Be Thankful for Our Compliance and Regulatory Updates for Banks in November 2023

This webinar series will cover the opening of various types of accounts, including Personal and Consumer, Business, Fiduciary, Trust, Minor, and Court Ordered accounts.

Audience: Customer contact personnel, supervisors and officers whose responsibilities include opening or managing new accounts. Personal Bankers, BSA Officers, Deposit Operations, Branch Administration, CIP Managers, Training and Business Development Officers, Internal Auditors and Compliance Officers will find the information beneficial. Lending assistants and officers will find the information informative as well.

Join us for an informative and engaging webinar on the fundamentals of the bond market! This webinar is designed to provide you and your team with a comprehensive understanding of key concepts, including types of U.S. treasury securities, credit, and interest rate risks. By attending this webinar, your team will gain valuable insights and practical knowledge to help enhance your institution’s investment strategy.

Audience: Anyone who works with bank assets that is concerned about potential risks.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) became effective on June 27 and the EEOC has begun accepting discrimination charges. The law was included in a consolidated appropriations bill signed into law on December 29, 2022 with virtually no public reporting. The EEOC issued proposed regulations on August 11 detailing the agency’s problematic enforcement position.

Audience: HR, senior leaders, compliance, audit, and bank counsel should attend.

Flood insurance compliance can be complicated and it’s easy to get into hot water with your examiners. Let us set you on the right path!

Audience: This webinar is for consumer real estate loan officers, loan processors, compliance and audit personnel.

In this day and age of UDAP/UDAAP, it’s clear that how you say what you say in your advertisements is just as important as what you say. Style matters – you must be clear and conspicuous in your wording so as not to confuse and deceive. If you read enforcement actions related to marketing and advertising carefully, it’s clear what else is being targeted: sales and marketing practices. It’s always useful to learn from others’ mistakes, regardless of your bank’s size or regulator.

Audience: Anyone involved in developing and marketing your institution’s products and services, including the marketing department, compliance officers, auditors, business managers, sales and service staff, and anyone else whose duties involve promotion.

Ready, set, go! It’s time to update your beneficial ownership policy, procedures, and processes!

Audience: BSA Officer, Compliance Officer, Marketing Officer, Business Development Officers, and Commercial Lending staff need to get updated on the new procedures about to take place.

In this webinar, we’ll discuss how onboarding is different from orientation, and help you build or revitalize onboarding in order to set your new employees up for success.

Audience: This webinar is for financial services HR professionals, hiring managers, and anyone who has responsibility for employee retention goals in their institution.

Funds transfer fraud causes millions of dollars in losses for businesses. Last year, financial institutions filed over 374,000 Suspicious Activity Reports on incidents of wire fraud and/or suspicious EFT/wire transfers-a 2.5% increase from the prior year and a 35% increase from 2020. Cyber attackers continue to grow more sophisticated with their schemes and attempts and have increased even more during the recent pandemic. Recent successful cyberattacks on international wire transfers have raised the bar on examiners’ expectations for your security system and risk monitoring of international and domestic wire transfers. Are you prepared?

Audience: This informational session is designed for BSA Officers, Compliance Officers, internal auditors, and any employee who handles wire transfers.