Software Updates

CUCollaborate Software Release Notes

Monthly updates on new features and improvements to all our software products.

2026

January 2026

AnalyzeCU platform

  • Fixed a mapping-status data issue where a submission could be left in an unfinished mapping state after a user mapped all of their loan, share, and PFC codes.
  • Resolved a case preventing a specific credit union from mapping its codes.
  • Added the ability for the platform to read submission settings, laying groundwork for later Data Management and AIRES processing features.

AI / Agentic & Data Analyst

  • New: Reports workspace. Users can browse a searchable report catalog, open a report for view or edit, apply filters, and save their own report versions.
  • New: Dashboards. Users can create and edit dashboards, pick reports into them from a catalog, and pin a default dashboard that opens on landing.
  • New: Presentation builder and export. Users can add reports to a presentation, reorder and annotate slides, and export to PowerPoint and CSV.
  • Enhanced filters: reports gained richer parameter filters, with single-option filters auto-disabled to prevent confusing dead-end choices.
  • Reliability: added application-wide error handling, styled toast notifications, a custom error page, and graceful handling of agent communication failures.
  • Data-correctness fixes: export file naming and timestamps, consistent sorting between the on-screen table and exported files, and corrected peer-group naming in exports and presentations.
  • Internal: the agent backend added save-report, dashboard, and presentation endpoints, conversation state tracking, support for additional model families, and admin-only draft report visibility.
  • Polish and fixes: sign-out and auth token clearing, chart axis and empty-space rendering, table sizing and zoom-based row counts, search debouncing, field length validation, and assorted layout alignment.

Shared platform / layout / identity

  • New: Analyst section in the post-login sidebar. Added a dedicated menu item that gives users direct navigation to the CU Data Analyst experience from the shared left-hand menu.
  • Added bot protection (Google reCAPTCHA) to the account registration page at auth.cucollaborate.com, reducing automated sign-up abuse.
  • Refined the phone number fields in the user profile across the post-login pages for clearer, more consistent entry.

ExpandCU

  • New: The interactive mapping app now qualifies rural district expansions correctly by calculating contiguity directly from selected county subdivisions, so users get accurate rural-district results as they build a selection.
  • Corrected cached location profile data used by the ExpandCU report builders, fixing a file path and extension mismatch and removing obsolete legacy profile records, so reports draw on clean, current data.

CDFI

  • Corrected CDFI LITP eligibility calculations and dashboard category results. Loans previously missed due to an incorrect benchmark income are now counted, address handling for PO Boxes and low-accuracy geocodes is more reliable, and LITP categorization moved from static tables to a dynamic calculation for more accurate certification reporting.
  • CDFI dashboard now resolves the current fiscal year correctly, so the right reporting period is shown by default.

LID

  • New: LID Dashboard now offers an NCUA submission export option, with a dedicated export action and guidance directly in the platform.

Location data

  • Census tracts and financial institutions now populate in the Full Report for county-subdivision locations, so location profiles for these areas show complete data instead of blank sections.

Prospecting

  • New: Prospecting list data is now available through integration endpoints, letting partner systems pull peer groups and look up a peer group directly. Access is secured with API key authentication.

Integrations & subscriptions

  • Added a Non-Member Deposits calculation to the HubSpot company sync.
  • Improved reliability of the HubSpot company sync: resolved sync failures caused by function timeouts and optimized the Demographics query for faster, more dependable runs.
  • Fixed Partner API usage data not populating to HubSpot, a subscription end-date validation error, and a case where the Merger Analyst contact role disappeared after a sync.

Tooling, ops & docs

  • NCUA call report data pipeline: added import of FS220 call report data from source files into the platform, improving the freshness and accuracy of call report data used across products.

February 2026

AnalyzeCU platform

  • Validation hardening in Data Management: the system no longer creates a failed submission when a user uploads mixed loan and share files. The error is surfaced before a submission record is created.
  • Loan and share template uploads now detect and handle duplicate rows.
  • AIRES file processing reliability: large member files are no longer truncated when extracted from storage, fixing a case where one credit union's files were altered after extraction.

AI / Agentic & Data Analyst

  • New: Credit Union search. Users can search for a specific credit union to analyze, with results restricted to real institutions.
  • Apply Filters control: report filters now update only when the user clicks Apply, so results no longer shift unexpectedly while parameters are still being chosen.
  • Data-correctness fixes: aligned the on-screen table and exported files to use the same rounded values, removed stray currency and percent symbols from every export cell, and unified number formatting to two decimals across charts and tables.
  • Reliability: the app no longer crashes when a dashboard returns chart data with errors, server-side errors now surface to the user, and a security update moved the frontend to a patched React release.
  • Internal: stood up the dedicated CU Data Analyst backend repository, added a batch endpoint for dashboard chart loading, centralized error handling and user-identity resolution, and integrated Application Insights monitoring.
  • Polish and fixes: sidebar highlighting and overlap, credit-union name abbreviation in tables, peer-group selector tooltips, presentation name validation, scrollbars, and dashboard edit-state caching.

