Home Current Issue Archive Subscribe Now Online Access Community About Bankers' Hotline BIN Products & Services Bankers' Hotline Compliance Action Bankers Video Library Security Officers Workshop Compliance Accountability Manager Executive Guide BankersOnline.com Current Issue Recent Issues Information Subscribe Now Online Access Contact Us FORGET YOUR PASSWORD? Enter your E-mail Address Executive Editor: Barbara Hurst Contributing Editor: Genilee S. Parente Board of Advisors: Charlotte Bahin, Esq. David Battle Brooke Blake John S. Byrne, Esq. Peter G. Djinis, Esq. William Gearin Lucy H. Griffin Mary Beth Guard, Esq. Boris F. Melnikoff Robert G. Rowe, III, Esq. Roger J. Snell Dana Turner William R. Wipprecht Vol. 13, No. 8 This issue went to press on November 12, 2003. Table of Contents Countdown To Check 21: "If You Thought The Patriot Act Was Bad…" The banking industry has been so caught up with 326, 314, and CIP of the PATRIOT Act that some really big legislation almost managed to get by without a whole lot of press or notice. Processor Takes Big Step Towards Conversion This service allows billers to convert checks received by consumers into electronic transactions at the lockbox stage. In The News False Alarms Costly To Banks: Local Governments Issuing Larger Fines Free Educational Material and Program Customers Need Paperless System Explanations Program Allows Customers to Beat $100,000 Limit Payment by Key Fob Statistics, Facts, & Such Training Page: Spotlight On…Return Items, Part II This is the second of a series that will address several areas and positions in financial institutions. Pick Your Own Bonus Point Program A program that will allow banks to offer cards to their customers and let the customers choose where bonus points for purchases will go. Service to Help Identify Customers Cut down on identity theft, reduce terrorism, and comply with the USA PATRIOT Act. From the editor's desk…Not For Sissies by Barbara Hurst It was Bette Davis who first said that old age is no place for sissies. Well - let me tell you, neither is being a banker for cowards or sissies these days! Biometrics Hot New Government ID Just after we published the lead article in the last HOTLINE about biometric identification and access devices, the U.S. Passport Services announced their plans to move forward with biometric passports War Stories Reduced Expectations Thrifty Shopper Time Out From Job Hunting NOT Recommended Questions & Answers Large cash payouts Corporate check cashing SSN Verification Manual What Do Other Bankers Do? Lending To Rural America Encouraging Young Women Bill Payment Through ATMs Waiving ATM Fees Fee Free at 25,000 ATMs Bankers' Hotline Newsletter  |  ComplianceAction Newsletter  |  Bankers Video Library  |  Security Officers Workshop  |  Compliance Accountability Manager