Effective October 17, bankruptcy reform becomes a reality, with tougher standards and steps toward reducing fraud, but how much good will it do the credit industry.
FinCEN's 314(a) Fact Sheet
Law enforcement considers the 314(a) results released in a report by FinCEN June 21 "overwhelmingly positive."
In The News
- An Affordable Verification Solution
- Bank Helping Landslide Victims
- Frying up Some Phish
- New Offering Monitors Possible Disclosure Risk
- Stopping ATM Crimes at the Machine
- New Way to Secure Through Biometrics
- Identification Through a Cell Phone
- Automatic Signature Verification
Training Page: Employee Hotline
Many financial institutions have discovered the value of anonymous employee hotlines to comply with the the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) legislation and detect damaging internal fraud.
Visa Introduces New Fraud Detection Level
In an effort to detect fraud as it is occurring, Visa USA recently unveiled a new level of technology that analyzes card transactions both individually and across its entire network.
FinCEN, States Agree to Share Info
The Financial Crimes Network and 29 of the nation's state banking departments signed information-sharing protocol agreements to set a framework for sharing data under the BSA reporting and recordkeeping rules.
From the editor's desk…Summer Help
by Barbara Hurst
According to the experts, summer jobs are more scarce this year than ever before, with the exceptions of the food-service industry and the financial service industry.
War Stories Questions & Answers
- Multiple Presentments of an NSF Check
- Bank Check Request from a Non-customer
- POA Exercised After Accountholders Death
- MSB Guidelines for ATM Providers
- Linking Card Use to St. Jude
- Teaching Children About Banking
- Providing Books for Children
- Points and Convenience
- Connecting Through Reality TV
- A Guide to Hispanic Marketing