Shared platform / layout / identity

  • Restructured the post-login sidebar menu so sections and items are grouped more logically and easier to scan. Includes fixes so the active page is correctly highlighted when navigating between Map Codes, Manage, Mergers, Prospect, and My Organization, including when the sidebar is collapsed.
  • Polish and fixes: corrected the CU Data Analyst sidebar icon and font-weight states, and added missing "BETA" labels.

CDFI

  • CDFI accuracy: updated the date-range logic for Financial Services Options, refined handling of unknown-address types in CDFI endpoints and the TM Analysis Details export, and fixed an incorrect "Requirements not met" label when a Financial Services Option is active.
  • New: CDFI now shows a clear "Financial Services Option Not Available" message where that option does not apply.

Low-Income Designation (LID)

  • New: Automated invoice generation and storage for NSC member-enrichment charges, removing manual billing steps and giving a clear record of enrichment costs.
  • Resolved a database timeout affecting the LID API, restoring reliable performance during member processing and reporting.
  • College enrollment verification payment flow moved to a hosted invoice URL and now prevents a server error when payment has not been completed, giving a cleaner path through purchase and enrichment.

Credit Union Match

  • Public site polish on creditunionmatch.com: corrected the main-page text styling, fixed the broken "X" close button icon, capitalized "ATM" on maps, and updated the social icon and link for X (formerly Twitter). Also corrected a header sizing regression introduced by a front-end library update.

Prospecting

  • Prospecting list reports are now restricted to the user who created them, so merger-related lists stay private to their owner.
  • The integration endpoint now accepts a user identifier, so a user can retrieve their own prospecting list through the integration.
  • Expanded the Prospecting Excel export to include the full data set, with cleaned-up column labels, ordering, and cell formatting.

Integrations & subscriptions

  • Added a CEO Tenure Years field to the HubSpot company integration.
  • Resolved SQL timeouts in the demographics market-fields sync by aggregating distinct geocodes and adding covering indexes.
  • Subscription management now filters to active credit unions only, fixing a data issue affecting Educators Credit Union.

March 2026

AnalyzeCU platform

  • Users now receive a clear message when a PFC template upload contains duplicates.
  • AIRES file processing fixes: corrected cropped encrypted SFTP files for one credit union so full data comes through intact.
  • Backend: introduced a dedicated data-ingress queue to improve submission processing throughput. Internal architecture.

AI / Agentic & Data Analyst

  • New: Compare This / Against This comparison filters. Users can now set a primary subject and choose what to benchmark it against, comparing a credit union against other credit unions or named peer groups, with credit-union search and infinite scroll in the selectors.
  • New: first-time onboarding landing page that greets new users before they reach the reports.
  • Clearer peer-group labels: peer groups renamed to plain-language names such as Similar Assets and Similar Assets and Footprint, "Your CU" relabeled to "My CU", and chart, table, and slide titles updated to match.
  • New metrics: added charge-off and delinquency ratios (Round 3) and a further metrics batch (Round 4), expanding the questions the analyst can answer, with corrected formulas and pre-1999 data coverage.
  • Reliability and data correctness: faster dashboards through eliminated duplicate peer-group lookups, corrected peer-group data and naming in CSV exports, and proper API error codes for missing or invalid resources.
  • New: AMA (ask-me-anything) agent prototype on the agentic platform, plus a Conversation Explorer for staff with thread search and deep links to review past conversations.
  • Internal: the platform gained configurable conversation compression, an agent host with a reskinned chat experience, configurable landing pages, and an observability access layer.
  • Polish and fixes: report list ordering, chart axis tick rounding, filter loading behavior, credit-union name shortening with tooltips, and assorted report-page label and layout corrections.

Shared platform / layout / identity

  • New: redesigned post-login shell. Rolled out a rebuilt cross-app layout with a new top bar (header), navigation menu, and footer, plus dedicated error and not-found pages. Navigation now uses a dynamic configuration so menu items, links, and icons stay consistent across apps, with support for hiding items by environment.
  • Added Leagues support to the shared navigation, tailoring which menu items appear for league users.

CDFI

  • CDFI accuracy: Target Market analyses exports now show the correct lending year, and NonGeo loans with a valid census tract are now counted as TM-qualified under the Financial Services Option.
  • Enriched CDFI address data with latitude, longitude, and geocoding accuracy, now returned by the API and stored on each submission, giving more precise location detail behind certification analysis.

Low-Income Designation (LID)

  • Updated the NCUA submission export to include the full set of members submitted to NSC, so the export reconciles with what was actually submitted.

Credit Union Match

  • Added website analytics to creditunionmatch.com so we can measure visitor traffic and usage and improve the match experience over time.

Org search

  • Fixed an error that occurred when search phrases contained special characters, so organization searches return results reliably regardless of punctuation.

Integrations & subscriptions

  • Added several new HubSpot company fields: a "No CDRLF Grant History" indicator, merger and acquisition properties sourced from the merger network, an upload-method value, and loan-origination upload date and user mapping.

April 2026

AnalyzeCU platform

  • AIRES file processing reliability, a strong month for data correctness: fixed processing of large xlsx files, corrected comma and field-quoting handling that could shift data, resolved a partial share-file upload for one credit union, and fixed an xlsx ingestion failure for another. These changes prevent silent data shifts and dropped rows during submission processing.
  • Interrupted submissions are now handled cleanly. The application maps the new "Interrupted" status instead of crashing, and the dashboard treats it as in-progress.
  • Submission deletions from the AIRES dashboard now capture audit information (who deleted, and when).
  • Backend foundation for the Upload History feature: a submission-history data model and a read-only history endpoint.
  • Fixed a failure-reason field being shown incorrectly in the UI, and a flickering tooltip on the AIRES page.

