Virtual Branch Disaster Recovery

Keep Your Credit Union Running During a Disaster

How confident are you that your current disaster recovery plan will meet your objectives? Is your credit union keeping pace with regulatory and industry requirements regarding data availability? CU*Answers Network Services’ Virtual Branch provides a credit union a continuity plan that will provide a strategic and competitive advantage in an environment where you must plan for the unexpected, maintain operations and meet regulatory demands. Virtual Branch offers online credit unions a secure way to keep business open and functional during unexpected circumstances – saving you valuable recovery time and boosting membership confidence that their assets are in the right hands.

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Keep Your Credit Union Running

In the event of a disaster, credit unions remain operational with CU*Answers Network Services’ Virtual Branch. CU*Answers Network Services provides clients with the ability to log into their virtual credit union and securely connect back to the network over any high speed internet connection. With Virtual Branch, you don’t need a 3rd party hot-site or other traditional disaster recovery arrangements. Virtual Branch not only provides access to core data processing applications, but also other essential network resources, such as e-mail, files and electronic document repositories.

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Develop, Document and Implement a Business Continuity Program

CU*Answers Network Services professionals are on hand to help assist credit unions in creating a disaster recovery plan. Our staff is extremely knowledgeable with both current NCUA regulations and industry practices. We can help identify potential threats, assess their potential impact, assign priorities, and develop planned responses that will create a solid DR and business continuity solution. We know every credit union is different, which is why our solution is designed to develop a series of plans and procedures ensuring that the sustainability of critical processes to your business, partners, and customers are met.

Geographically Distinctive

In accordance with regulations and industry best practices, Virtual Branch provides a geographically distinctive, fully functional disaster recovery and business continuity solution, insulating your credit union from the affects of local or regional disasters.

24/7 Monitoring and Management

As part of Virtual Branch, CU*Answers Network Services provides constant monitoring of online credit unions’ critical information. We also provide an annual disaster recovery/business continuity report which includes review of the DR and business continuity plans, results and documentation of the annual DR test, and all information and services delivered from state of the art SAS 70 certified data centers.

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June 14, 2018

Have a question for CU*Answers? Who do you call?

Have a question for CU*Answers?  Who do you call?

At CU*Answers, we know how important it is that your Credit Union gets the appropriate help in order to meet your day-to-day data processing needs.  When you don’t know exactly who to call, we recommend that you get started by reaching out to either the Client Services and Education Team or the Network Services Team…. Read more »

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A Note from Network Services: Extended Lead Times on Hardware Orders

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Partnership Changes Coming to Managed Technology Services

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THIS POST APPLIES TO CREDIT UNIONS WHO RECEIVED THE ASSOCIATED EMAIL. Dear clients – for the past several years we have worked closely with CU*Northwest to deliver leading-edge managed technology services to their credit union community.  Through this partnership, you have been able to leverage the proven technology management practices of CU*Answers Network Services (CNS)… Read more »

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A Note from Network Services: Notification of Upcoming Vendor Price Increases

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CU*Answers Network Services Named Top Finalist in ScalePad’s Digital Maturity Index for 2022

CU*Answers Network Services is pleased to announce that it was named a finalist in the 2022 ScalePad Top Digital Maturity Index, which per ScalePad is a “dynamic score recalculated daily and objectively benchmarks your clients’ IT environments against key productivity and risk factors. Clients with a high score have a great technology experience, leading to […]

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CU*Answers certifies Microsoft Windows 11

CU*Answers Network Services is pleased to announce that it has fully certified Microsoft Windows 11 Professional for use with its CU*BASE GOLD application suite. “We are excited about staying ahead of the curve in supporting the latest operating system from Microsoft,” explains Matt Sawtell, VP of Managed Technology Services at CU*Answers. “It’s a cadence we’ve […]

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The People Behind the Brands – Meet AdvantageCIO

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Have a question for CU*Answers? Who do you call?

Have a question for CU*Answers?  Who do you call?

At CU*Answers, we know how important it is that your Credit Union gets the appropriate help in order to meet your day-to-day data processing needs.  When you don’t know exactly who to call, we recommend that you get started by reaching out to either the Client Services and Education Team or the Network Services Team…. Read more »

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