Building Trades Federal Credit Union, located in Maple Grove, Minnesota, has become the newest owner of West Michigan-based cooperative CUSO, CU*Answers. The $140 million credit union represents approximately 17,000 members, and becomes the 127th current CU*Answers credit union owner. Scott Collins, CU*Answers EVP of Sales said: “Congratulations to Building Trades Federal Credit Union, the second…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, is adding the capability for credit unions to pay their vendors via ACH in the accounts payable functionality of CU*BASE®. In the past, CU*BASE has handled all accounts payable payments via a printed check. Now, if a credit union has a relationship with Magic-Wrighter, they can configure certain…
West Michigan-based cooperative CUSO CU*Answers is enhancing the configurable holds functionality for direct mail of RDC. If a credit union uses the batch-post capabilities of Mail/Direct Post to post batches of RDC deposits to member accounts, these enhancements will allow them to further refine how holds will be placed on those deposits. Instead of a…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, is giving their credit union partners the ability to warn members in It’s Me 247 Online Banking when the member will exceed the allowed Reg D transfer limit. Now credit unions can elect to warn members in online banking when they are about to make a transfer that…
CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, is giving credit unions the abilitiy to log in to It’s Me 247 Online Banking right from the credit union’s website. Previously, members were taken to an “Online Banking Community” (OBC) page from which they would enter their login credentials. Scott Collins, EVP said: “We have heard our…
Credit unions, especially those with large accounting teams that juggle payments for multiple branches, have been given the ability to add approval controls for authorizing payments to vendors in the latest release of CU*Answers’ CU*BASE® core processing platform. New features the 17.10 release let credit unions activate optional controls so that invoices must be approved…
CU*NorthWest, the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO, located in Liberty Lake, Washington, will once again return as an exhibitor at the California & Nevada Credit Union Leagues’ Annual Conference held November 6-8th in Palm Desert, CA. CU*NorthWest wants to reach out to all credit unions attending to stop by booth #302 and learn about their…
West Michigan-based core data processor CU*Answers recently announced that it has partnered with Vantiv to provide credit card processing in an online environment. With the addition of Vantiv, CU*Answers now supports four vendors for online credit card processing, including FIS, JHA, and PSCU. The service adds benefits for both members and credit union staff over…
CU*Answers recently kicked of a new “Get Connected” webinar series aimed at educating clients about the key roles and individuals working for the 100% credit union-owned cooperative CUSO. Most recently, Scott Page, business manager of the new Developer’s Help Desk (DHD), was interviewed. During the session, Page described how the DHD is organized and is…
Affinity Credit Union, based in Des Moines, IA, has partnered with eDOC Innovations to utilize its mobile digital transaction management platform, mDTM®, eDOCSignature, which is deeply integrated into the core data processing system, CU*BASE®, provided by CU*Answers. “Affinity Credit Union is incredibly excited to partner with both CU*Answers and eDOC Innovations,” stated Affinity Credit Union…