AI / Agentic & Data Analyst

  • New: Financial Statements (Balance Sheet and Income). Users get a dedicated balance-sheet and income-statement view with its own layout, filters, and expandable tables.
  • New: chart readability controls. Charts now hide anomalous high and low values by default, let users temporarily toggle individual lines off, and show data points only on hover.
  • New: bulk add to dashboard. Users can select and add multiple reports to a dashboard at once instead of one at a time.
  • Template protection: templated reports are now view-only and cannot be renamed or deleted, and deleting a report removes it from any dashboards that referenced it.
  • Data correctness: fixed newly generated reports that stored empty subject data, corrected metric aggregation, and excluded internal QA and demo credit unions from search results for external users.
  • New metrics: added a further metrics batch (Round 5) and precalculated metric values to speed up the analyst.
  • Internal: added a GetMetrics API with a metrics tree and caching, a Financial Statements API with database-side averaging and input validation, and a user-profile endpoint for onboarding activation tracking.
  • Polish and fixes: balance-sheet table loading states and tooltips, presentation slide handling for long benchmark lists, charts rendered without dots, and search improvements for "CU" and "FCU" terms.

Shared platform / layout / identity

  • New: Financial Statements section added to the post-login navigation, giving users a direct entry point to balance sheet and income statement views with filtering.
  • Streamlined the post-login top bar by removing the Ideas Portal button and retiring the Crisp chat widget.
  • Sidebar polish on the redesigned layout: added "BETA" labels for the Data Analyst and Merger pages, added skeleton loading placeholders during page load, fixed a horizontal scrollbar at 125% zoom, corrected item alignment, moved the expand/collapse control to the top, and improved collapse behavior so expanding one list closes the others.

FOM / JoinCU

  • Resolved timeouts when editing Field of Membership entities and creating new review slots in the FOM Reviewer Interface, so reviewers can work on large datasets without errors.

Credit Union Match

  • Corrected the eligibility reason shown to members for Northern CU, so the survey returns the right "why you qualify" explanation.

SEG application

  • Restored the Select Employee Group application form, which had stopped working in both the Global and Individual workflows and was returning unexpected errors. Submissions complete reliably again.

Integrations & subscriptions

  • Fixed HubSpot sync dropping the decimal on the Business Loans (percent of assets) field and corrected incomplete MBL cap data.
  • Billing point-of-contact and IT email now sync alongside their contact roles.

May 2026

AnalyzeCU platform

  • New: Upload History tab in Data Management. Users can now see a paginated, sortable history of their submissions, including loading, empty, and error states, wired to the new history endpoint.
  • AIRES file processing fixes: corrected column-shift handling so foreign and partial-address rows are recovered rather than misaligned, fixing shifted share data for one credit union, and added correlation IDs and richer logging to speed up diagnosis of processing issues.
  • Mapping reliability: fixed case-sensitivity handling for loan, share, and PFC type codes in mapping files, and resolved an error when adding a pre-filled loan template.
  • Began phasing the standalone AnalyzeCU pages over to the new Data Management app, including updated code-mapping links on the Impact Report page and fallback links from the old app to the new one.
  • Refactored submission deletion for reliability.
  • Polish and fixes: AIRES and mapping table sorting order and reset-on-sort, pagination starting page, select-all and intermediate-checkbox behavior, tab counters refreshing after mapping changes, typing and render performance in edit mode, file-type icons, table responsiveness on sidebar expand, font sizing, mapping-status label colors, and an unsaved-changes warning when canceling an edit.

AI / Agentic & Data Analyst

  • New: LID agent in-chat exports on the agentic platform. Users can export Low-Income Designation data directly from chat, including export by submission date, with legal export combinations enforced.
  • New: LID breakdown charts and richer bar charts in the agent host chat.
  • Security: row-level security now filters data per user through session context on the data gateway, and a fix prevents the agent from referencing disabled or internal-only views.
  • Data correctness: LID member thresholds in chat now match the dashboard, credit-union display names corrected in responses, and report and peer-group display names made consistent across the report page and exports.
  • New metrics: added a further metrics batch (Round 6) covering loan penetration ratios.
  • Internal: added a reasoning and thinking UI with a per-agent toggle, LLM response telemetry, a markdown knowledge-base editor in the admin panel, and per-agent suggestion prompts.
  • Polish and fixes: chat input text color and visibility, error messaging for missing analytics data, and agent-host stability patches.

Shared platform / layout / identity

  • Updated the shared navigation links to point to the new Data Management application, so users move into the rebuilt experience from the master layout.

FOM / JoinCU

  • New: Launched the FOM Toolkit, an AI-assisted Field of Membership extraction and review system. It reads FOM documents, extracts entities and rules, and surfaces issues for review on a Final Review workflow.
  • Strengthened the FOM Toolkit review experience: faster Final Review and Dashboard pages, server-side pagination, grouped issue panels with at-a-glance issue counts, smarter rule editing, address geocoding, and clearer warnings on entities that need attention.

