ERS Annual License Fee
Your ERS Annual License Fee for 2006, which covers software updates and technical support will remain 88 cents per member based upon the number of accounts on December 31, 2005. This will be included on your January 2006 invoice.
Ashell Annual License Fee
Credit unions on the Linux system are billed an annual license fee by MicroSabio. This fee is typically around $200 (based upon the number of terminals), and will be added to your ERS invoice the month that MicroSabio bills ERS. This will typically be the anniversary date of your original Ashell license purchase.
Statement Folding
ERS has been contracting with A1 Mailing Services, Inc (owned by Sammy) for all statement folding since 2003. Due to the increased cost of shipping, beginning with your January statements, the cost of having your statements folded and shipped to you will increase from .01 to .02 per page. This service will be billed to you separately by A1 Mailing, and will not appear on your ERS invoice.
ERS Invoices Online
Your monthly invoices are stored on the following website, and can be viewed or printed any time you choose. http://outbox.ers2000.com/ For password assistance contact Sammy on ext 110 or email at sammy@ers2000.com
New Features
If you are not already using the latest version of our software, you will receive it sometime in January. Look for the following new features:
Program # 3
Member Card Numbers: The following card types are available
Visa Master ATM Debit Home Equity HSA
Passwords/Phone Numbers: 2 email address fields are now available......40 characters each
Program #7
Option H/16 New Option O Within the specified sequence range, this allows you to view a list of transactions done only to the requested share type.
Option H/ 8 Monetary Instruments - This option sorts transactions above the requested amount by Social Security Number. A transaction will be listed once for each Social Security Number on these account number, including joint owners. With this change you now have the ability to track transactions done by a member on more than one account number, even if they are primary on one and joint on another.
HSA Accounts - Health Savings Accounts are now available as an ‘I’ share type. There is a separate set of transaction codes that are available when you open an HSA account, and Program #27 gives you specific totals needed for this type of account. More detailed documentation for Health Savings Accounts is available on our website at http://linux.ers2000.com
New Transaction Codes - Many new transaction codes have been added. Be sure to set up the defaults for these transactions in your General Ledger, Option V #2. A list of these transaction codes as well as an EXCEL spreadsheet containing a full list of all transaction codes, where they are located and their suggested General Ledger defaults can be found on our website at http:// linux.ers2000.com
Program #5 Option F - This option allows you to designate the share type to which ATM and ACH Share and Draft transactions are posted for an individual member.
Program #36 Option NN - A field has been added to this report to indicate the status of the “HB (Home Banking) ELECTRONIC STATEMENT ONLY” flag in Program #3.
Program #49 SHARE BALANCE LISTING - When you choose Share Type I you can designate the IRA type to be listed. This allows you to get a list of only Education IRAs for example.
Program 47 Option G - In the 3rd field from the top “Enter desired share display sequence” you should enter only the share types that are valid in your credit union. Any share type NOT listed in this field cannot be used on your system.
Shared Branch Transaction list - Program #64 is no longer used for Shared Branch and will be removed from the Menu. To get totals or individual transaction list use Program #7. Use Option E to set the sequence range, and choose Option C, Teller Password +BR for only shared branch transactions.
RT (Real Time) ATM Transaction list - To get totals or individual transaction list use Program #7. Use Option E to set the sequence range, and choose Option C, Teller Password +RT for only RT ATM transactions
Sybil Transaction List - To get totals or individual transaction list use Program #7. Use Option E to set the sequence range, and choose Option C, Teller Password +++ for only Sybil transactions
Home Bank Transaction List - To get totals or individual transaction list use Program #7. Use Option E to set the sequence range, and choose Option C, Teller Password +HB for only Home Banking transactions.
Online Bill Pay Service
Branchsoft Technologies (John Pruitt) has reached an agreement with iPay, an online bill pay service, to offer reduced rates to ERS customers. This service allows members to arrange to have any bill automatically deducted from their share account at the credit union on a regular basis. To provide this service to your members, the credit union should contact iPay at 866-851-4729 and speak to Linda Utley x432 or Dave Karcher x490 and tell them you are an ERS customer. There are several payment options available and they will be happy to explain those to you. Once signed up for this service you can provide your members with a link specifically for your credit union’s members to the iPay service. Bills that are paid using this service will come to the credit union as a separate ACH batch and posted to the accounts just like any other ACH. There is no cost from ERS or Branchsoft Technologies for this service.
Year-End Checkoff List
An updated Year End Checkoff list is available on the ERS website in the Newsletter section. . Please
note there is a checkoff list for Alpha users and another for Linux users.
Transaction Code Spreadsheet
We have developed an Excel spreadsheet that lists all of the transaction codes on the system, the programs where they are used, the share types affected, and the General Ledger defaults for each one. You can download this list from our Linux website at linux.ers2000.com
If you do not use Excel, you can also download an Excel Viewer program from the same site, that will allow you to see the file, but not make any additions or changes.