GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--CU*Answers, a 100% credit union-owned core data processor, has revealed what it considers to be the top 12 enhancements of 2014 for its CU*BASE core platform and related credit union products. Top among the list was the File Expansion Project, a monumental investment in ensuring a long future for bigger and better things to come. “The massive undertaking completely revamped the CU*BASE system to change maximum account balances to allow for a maximum of $999,999,999.99,” the company said.
Among other popular enhancements were updates to CU*Answers’ It’s Me 247 mobile web banking product, including the ability to apply for loans.
“This and the other enhancements made during the year ensure credit unions have a full-feature, free mobile banking product,” said Laura Welch-Vilker, Vice President of Client Services and Education.
For the rest of CU*Answers’ top enhancements of 2014, visit http://www.cuanswers.com/resources/doc/cubase-reference/.
Meanwhile, CU*Answers also recently held its 3rd annual corporate “Continuity Awareness Day” as part of their business continuity awareness and training program to help demonstrate the commitment at all levels for emergency response and recovery planning.
“A strong business continuity program requires building resilience in three key categories: People, Processes and Technology. On this day, the focus is on people, and preparing for emergencies must begin in the home,” states Jim Lawrence, CBCP, Manager of Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption Services at CU*Answers.
To help raise awareness, employees were provided self-charging emergency led flashlight/radio/cellphone chargers for use during power disruptions at home or when traveling, and emergency preparedness training, including checklists to identify critical supplies, procedures, and inventory of vital records in the home.
Business continuity awareness and training is a part of daily operations at CU*Answers involving new employee orientation and regular employee education classes to high availability production rollover exercises and annual disaster recovery tests, the company said.
For info on CU*Answers Disaster Recovery and High Availability programs: http://www.cuanswers.com/bcp/.