Low-Income Designation (LID)

  • New: Rebuilt LID statistics and reporting. New Results, Tools, Benefits, and Improve LID views surface member counts, summary and detailed-breakdown figures, trend line charts, and period-over-period comparisons, with one-click export to Excel for member, NCUA, comparison, and detailed-breakdown reports.
  • Improved data correctness across LID exports: Clearing House data now appears in the NCUA and internal analysis exports, pre-1990 dates of birth render correctly, snapshot-based figures keep totals consistent, and trend charts order submissions correctly when reprocessing occurs.

Credit Union Match

  • Both paid and unpaid credit unions now receive global workflow links, so every listed credit union routes members consistently into the join flow.
  • Reliability: investigated and resolved runtime errors in the survey service, improving stability of the eligibility questionnaire members complete on the site.

SEG application

  • Fixed a broken page that sent users to a "not found" error during the Global workflow.

Org search

  • Refined business search indexing to exclude locations, keeping search results focused on the intended organization records.

June 2026

AnalyzeCU platform

  • New: Analyst banner introduced on the former AnalyzeCU pages, and a redirect from the old Data Management app to the new one so users land in the right place.
  • Upload History now shows whether a submission came from a user or an upload method in the "Submitted by" column.
  • Upload Data modal improvements: future years removed from the document-date picker, clearer duplicate type-code errors, a working download trigger inside error messages, and a corrected "Learn about AIRES/AIRES+ files" help link.
  • Bulk and single mapping refinements: fixed pagination after bulk map or unmap on the last page, corrected edit and mapping error messages for different scenarios, fixed an empty AIRES table after deleting the last submission on a later page, and polished bulk-mapping modal styling and tooltips.
  • AIRES file processing fix: corrected a case where a state value was misread inside a loan type code when a row had no address data, preventing column shifts.

AI / Agentic & Data Analyst

  • New metrics: added further metrics batches (Rounds 7 and 8) covering indirect-loan delinquency and charge-off ratios, net-worth ratios, and re-implemented MVP metrics.
  • Data correctness: a cross-audit corrected overreported investment securities, fixed account periods for several metrics, and renamed reporting line items for accuracy.

Shared platform / layout / identity

  • Set up automatic redirects from the old Data Management app to the new one, so existing links and bookmarks continue to work seamlessly.
  • Completed the move to a new identity and sign-in platform across the post-login apps. Users now experience more reliable login and logout, including being signed out of all open apps in a single action, with graceful handling of authentication failures.

FOM / JoinCU

  • Fixed the Export User Activity action on the Member Acquisition JoinCU dashboard, which previously failed with an error on large datasets.
  • Resolved runtime exceptions in JoinCU persona and lead handling, including eligible survey addresses now correctly routing to the lead form.

Credit Union Match

  • Only active credit unions are now shown on the site, so members no longer see listings for credit unions that are no longer participating.
  • Reviewed and corrected site caching, including blog-post caching, so content updates appear promptly and pages load reliably.
  • Fixed sitemap.xml and robots.txt accessibility for creditunionmatch.com, improving how search engines crawl and index the site (SEO).
  • Reliability: a further round of runtime-error fixes in the survey service, continuing the stability work begun in May.

Tooling, ops & docs

  • NCUA call report data refresh: fixed several import issues ahead of the next data load, including field-of-membership and ATM location imports and FS220 file handling, improving call report data accuracy.
2025

December

No major releases. Minor fixes to backend logic.

November

No major releases. Minor fixes to backend logic.

October

No major releases. Minor fixes to backend logic.

September

Data Facilitation

  • Improved data processing reliability: Backend automation now identifies and corrects common data formatting issues before processing, improving upload reliability and reducing manual intervention.
  • SFTP optimization for folder-based uploads: SFTP now supports folder-based file ingestion, so files uploaded within folders are processed automatically and reliably.

Mapping

  • Updated geographical boundaries: County borders have been updated to reflect 2024 data.

LID

  • Improved military identification and data accuracy: Military status identification and display now fully align with NCUA standards.
    • All “Military” indicators are now labeled Military — SCRA for clarity and compliance.
    • Outdated MLA-based and Military Pay indicators have been removed.
    • Legacy AIRES+ flags (NSC, MLA, Military Pay) are now deprecated and ignored automatically to prevent mapping errors.
  • Unified NCUA export file: The NCUA submission export has been redesigned into a single, standardized file with consistent structure and clear evidence fields.
    • Fixed column order and improved formatting.
    • Conditional fields for College Student (NSC), Member Survey, and Military — SCRA appear only when relevant.
    • Added NSC Verification Date and expanded methodology notes for better transparency and compliance.

August

LID

  • Detailed member-level comparison report: Export a Detailed Comparison Report showing exactly which members changed categories between submissions, available from the comparison view via the new Export Detailed Report button.
  • Excel export for Internal Analysis: Internal Analysis reports can now be exported in Excel (.xlsx) alongside the existing .acmd format, making it easier to review and manipulate results in a spreadsheet.
  • Line-chart accuracy for reprocessed submissions: Fixed an issue where multiple reprocessing events for the same submission appeared as separate events. The dashboard now reflects only the correct change.
  • Streamlined upload process across apps: File uploads have been centralized in the Data Management app. Upload options have been removed from LID, Impact Reports, Demographics, and CDFI Pre-Qualification pages, each now linking to the unified upload tool.

