Special Note to Clients about the 2019 SSAE Audits. Michigan Executive Order 2020-21 and various Shelter In Place Orders in the country required CU*Answers to temporarily suspend the onsite SSAE audit workprogram, scheduled for March 2020. CU*Answers is looking to reschedule the SSAE audit later in calendar 2020, but rescheduling will be subject to future events.
The CU*Answers Due Diligence page is designed to assist our clients and prospective clients in fulfilling any obligation to conduct due diligence provided by our cooperative. This “one stop shop” is to help simplify your needs when conducting vendor due diligence. You can also request Bridge Letters from our Auditing Team.
SSAE Reports
The SSAE SOC 1 and SOC 2 Reports are our public housekeeping audits covering the primary controls we use to secure our systems. The current audit reporting period is January 1 to December 31, 2018.
CU*Answers next scheduled public audit is the SSAE SOC 1. Fieldwork for the SOC 1 is scheduled for February 2020 and to have the report released later in 2020. The SOC 1 will cover the reporting period of January 1 to December 31, 2019.
SSAE Bridge Letter Request Form
If your auditors or examiners request a Bridge Letter for the period between our SSAE audits, you can use the attached form to receive a Bridge Letter from our Audit Team. Bridge Letters usually take from 1-2 days to complete.
ACH Audit
CU*Answers conducts an annual ACH Audit. Every other year we perform the audit internally by the AuditLink team, followed by an external audit the next year. In 2020, the ACH Audit was performed by AuditLink.
CU*Answers Financial Statements
In light of the new third party due diligence requirements, we realize that more clients than just our owners need access to our financial statements. Listed below are our most recent published financial statements.
Insurance Declaration Sheet
CU*Answers’ insurance coverage renews every year on December 1.
Software Escrow Certification
CU*Answers certifies the CU*BASE software has been deposited with the escrow agent upon the November release.
Disaster Recovery/Business Resumption
CU*Answers has a very active Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption team. Documents from this team are produced on a regular basis. Both the most up-to-date reports and archives are available on this page.
See what Business Continuity has to offer!
Business Continuity products are now available to order in the store.
Executive Leadership and Board of Directors
The most up-to-date information on the Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Directors can be found here:
Business Plan and Strategic Technology Plan
CU*Answers to encourages our credit unions and CUSO to be inclusive of all owners when it comes to business plans and other business activities that owners might want to take an active part in. It is the difference in a cooperative; the community owns it and should be treated with the respect owners deserve.
To that end, our Business Plan Summary and Strategic Technology Plan are both available online.
Company Background
The most up-to-date background information on our cooperative can be found on our About page.
Policies
CU*Answers publishes policies on cyber security/information security, acceptable use, and other policies of interest to our clients and their examiners.
More Information
For more information, or if you have questions, please contact our CFO, Bob Frizzle at bfrizzle@cuanswers.com.
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