provide a valid email address. A link is provided to the member in this window that takes them direct  More...

Yes, the Statement Mail Groups feature lets you configure up to 9 codes that can be attached to a member's account. The codes specify whether statements should be printed and archived (the standard method) or just archived only. This is used in situations such as for members with written-off loans or bankruptcy situations where the member shouldn't receive a statement, or even if you want to avoid printing statements for your own staff. Archived statements are available through CU*SPY  More...

Yes! The Statement Processing steps are as follows (performed by CU*Answers Operations Department for online clients and internally by Self-Processing Clients): OPER-6 Statement Processing: 1 - Create Statement Work Files This option is run just once each month and produces the work files for the following options. 2 - Create Statements for Print Produces a file for the statements that are to be printed EXCLUDES e-statements (unless member has the mailed copy for xx months option) EXCLUDES st  More...

Go into your member's account through Inquiry or Phone Operator. Use F14-Name/Address to access the address maintenance screen. On the Misc Info tab, update the member's e-mail address in the appropriate field. This change can also be made using Tool #15 Update Membership Information (shortcut: umbr). eStatement

The one thing you do NOT want to do when you get a returned email is to change the email address to a fake one like bademail@xxx.com. Instead, check the Wrong email address flag on the member's account. You can access this flag anywhere an email address can be entered, such as through the Name/Address button (F14) in Inquiry and Phone Operator, or via Tool #14 Member Personal Banker (shortcut: pb), or via Tool #15 Update Membership Information (shortcut: umbr). When a member's ema  More...

Members can update personal information on the Personal Information page. As a security measure, credit unions can elect that these changes require their review before changes are accepted and changed in the system. This approval setup is activated on the Update Credit Union Online Banking Settings page accessed via Tool # 569: Online/Mobile Text Banking VMS Config and then Online/Mobile Web Online Banking. On this screen, the credit union can select to either have the changes reviewed or re  More...

Click the My Preferences button (a star) in the upper-right corner of the CU*BASE home page and choose from one of the available Color themes. Use Enter when done to save. Themes are tied to your CU*BASE employee ID, so you will see that theme even if you log into CU*BASE from a different workstation.

Actually, because CU*Answers sends email on behalf of all of its clients, bad email addresses hurt all of us! Every month CU*Answers sends nearly 100,000 e-statement notifications. We send a couple hundred thousand It's Me 247 online banking notices. We send Member Reach newsletters on behalf of 80 credit unions. We send a lot of email. (And it’s email that your members want to receive!) Unfortunately, if enough emails are returned as invalid addresses, large Internet Service Provider  More...

This member has accepted the Use Agreement and has already logged into online banking. You can prove this by using Tool #159: Audit CU File Maintenance Report or by Querying the CUFMNT table (file). However, the credit union has subsequently enrolled the member in eStatements in CU*BASE. Enrollment in this manner clears the Use Agreement date so that it the Agreement is presented again the next time the member logs into online banking. (That way the member can agree to receiving documents wh  More...

When emails are processed by our servers, if the system encounters an email address flagged as wrong: e-Statements - If your e-Statement configuration allows members to get e-Statements even if they don't have an email address (this is set via Tool #251 Configure eStatement Settings Fees ), members will not get the notification emails, but will still be able to get to their e-Statement through online banking. If your configuration requires a valid email address, the member gets a printed   More...

For an additional level of security or to fulfill complex password requirements, members may add special characters to their passwords. They may also add special characters to their security question answers. Some members may even use the feature that allows them to create their own security question, and they may elect to include special characters in that as well (for example a question mark). Allowed special characters are listed below. Some characters have special significance to certain   More...

Yes, there will be a few features we are not bringing over into the new mobile first design. Features being permanently sunset: Promise Deposits - As most CUs and members have fully embraced RDC with its available near-real-time posting option, we made the decision not to bring the Promise Deposits feature into the new modules/mobile first design. Member-selected color themes, picture albums, and start page - The start page feature has been replaced by the Favorite accounts and Favorite feat  More...

To remain compliant with CAN-SPAM rules and to ensure all your email messages are delivered to members, you must include the following: Clearly identify the credit union name, address, phone number, and member service email address in the body of the email. Clearly identify the purpose of the email in the subject line. (See SAMPLE MESSAGES below.) Make a web-friendly Signature Line message. (SEE SAMPLE SIGNATURE LINE MESSAGE below. ) Clearly state why the member is receiving the email. Ensure y  More...

For e-statements, use the PESTMTN2 report, archived in a credit union's CU*SPY under the Member Services category. This report is generated once a month when e-statement emails are sent. This report, along with the PCMMSG delivery report for Member Connect messages, can assist a credit union with identifying the reason why a member might not have received an expected email or how many members you are trying to send emails to that have an invalid email address. Both reports are automatically  More...

If a member has been assigned a special Statement Mail Group code to designate special handling for their account statement, the e-statement program does not process a notification email nor does it post the fee/rebate to the account. Make sure that members enrolled for e-statements have a Statement Mail Group code of 0 (the default). This can be done via Tool #15 Update Membership Information. eStatement