July

LID

  • Current vs. Previous LID Report — detailed member-level export: Final phase of the Compare Current and Previous LID Report Results feature. Download a detailed report showing exactly which members changed categories between submissions — ideal for deeper analysis and board presentations.
  • National Student Clearinghouse data in exports: Internal Analysis and NCUA Submission export files now include National Student Clearinghouse data when available, making it easier to track college student members across enrichments.

Mapping

  • Name update: Branch Market Model (BMM) has been renamed to Branch Market Analysis (BMA).
  • Color customization: Change the color and opacity of each individual layer.
  • Search layer behavior: The search layer now automatically moves to the top when interacting with the search text input.
  • New geography layer: Branch Market Model Score by County Subdivisions.
  • Demographic Radial Analysis layer: Now provides deeper insights into target areas, including:
    • Median age
    • Homeownership rates
    • LID population
    • Racial composition
    • Educational attainment
    • Primary languages spoken
    • Employment by industry
    • Estimated driving times within the selected radius

June

Data Facilitation

  • Data Quality Validation recalculation: Partial recalculation now occurs when clients map or remap type codes.
  • PowerShell script enhancements: A new Safe Mode lets clients locally verify encrypted files before upload.
  • Upload flow & SFTP updates: Continued improvements to AIRES file uploads based on edge case analysis. SFTP now supports .xlsx and .xls file formats.

LID

  • Line-chart enhancements — “Reason for Change”: Click any point on the Members in LID Areas trend line to learn what event drove the shift, how much the percentage moved, and jump straight to a detailed comparison view.
  • Event table view: Toggle from the chart to a sortable table that lists every data-changing event (uploads, enrichments, etc.) with timestamps, category impact, and delta — ideal for audits and board reports.
  • “Requirements Almost Met” status: Updated legend language clarifies the orange state when a submission sits just below the 50% threshold.
  • Business Address Enrichment now free: Business-address enrichment is unlocked at no additional cost for every subscription tier.
  • Dashboard performance & UX tweaks: Optimized high-traffic endpoints and fixed a width issue when switching back from table to chart view; large dashboards now load noticeably faster.

Mapping

  • New layer — Demographic Radial Analysis:
    • Custom pin placement: Drop a pin anywhere on the map to instantly view demographic details within a selected radius.
    • Radius comparison: Compare demographic data across multiple radius sizes.
    • Adjustable radius: Easily change the radius to explore different areas and refine your analysis.

May

CDFI

  • CDFI FS Option data export: Now includes detailed export of FS Option data, streamlining reporting for clients pursuing certification through this pathway.

LID

  • Automated data enrichment: Easily compare current and previous LID reports to track key metric changes, category shifts, and trends — helping clients monitor progress and make informed decisions.

Mapping

  • Branch Market Model (BMM) layer improvements:
    • Automatic selection by default: Upon opening the layer, the system applies the default selection based on your credit union’s FOM Rules. If no compatible geographies are found, the system translates them to the requested geography (e.g., Counties to Census Tracts).
    • Highlight top X populated results: The calculation method now aligns more closely with the data analysis team’s method, highlighting the top X (instead of top 1) most populated BMM results and marking them with red stars.
    • Population in a 5-mile radius on hover: Displays the population within a 5-mile radius when hovering over highlighted stars.
    • Copy to clipboard: A new button copies BMM results directly from the panel for pasting into Excel.

April

Data Facilitation

  • Data Quality Validation enhancements: Significantly improved processing performance. All calculations are now performed during AIRES file processing, immediately after upload.
  • AIRES self-service documentation improvements: Updated PowerShell and SFTP self-service pages with clearer guidance, troubleshooting tips, and best practices for automated AIRES file uploads. Includes expanded formatting recommendations and setup instructions.

March

Data Facilitation

  • Enhanced PowerShell script & SFTP self-service: Released an enhanced PowerShell script that auto-updates to the latest version, alongside a new SFTP self-service page. Both help clients automate AIRES data uploads more easily and securely.

MAX

  • New Branching category & Branch Market Model (BMM) layer in Mapping: Added a Branching category and BMM layer that quantifies branch growth potential at the county or census tract level, based on historical relationships between bank branch deposit growth and local economic, demographic, and competitive factors. The BMM Score layer also supports copying selections from Credit Union FOM Rules for streamlined analysis.

CDFI

  • CDFI dashboard update: Redesigned the Pre-Qualification dashboard to improve clarity and showcase alternative pathways to certification.
  • Improved CIA experience: Made it easier for certified institutions to continue leveraging approved Custom Investment Areas in their certification journey.

ECIP

  • ECIP API improvements: Introduced new classification capabilities to enhance address analysis and support more accurate reporting.

LID

  • Automated data enrichment: Refined enrichment workflows to improve processing speed and consistency across submissions.

February

Data Facilitation

  • Members’ Locations filtering: The Members’ Locations layer now supports product-based filtering.

