The CU*Answers SettleMINT EFT team assisted Firefighters Credit Union located in Onalaska, WI, with starting up a credit card program in CU*BASE. “One benefit for credit unions having an online credit card program is that their members are allowed to make real time payments and disbursements via It’s Me 247 Online Banking to their credit card loans,” […]
MyUSA Credit Union launches an updated website
Cooperative CUSO CU*Answers recently congratulated MyUSA Credit Union on their updated website. The site design was completed by MyUSA with implementation of the design done by CU*Answers. The site includes a colorful menu, large rotating banners, quick access buttons, featured products, numbers showing how the credit union helps members, financial education, mobile app information, news, […]
CU*Answers releases new OnDemand videos
The West Michigan-based cooperative CUSO CU*Answers is excited to announce new video additions to its OnDemand video library, where clients can train at their own convenience. CU*Answers is a launching point for multimedia information and education and OnDemand is just one of these options. Lani Lowing, Education Team Lead of Client Services and Education said, […]
Collections roundtables at CU*Answers still prevalent
The Collections team at CU*Answers has offered virtual and in-person collections roundtable offerings for a few years now. “As CU*Answers continues to prosper in far western locations, many of the clients are not able to visit us geographically and with the changes to person to person contact over the last few years, we decided to […]
Big numbers for education events and coordination
West Michigan-based cooperative CUSO CU*Answers is pleased to announce that during the first quarter of 2022, 207 classes were coordinated and taught by the Client Services and Education Team. Lani Lowing, Education Team Lead added that an additional 133 courses were coordinated for various teams within the organization. A total of 340 classes with 1,990 […]
CUSO upgrading core technology using a high availability (HA) strategy
During the month of July 2022, CU*Answers will embark on a significant project to replace the server and data storage hardware that comprise the CU*BASE® core processing platform with minimal interruption of service utilizing a robust and mature high-availability strategy. To keep pace with continuously evolving technology and performance increases, CU*Answers upgrades the host core […]
CU*Answers offers four University Weeks for 2022
CU*Answers shows its commitment to ongoing client training by hosting University Weeks, which consist of a variety of web conferences and classroom courses condensed into a week-long period (Monday through Friday). These weeks are offered once a quarter. Lani Lowing, Client Services and Education Team Lead said, “I am happy to announce that the second […]
“Spirit of CU*Answers” award goes to Vizo Financial
CU*Answers recognized Vizo Financial as the winner of the 12th annual “Spirit of CU*Answers” award at its 2022 Leadership Conference held on June 15, 2022, at the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Accepting the award on behalf of Vizo was Charnell Etzweiler, Core Implementation & Support Director. Geoff Johnson, CU*Answers CEO, presented the award […]
Generating Business Continuity at CU*Answers
As severe weather season approaches, response and recovery teams at CU*Answers, a credit-union-owned CUSO and core processor, conduct regular training exercises to practice mobilizing a portable generator at one of three data centers, in the event of a hardware failure with the stationary generator. “Hand-on experience with transporting, staging, and starting generators is imperative to […]
CU*Answers announces results of annual board election
CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned Cooperative, announced today that two credit union CEOs were chosen by their peers to serve a three-year term on the CUSO’s Board of Directors, during elections held at the 2022 Annual Stockholders meeting held on Wednesday, June 16, 2022. Incumbents Linda Bodie, CEO of Element Federal Credit Union in Charleston, […]