Tony Muka

  • ACH Audit Spurs Compliance Reminder for CUs

    CU*Answers recently underwent its annual ACH Audit to verify compliance with the NACHA Operating Rules and to meet applicable audit requirements.  According to the ACH Annual Audit Report, no exceptions were noted.  The recent Audit spurred the CUSO to publish a memo to its online credit unions describing the actual scope of the audit and…

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  • CU*BASE to Add FinCEN Scans

    CU*Answers, the CUSO that provides the enterprise core data processing system CU*BASE, is planning to add a new on-demand program that runs a credit union’s membership, closed membership, and non-member files against a file downloaded from FinCEN to comply with 314(a) requests.

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  • CU*Answers Assists CUs in Enhanced Due Diligence

    CU*Answers continues to assist credit unions in completing due diligence to meet the guidelines of BSA, primarily associated with Anti-Money Laundering (AML).  The CUSO providing the core data processing system CU*BASE, has completed Phase 1 of its Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) project and is moving to Phase 2.

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  • CUSO Hosts Collaboration Event

    Xtend, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, recently hosted a back office best practices meeting to discuss a cross-network approach to servicing the needs of its credit union owners and clients.  The meeting was attended by four CUSOs:  Xtend, Spokane, Washington-based CU*Northwest, Inc., Mobile, Alabama-based CU*SOUTH, Inc., and Portland, Oregon-based CUByDesign, and took…

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  • CUSO Posts Record Sales Year

    Following a year of expansion to meet the needs of its owners and clients, Xtend, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based multi-owned cooperative CUSO, finished its 2009 fiscal year with record sales of nearly $900K.  Although the results have not been reviewed by their third-party auditors, the CUSO expects that the post-audit results will eclipse its…

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