CDFI

  • Export ZIP codes overlapped by IA target markets: Clients can now export IA-overlapping ZIP codes for improved targeting.
  • Customizable Target Market (TM) category selection: Users can adjust TM categories in the CDFI dashboard to better align with their analysis and certification needs.

ECIP

  • Enhanced qualification logic in ECIP API: Expanded qualification logic for commercial loans to ensure broader coverage and consistency.

January

Mapping

  • Members’ Locations layer update: The Members’ Locations layer now supports product-based filtering.
  • Overlapping ZIP codes report: Available in FOM Expansion Reports (“View More” panel) and Location-based FOM Rules (“FOM Rules” panel).
2024

December

ECIP

  • Expanded calculation logic in the ECIP API.

LID

  • Enhanced visualization for the 45–50% LID range with a positive color update.

Mapping

  • New layer — Community Organizations: See the locations of community organizations in a selected area.
  • Copy selection: Streamline your workflow by copying the entire selection from existing layers — no more manual drawing of selected areas.
    • Applicable to selectable layers, including Financial Institutions and Advanced Demographics.
    • Supports compatible geographic transfers (Counties to Counties, Tracts to Tracts, etc.).
  • Depository Institutions table — CDFI Certified column: CDFI Certified information is now available for Bank HQs in addition to Credit Unions (visible in the Location profile).
  • Map Scale: Easily measure distances and understand spatial relationships on the interactive map. Toggle visibility from Display Options.

November

Mapping

  • Member details: Member-level details are now surfaced in Mapping.

CDFI

  • Dedicated Web API: A new Web API has been created for the CDFI product.
  • Automated file analysis: Deployed a solution for the automatic analysis of files for CDFI.

LID

  • Dedicated Web API: A new Web API has been created for the LID product.

October

Mapping

  • Updated Credit Union and Bank layers with refreshed data.
  • New categorization and updated demographic data.
  • Additional information in Depository Institutions section of the Location profile.

Data Facilitation

  • PowerShell script 2.0: Released on the PowerShell self-service page.

Impact Report

  • Duplicate saved filters: Added the ability to duplicate saved filters.

LID

  • Improved calculation accuracy for the College Students category.
  • Improved calculation accuracy for the High School Students category.
  • Additional NCUA export file: Created an additional export file for submission to NCUA.

CDFI

  • Automated file analysis: Built a solution for the automatic analysis of files for CDFI analysis.
  • Export performance: Finalized and improved the performance of Export functionality.
  • Renamed CDFI Certification page and updated documentation.

September

Mapping

  • Concentration of facilities heatmaps: New heatmaps under Demographics.
  • Improved search: Search now lets you choose and display one specific address.
  • New CDFI category: CDFI Census tracts 2010 and 2020 added to Mapping.

Impact Report

  • Save location filters: Added the ability to save location filters.

LID

  • Automated processing of custom flags in LID files (AIRES+).
  • DOB column added to the export file on the LID dashboard.
  • Member Count vs. Call Report: Resolved the discrepancy between Member Count and Call Report on the LID dashboard.

CDFI

  • Redesigned CDFI Certification Dashboard.
  • CDFI API — address accuracy: Extended to improve address accuracy.
  • Financial Service option deployed on the CDFI Certification Dashboard.

August

Impact Report

  • Saved Filter feature released for location filters.

CDFI

  • Geocoding Accuracy field added to the CDFI API.

LID

  • NCUA-aligned operation order: Implemented a new order of operation on the LID Dashboard to fully match the NCUA process.

Data Facilitation

  • PowerShell Self-Service Page released for automated data uploads by clients.

Mapping

  • Updated LID layer to the latest NCUA LID Workbook 2024.
  • Additional geographies available in the Members and Member Marketshare heatmaps.

July

Mapping

  • Core Demographics feature released.
  • Members and Member Marketshare heatmaps released.

Social Impact

  • Latest datasets: Now operates with 2024 Q1–Q2 data.

CDFI

  • Improved filter panel UX on the CDFI Dashboard.
  • Custom Investment Area tab added to the CDFI Certification dashboard.

LID

  • NCUA LID Workbook 2024 implemented for the LID Dashboard.

June

Impact Report

  • Account Benefit Export File: Expanded with race and ethnicity estimates based on BISG and BIFSG methodologies.

CDFI

  • Improved filter panel UX released on the CDFI Dashboard.

Mapping

  • Underserved Area reports: Population data updated to the latest ACS 2022.

May

LID

  • New LID 2022 workbook: Released, with updated data and an in-app message announcing the new workbook.

Mapping

  • Additional 2022 LID layer added.

Data Facilitation

  • Redesigned AIRES Processor to optimize data processing in AIRES files.

CDFI

  • First version of the CDFI Certification dashboard released.
  • CDFI API — new fields: Added County Name and County FIPS.

April

LID

  • Refined Unknown category: Now split into Non-foreign addresses and Foreign addresses for clearer detail.

Data Facilitation

  • New Data Submission Page released.

Impact Report

  • Benefit by Account export update: Removed Name and Addresses; added tax identifier type.

Mapping

  • Add FOM expansion report without saving: New flow lets users add a report without committing it.
  • CDFI and Benchmark tracts toggles added to Mapping.
  • Print from Mapping: Print icon added to the bottom-right of the screen.

