Category: CU*Answers

CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned CUSO, has been busy with gathering donations for West Michigan Meals on Wheels. Each year the staff at CU*Answers participates in the fall donation drive. The drive benefits seniors in the West Michigan area that are home bound. This year the staff will donate items requested by the organization such […]

Catholic United Financial Credit Union (Saint Cloud, MN) recently converted to CU*Answers Item Processing for their member check processing. As a core CU*BASE client, the credit union will receive unlimited free member check image copies and free implementation of member check images to It’s Me 247, CU*Answers’ online banking platform. The credit union will also be converting […]

CU*Answers is pleased to announce the core data conversion of Columbus United Federal Credit Union. Columbus United FCU has 9,700 members and is $79 million in assets. The credit union converted to the CU*Answers CU*BASE system on September 1st, 2021. While this is CU*Answers’ first credit union partner in Nebraska they have credit unions in […]

West Michigan based data processor CU*Answers announced it is offering a network-wide one-hour briefing on the strategic development plans of its core processing network. “What Should be On a CEO’s Radar?” is designed as a power briefing for credit union CEOs and will include a big picture look at the cooperative CUSO’s tools and implementation strategies […]

Ishpeming, Michigan-based TruNorth Federal Credit Union recently announced it has selected CU*BASE from the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based cooperative CU*Answers, for its new core data processing platform. “TruNorth FCU is a progressive organization deeply rooted in the cooperative spirit,” said CEO Steve Smith. “We were seeking a new core partner whose vision mirrored ours. In CU*Answers, […]

Coming soon to CU*BASE is a new feature to assist credit unions with predictive retailing. Once configured, this engine will evaluate a member’s relationship and status with the credit union, and then match a member to products and services to sell at the teller line and beyond, based on criteria selected by credit unions. Using […]

A hot, and unfortunate, topic in plastics circles is the prevalence of brute force BIN attacks. These attacks use the assumed predictability of card numbers to find combinations of valid cards to commit fraud. While no process or enhancement can truly eliminate a bad actor, introducing randomized card numbers and expiration dates to the plastic […]