Bankers Online Compliance Briefing

HUD disaster assistance announced
HUD has announced the availability of disaster assistance for Alabama and Utah storm victims.

Fighting Financial Crime: Trends, Challenges and Protecting Your Institution
A complimentary Verafin webinar

Financial Institutions across the country are increasingly challenged to protect themselves and their customers from financial crime. This webinar provides a broad based overview of today's anti-financial crime landscape. It touches on some of the industry's progressive advances as well as areas of growing concern.

February 8th at 12:30 PM ET
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Geithner on financial reform
In remarks at the weekly meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Treasury Secretary Geithner discussed the progress made on financial reform along with future priorities and challenges.

The Top 10 Things that Irritate your Regulator Relative to BSA / AML Compliance - Part 1
Feb. 16, 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET
What are the sore spots that irritate your regulator relative to BSA / AML compliance? Our day to day interactions with our clients have provided us with insight into their struggles and challenges of satisfying regulators. Join us for this complimentary webinar to learn from our experiences.

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Bernanke on the economy and budget
In testimony before the House Committee on the Budget, Chairman Bernanke discussed his views on the economic outlook, monetary policy and federal fiscal policy challenges.

Fair Lending, Redlining,
and Peer-Group Analysis

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Agenda for NMLS Ombudsman meeting
The agenda for the February 6, 2012, meeting with the NMLS Ombudsman in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been released.

February FedFocus
The February 2012 issue of FedFocus features articles regarding the planned transition away from EZ Clear savings bond processing, facilitation of payment notification services, the contemporary check platform, and new FedGlobal® ACH Payments opportunities.

OCC to curtail paper notices
The OCC has issued a news release and Bulletin 2012-7 to announce its plan to discontinue paper distribution of news and issuances on or before June 1, 2012.

FDIC teleconferences announced
The FDIC has issued FIL-5-2012 regarding free nationwide telephone seminars on deposit insurance coverage for bank officers and employees and FIL-6-2012 to announce a planned teleconference series to be delivered by its Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection.

NCUA revises board meeting schedule
The NCUA has issued a revised 2012 board meeting schedule.

New fair lending tool
Fair lending is a hot issue in compliance and is very much a numbers game. What are your numbers? You need to know how you compare to peer banks and to review many aspects of the loan process from application demographics to comparisons of loans approved and denied. TRUEPOINT Analytics is offering a set of four reports to get you started for free. You’ll find details on the four reports and a link to the offer here.