March

Demographics

  • ACS data refresh: Updated from 2021 to ACS 5-year 2022.

CDFI

  • New CDFI API version released, with detailed data for qualification.

Data Facilitation

  • Product Mapping enhancements: Added an Edit button for the whole table.
  • Pre-filled product mapping file download: Users can adjust their codes in Excel.

Mapping 2.0

  • Mapping 2.0 release with major additions:
    • Additional geographies for the Community Charter report (Places, Census Tracts, etc.).
    • Add multiple Credit Union layers at once.
    • Search button and textbox for locations and organizations.
    • Updated CSA and CBSA layer styling.
    • Optional Rural Area coloring.
    • New MapToolbox.
    • Multi-Deselect Tool.
    • Optional service areas and clustering.
    • Report details modal and on-demand report saving.

February

Mapping 2.0

  • Open-ended search introduced for addresses, organizations, and locations.

LID

  • “No: Military” category added to the LID calculations Details tab.
  • “No High School Student” category added to the LID calculations Details tab.

CDFI

  • First version of the CDFI API launched.

Data Facilitation

  • Redesigned product mapping button panel for improved usability.

January

Impact Report

  • Demographics refresh: State Legislative District (Lower/Upper Chamber) data updated to 2022.

LID

  • New “Note” section added to the LID dashboard.
  • Foreign Address included in LID analysis.
  • Other Address included in LID analysis.

Mapping 2.0

  • List all Credit Unions under “Credit Unions serving in the selected area.”
  • Service area visualizations implemented.
2023

AnalyzeCU

December 2023

  • Updated Impact Report datasets with Q2 and Q3 data.
  • Client Ideas Portal added to the header.

November 2023

  • LID dashboard expansions:
    • Business accounts analysis.
    • College students analysis.
    • Additional payment directly via the website.
    • College student identification logic based on loan mapping.
  • Member-count alert: An alert now fires if a CU’s total number of members is outside a 10% threshold.
  • Updated formula for the additional number of members a CU needs to qualify as LID.
  • Updated Crosswalk files for Virginia State Representative Districts.

October 2023

  • Virginia State Representative Districts: Implemented redistricted State Legislative District (Upper and Lower Chambers) into the Impact Report.
  • LID API endpoint expanded to return all LID analysis for the addresses and Date of Birth.

September 2023

No notes.

August 2023

  • LID API — high school student validation: Endpoint extended to validate high school students based on address and date of birth.
  • “Other” option in product code mapping: Users can now choose “Other” when mapping their product codes.
  • Performance improvements across AnalyzeCU pages (Impact Report, Demographics, LID).

July 2023

  • Race and Ethnicity modeling implemented.
  • Migration to census block group complete for Impact Report and Demographics pages.
  • CDFI Export file: Now includes 2016–2020 ACS 5-year estimate locations (ID 2020).

June 2023

  • Delete functionality added to Data Management.
  • 2016–2020 ACS 5-year estimates added to the CDFI Pre-Qualification report.
  • Updated LITP calculation for the CDFI Pre-Qualification report.

May 2023

  • Data Preparer redesign: Now shows version and warning messages.
  • Share file validation: Updated validation of Certificate Maturity Date.
  • More accurate Impact Report calculations.
  • Knowledge Base added to the header for all authorized users.

April 2023

  • Loading visualizations added for LID, CDFI, Data Preparer download, and Benefit by Account features.
  • Benefit by Account feature: New ability to extract member benefit by individual product on the Impact Report page.
  • New PFCs added to the meaning list so the system can calculate loan duration for additional product types.
  • Reordered PFC meanings for clarity.

March 2023

  • Benefit by Product: Data extract of member benefit by individual product in AIRES files.
  • Improved “Total Benefit to Member” calculation.
  • Auto Benchmark IR: Now uses TransUnion “Other lenders” data.
  • AIRES file validation improvements:
    • Removed warning for incorrect date format.
    • Combined all critical errors into a single notification.
    • New SSN validation.
    • Incorrect SSN data now produces a warning instead of a critical error.
    • Column validation now warns instead of blocking users.
    • Updated validation for the Record Code (first column).
    • Header validation update — files are now encrypted to avoid blocking users.
  • New loading icon across all AnalyzeCU pages.
  • Visualized loading process when downloading Data Preparer.
  • LID graph zoom: New solution gives users the option to zoom in/out.

February 2023

  • New License Agreement added to the Mac and Windows installers.
  • AIRES header values: Header names now work as values to prevent error messages.
  • Date format changed to XX/XX/XXXX for Loan and Share files.
  • Excel encryption fix: Resolved “More than 39 columns when column is empty” error.
  • Header notification regarding the latest version of Data Preparer.
  • Upload reliability fixes:
    • Resolved Execution Timeout Expired.
    • Resolved System.OutOfMemoryException.
    • Resolved Value cannot be null (Parameter ‘key’).
  • League performance: Fixed 500 errors for CUs and leagues.
  • Congressional districts: Added support for Congressional District 118; removed Congressional District 116 from the Location filter.
  • League computations: Estimated number of members for leagues now drives Total Benefit to Member, direct/total jobs, and economic contribution.
  • Total Benefit to Member trigger: Now recalculates automatically (instead of manually) with numbers shown on the page.
  • League members message: Notifies league users when there are insufficient member accounts.
  • Weighted Average Methodology implemented (Monte Carlo method removed).

