Using Network Balancing

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Network Balancing provides a more accurate method of balancing your credit union’s cardholder activity and/or terminal activity. If your credit union has an online card-based program between CNS and Portico, you can automate the daily balancing of your cardholder activity with Network Balancing.

Network Balancing provides the following features and benefits.

  • Supports ATM, POS, Debit and Share Branching products that are processed through the CNS network switch to the Portico system for all settled network activity.
  • Provides a balancing control transaction that displays a list of balancing periods and their status.
  • Displays CNS switch and Portico host totals for a business day on a new 3-tier balancing transaction.
  • Lets user transfer to the ATM Network Exceptions window, if an out-of-balance condition exists.
  • Allows you to customize daily general ledger moves.
  • Displays an indicator on the 3-tier balancing transaction if adjustments have been processed by CNS and settlement passed to Corporate.
  • Allows timely analysis of problems and determination of recovery steps.
  • Reduces time spent on the daily balancing process and the resolution of out-of-balance conditions.
  • Allows the delivery of efficient standardized training and support.
  • Allows you to post suspect and/or unable-to-complete transactions online.
  • Automates the daily GL moves for CNS network-driven ATM machines, using daily CNS TS10 report totals.
  • Reduces data entry errors with automated GL and cash control movements per ATM terminal per business day.
  • Displays all deposits for a specific ATM terminal, including on-us and foreign cardholders.
  • Lets you verify and correct member and non-member ATM deposits online and post these deposits to the appropriate GL accounts.
  • Displays all suspect transactions for a specific business day and ATM terminal.
  • Supports Cash Control and Teller Administration.

The following Portico reports support Network Balancing.

  • Teller Balance Request Report 881
  • Network Cardholder Activity Report 904/914
  • Network Settlement/Reconciliation Report 905/915
  • Network Date/Time Reconciliation Report 906/916

The following CNS Switch reports also support Network Balancing.

  • IF65 - Accounting General Ledger Summary by Client Day Report
  • CD10 - Cardholder Transaction Detail Report
  • TS10 - Terminal Transaction Summary
  • TD10 - Terminal Transaction Detail Report
  • TD11 - Terminal Depository Detail

The following reports support the adjustment totals passed to Corporate by CNS and correspond to the Acknowledgements grid on the Cardholder Balancing Summary window.

  • IC10 – Institution Correction Detail
  • IE56 – Client Network Correction
  • IE57 – Adjustment Notification Report