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| August, 2006 |
The hottest articles, best Threads, latest products, new faces,
and a look at some of the sponsors and advertisers who make it all possible!
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A warm welcome to the companies who joined or renewed with BankersOnline.com or BOL Vendor Connect during the past month as advertisers or sponsors. These companies help make BOL possible. Click their links to learn about them!
Safe Check
Provider of of high security checks where security and control are of primary importance.
TRC Interactive
Provider of award-winning adult learning experiences.
WebEx Communications
Provider of online meeting applications.
Qumas
Source for enterprise compliance, governance and risk management solutions.
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Ken Golliher Named Most Valuable Guru for August
Each month at BOL, we recognize the guru selected from last month's list of guru-contributed articles and answers most frequently referred by our readers, using the "Email this Article" feature found on all the pages on the site.
 We are pleased to present the August "Most Valuable Guru" award to Ken Golliher.
Prior to becoming a full-time trainer with Pegasus Educational Services, LLC, Ken was a community banker, General Counsel for the education division of a regional consulting firm for 10 years, and a faculty member at LSU, FDIC, and OTS schools, and 10 state-sponsored compliance schools. Ken's diverse experience in banking, instruction, and consulting for financial institutions has given him the unique ability to reduce complex legal concepts to plain English, which translates well in the articles and Q&As he has written for BOL, as well as in his role as moderator of the BSA and Operations forums.
Congratulations, Ken! Welcome to our list of Most Valuable Gurus. We appreciate your contributions.
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 We've passed a huge milestone! BOL has launched a brand new site aimed at an entirely different market -- consumers and businesses. It is called BankingQuestions.com.
Rather than providing information to banking professionals, this site will instead provide information about the banking industry for nonbankers.
Have you wanted your customers to get banking information from a credible source, and for you to not have to be that source? Our new site, BankingQuestions.com, does exactly that. It provides real answers to real customer questions to help reduce the number of times you hear things from your customers like "I read on the Internet that I don't have to give my bank my Social Security Number..."
We invite you to visit BankingQuestions.com and give us your feedback. We want to help the banking industry on both sides of the teller window.
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A new tool was added to the Banker Tools section during July.
Banker's Academy from The Edcomm Group produces training for bankers. They have contributed a Flash tutorial assist in your Bank Secrecy Act training. Take this short five-question Flash-based quiz in "The FinCEN File" to test your knowledge as to when to file a CTR, SAR or entry for a monetary instrument.
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We're continually adding to the offerings in the BOL Banker Store product line. Here are some we've added during the month.
You Need This!
 Patch management is one of the essential front line tasks a system administrator must perform on a regular basis. Almost all known virus programs, worms, and Trojans (malware) exploit previously identified software vulnerabilities. Get the necessary information to develop a patch and vulnerability group to facilitate the identification of vulnerabilities and the installation of patches throughout your institution.
Updated Policies
Appraisal Policy
Overdraft Policy Template
Vendor Management Program Policy
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Here are links to the most popular articles accessed by you and referred to colleagues during the past month.
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With over 613,000 messages, Bankers' Threads has no equal as a spot for bankers to network and exchange information. Here are links to the most frequented threads last month.
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If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, our eCard Exchange speaks volumes. Browse our gallery of photographic art and less serious offerings and you'll find just the right image to convey your words. Click here and take a look!
 Hungry? Invite your co-workers to lunch in a fun new way by sending them this appetizing eCard. Yum! Check out the other food related eCards under the Miscellaneous category of BOL’s eCard exchange.
The Examiners are coming! Boost employee morale with this motivational ecard stating “We are ready!” Go to BOL’s eCard exchange and look under the Work Related category for more eCards to send to your co-workers.
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