January 2023

  • Improved “Total Benefit to Member” calculation.

December 2022

  • Total Benefit to Member feature released.
  • Data Preparer released with new features:
    • SSN/TIN validation.
    • Warning and critical error messages.
    • Export report including warnings and errors.
  • CDFI API tooltip button added.
  • LID API tooltip button added.

BizDev

December 2023

  • “Submitted to Board” status added for applications.

November 2023

  • SEG application notifications: Email notifications when a user is assigned.

October 2023

  • Updated CO-OP logic for 4015 documents and SEG request letters — credit unions now just need to be issuers; they no longer need to be owners of a CO-OP branch or ATM.

September 2023

No notes.

August 2023

No notes.

July 2023

No notes.

June 2023

No notes.

May 2023

No notes.

April 2023

  • SEG document fix: Resolved an issue where SEG documents were not being generated after submitting the form.

March 2023

No notes.

February 2023

  • SEG Request Letter: Added the full location of the prospective association to be fully compliant with NCUA requirements.
  • User Guide added for CAPRIS submission for associational forms.

January 2023

  • User Guide implemented for CAPRIS submission for organizational SEGs.

December 2022

  • Logo resize functionality on the SEG application.
  • Fixed file upload on the SEG application global workflow.

ExpandCU

December 2023

  • Mapping 2.0 — FOM Expansion reports: View and edit existing reports, add a new Underserved Area report, and switch between report views (Community Charter to Underserved Areas and back).
  • Updated coloring for CDFI Approved areas and Rural areas in Mapping 2.0.
  • Multi-select and Clear Selection tools implemented in Mapping 2.0.

November 2023

  • Hover-to-view Credit Union name: Visualization of a Credit Union name when hovering over their FOM rules and in a pop-up window.
  • View Community Charter FOM Expansion reports.
  • Visualize Credit Unions serving in a specific area.
  • Report Definition table with statuses.
  • Edit/update existing reports.

October 2023

  • Mapping 2.0 (BETA) released, including:
    • Different mapping styles.
    • Geographical boundaries.
    • Demographic data.
    • CU data, financial institutions data, and comparison data.
    • LID areas.
    • Reorder, hide/show layers, tooltips, and information boxes.

September 2023

  • Updated LID areas information.

August 2023

  • Location data refresh: Updated to ACS 2017–2021 and Census Population Estimates 2022.

July 2023

  • CO-OP network data imported.
  • Population data labels updated in the Location profile.

June 2023

  • Population and demographics refresh: Updated for ACS 5-year 2016–2020 estimates and the most recent Census Population Estimates.

May 2023

  • LID location data updated.
  • Interactive mapping fixes: Resolved several minor issues.

April 2023

  • Internal software process fixes.
  • Database update.

March 2023

No notes.

February 2023

  • Member home addresses on the map: Credit unions that have uploaded their AIRES files can now view and map members’ home addresses across their entire service area.
  • LID area visibility: Improved visibility of low-income designated areas with increased visual transparency.

January 2023

  • CDFI Updated Investment Area Eligibility: Initiated support for 2016–2020 ACS data in the Report Builder and Interactive Mapping.
  • CO-OP ATM pin color changed in interactive mapping for better visibility.

December 2022

No notes.

JoinCU

December 2023

  • Open Association Management functionality.
  • Open Association language compliance updates on CUMatch & JoinCU.

November 2023

  • Customized failure steps implemented.
  • Open Association reason of match: Now shows correctly.
  • Email validation added at the global workflow.

October 2023

  • Open Association management.

September 2023

No notes.

August 2023

  • New error messages implemented.

July 2023

  • Open Association UI update: Removed extra text.
  • Hidden Ad Campaign pages for SEG and JoinCU; social triggers hidden for the JoinCU page.

June 2023

  • Status colors: Different colors for Submitted vs. Approved.
  • New congratulations step added.

May 2023

  • Minor fixes.

April 2023

No notes.

March 2023

  • Main API page created in the navigation panel.
  • API key scoping: Keys now work solely for a specific CU’s FOM rules.
  • Yellow exclamation mark fix: No longer shows for organizations — only for locations without a shape file.

February 2023

  • JavaScript integration fix.
  • Survey address handling: Users can now answer the survey question if the address contains the “#” symbol.

January 2023

  • New home page: Changed from the JoinCU dashboard to My Organization.
  • FOM rules templates fix: Resolved an issue with adding new templates.
  • Eligibility validation engine: Now supports rules like “Employees of [company name] works at [location] and paid from [company HQ].”
  • FOM rules editing disabled.

December 2022

  • Export of User Activity released.
  • Improved export communication: Now includes user device, OS, and browser.
  • Logo resize on the JoinCU survey.
  • FOM rules configuration data consistency improvements.

Partner API

September 2023

No notes.

August 2023

No notes.

July 2023

No notes.

June 2023

No notes.

May 2023

  • Organizational search added to API selection.

April 2023

No notes.

March 2023

No notes.

February 2023

No notes.

January 2023

No notes.

December 2022

  • API documentation link added to the navigation panel.