September 4, 2003
Here's our BOL MONTHLY ROUNDUP
The hottest articles, best Threads, newest tools, latest products, new faces,
and a look at some of the sponsors and advertisers who make it all possible!
Welcome to the BOL Family
A warm welcome to the following companies who have joined BankersOnline.com or BOL Vendor Connect or renewed during the past month as advertisers or sponsors. These companies help make BOL possible. We urge you to learn about their offerings today!
  • Brintech helps financial institutions improve efficiency, manage technology, and achieve financial and operational performance excellence.
  • Carreker Corporation provides integrated consulting and software solutions for risk management, check imaging, cash management and payment solutions.
  • ChoicePoint offers flexible solutions for due diligence, risk management, and customer information programs.
  • FCI Financial Consultants, Inc. offers domestic and international consulting services specializing in BSA/Anti-money laundering and compliance issues.
  • John M. Floyd & Associates is a proven expert in bank profitability consulting and one of the leaders in overdraft privilege programs.
  • Math Corporation offers a library of financial components intended to help with the demanding requirements of Regulation Z as well as other complex financial software.
  • PCI Corporation provides risk management solutions that ensure full compliance with HMDA, CRA, and fair lending.
  • SecurePipe offers outsourced network security solutions and consulting for small to midsized financial institutions.


    Next week is CIP Week on BankersOnline. In every main section of the site, you'll find articles and helpful resources to get you ready for October 1's CIP deadline.

Did you miss a previous issue of the Roundup? Click here for July and August.
Guru Spotlight
This month we'd like to introduce you to BOL Guru Sam Ott.

Since July, 2000, Sam has been EVP of Glia Group, Inc. and a member of the BOL team. He has written numerous articles for the site and has conducted numerous training seminars for financial institutions and state associations.

Look for Sam's upcoming Webinar on BOL Learning Connect: Bankruptcy - What You Need to Know, Tuesday, September 16th.
Also, Don't miss our very own Mary Beth Guard as she delivers a lively presentation on
Subpoenas, Summonses and Search Warrants
 You'll learn what to look for, what to demand, when you can get reimbursed, and what the timing requirements are under the federal Right to Financial Privacy Act for requests for customer records from federal government authorities.


Click over to Guru Central to learn more about what our gurus can do for you.
New in the Banker Store
Dictionary of Money and Investing
Using examples to help simplify complex financial issues and written in lively, understandable language, Gretchen Morgenson and Campbell R. Harvey explain and cross-reference more than 3,500 investing terms, from the rules surrounding abandonment options to when you should expect to pay interest on zero-coupon bonds.


ORDER TODAY! Time is running out!
This manual provides attendees with guidance, analysis and sample policies and procedures necessary to implement changes made by the USA PATRIOT Act to the Bank Secrecy Act.

Banker Theme eCards
BOL is the only spot on the Internet where you can find free virtual greetings on banking-related topics.
Have a little fun with your fellow workers! Send them a greeting from our eCard Exchange and brighten their day. You'll find this one in the Office Humor section of the BOL eCard Exchange


A little humor always helps diffuse the tension surrounding change. Send this card to commiserate with your frontline staff as they take on new duties to comply with your institution's CIP starting October 1. You'll find the eCard in the Office Humor section of the eCard Exchange.
BOL Learning Connect Webinars
Our Fall Calendar is out and we have a star-studded cast of experts!

September Webinar Training Events
9/10 - Subpoenas, Summonses and Search Warrants
Presented by Mary Beth Guard
9/11 - Holds for Tellers Ken Golliher
Presented by Ken Golliher
9/16 - Bankruptcy - What You Need to Know
Presented by Sam Ott
9/17 - HMDA Training for the Frontline
Presented by Phil Gay and Charles Cabler

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Favorite Threads
With over 110,000 messages, Bankers' Threads has no equal as a spot for bankers to network and exchange information.
Hottest Articles

  • ID Theft Response Program Proposal
  • Virus Update -- More Havoc Predicted
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  • IT Regulatory Hot Buttons
  • Altered Check: Who Pays?
  • Blaster Virus Update
  • Verifying ID: What should you accept?
  • Lending & CIP: An Introduction
  • Customer Response Initiative
  • Hackers Attack Community Bank
  • How to choose KYC software
  • Reg CC: Stopping A Kite
  • Adverse Action Letters to Multiple Parties
  • Titling Of An Inherited IRA
  • 10 Rules For Firewall Design
  • FinCEN Flips Wig Over BSA Violations
  • Homeownership Counseling Is BACK!
  • Stop Payment On Check Card Transactions?
  • Rescindable mobile home loans?
    • Newest Tools

  • Commercial Loan Application
    Wouldn't it be great to have a template to use to develop and customize an application for commercial loans? Or, if you have one already, check yours for new ideas and completeness. BOL user Ellen Cavanaugh has contributed a file, in Excel format, that you can use. Check it out now.

    Sweet Tee

  • Checklists For CIP
    Have you covered all the bases when creating your Customer Identification Program? BOL Gurus Ken Golliher and Mary Beth Guard have created two checklists to help ensure that your program contains all the required elements. And we've provided them in both .pdf and .doc format for you to view.

  • Checklist For Evaluating KYC Software
    The deadline is fast approaching. While you're evaluating software vendors, use this checklist to make sure you're on the path to compliance.