Banks and Credit Unions Regulatory Compliance Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

This webinar will highlight the techniques and best practices that can be used for conducting an effective AML audit in order to ensure compliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regulations.

After a detailed credit analysis of a loan request has been performed, it is time to communicate your findings in writing. Credit memoranda are a primary means of communications within the banking industry. A good understanding of how to effectively write a credit memorandum can make all the difference in conducting a successful lending process to the consumer. This program will focus on training participants to write effective credit memos and loan narratives.

This webinar will describe the Act in general, along with the other four laws that affect debt collectors as a whole: the Fair Credit Reporting Act, HIPPA, the Truth in Lending Act, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Attendees will learn what you can and cannot say and do with regard to consumer debt collection. In addition, the course will discuss tools you can use to hasten collecting consumer debt, without going to court in many instances. Finally, it will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of getting judgments, forgiving debt, and how to handle being sued by a debtor for allegedly violating the law.

This training program will offer attendees a greater understanding of payment types that are declining and those that are growing: ACH, CHIPS, and Fedwire. Plans and polices to combat payment theft and related fraud will also be detailed in the webinar.

This training program will look at the new frontiers for moving money that is nearly untraceable. The objective of the course is to sensitize the participant to see what might not make sense and thus know when to make deeper forays into activities they have spotted.

This training program will overview and summarize a few common themes among banks and credit unions that failed or became troubled during the recent economic crisis, which will help attendees identify red flags in an institution’s prevailing system.

This training program will discuss how to create an effective M&A strategic plan that will help attendees identify and solicit targets that will add to the long-term shareholder value of their institution. Is your institution in the market for an acquisition or looking to grow? If so, this session will assist you and discuss keys to identifying and persuading an acquisition target interested in selling and the steps to completing a successful acquisition.

This webinar will highlight the opportunity to define enhanced diligence that can be used for conducting an effective high risk review in order to ensure compliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regulations and regulatory expectations.

This training program will discuss the changes to initial and closing disclosures relative to TILA and RESPA. It will offer attendees a clearer understanding of changes to variance thresholds, affiliate relationships, and illustrate the importance of knowing your fees and avoiding closing delays.

This training program will provide participants with an essential, basic understanding of U.S. rules and regulations governing international trade. The regulations contain required (and prohibited) business conduct, with penalties for failure to comply including fines, loss of export privileges, and even jail terms. In many cases, banks are required to police transactions they handle and report violations.

The prevention of money laundering is a key focus of regulatory authorities in developed countries around the world. Money laundering regulations are designed to inhibit the movement of funds derived from criminal activity and to restrict the availability of money to fund terrorist activities. This training program will detail the historical context of AML regulations, best practices to implement an effective AML program, and reporting guidelines for the same.

Different payment approaches are starting to remove the requirement for a payment card at the point-of-sale (POS), leveraging cloud-based services or mobile devices. This training program will enumerate how significant changes in the U.S. payments landscape are effecting how merchants accept payments.

This session will explore the different requirements of FATCA, AML, OFAC and how to avoid breaking these regulatory requirements. You will understand how to deal with all the differing requirements and developing a Customer Due Diligence strategy to deal with such scenarios.

Crowdfunding came into existence under Title lll of the JOBS Act. The JOBS Act requires the SEC to write rules and issue studies on capital formation, disclosure and registration requirements. The JOBS Act provides a newly formed cost effective access to the formation of capital for smaller corporate America. This webinar will discuss the various forms of crowdfunding and funding portals and the regulations that presently apply and other regulations that may be applicable soon.

The key to success in dealing with the present and future of HFT (High Frequency Trading) and to understand how to face the continuing changes in our markets, in part, is attributable to understanding how and why we are on our current path. This webinar will teach attendees how to identify ongoing concerns and how to apply lessons learned and history in order to effectively address the business and regulatory solutions of tomorrow.

This BFSI compliance training will highlight the NACHA Operating Rules for Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments and what financial institutions need to do to ensure compliance with these regulations.

This webinar will explain key components of a fraud risk assessment and management program. Attendees will learn best practices for conducting an internal fraud investigation.

Reputational risk is receiving a tremendous amount of focus. Organizations need to have the capability to identify, manage and measure their reputational risk, while employees in every level are familiar with an effective approach towards the same. This training program will discuss how different companies have either failed or succeeded in managing their reputational risk and analyze best practices to take control of reputational risk situations.

Although arguments exist on both sides regarding whether illegal insider trading should be deemed illegal or not, today it is globally recognized as a tool to perpetrate a fraud and is a direct threat to investors and therefore the capital raising process used by publicly traded companies. To ensure you, your employees and your financial institution are not fined, jailed or forced to close, it is imperative that you understand what to look for when identifying possible money laundering on accounts within your institution.

Regulators, executives, and boards have raised the bar for operational risk programs. There has been frustration from all key stakeholders with the perceived lack of value. It’s critical that there is a realistic expectation and picture of a truly mature program. It is in everyone’s interest to agree upon a true maturity level that is sustainable, attracts talent and is attainable in line with business direction.