Bankers' Hotline, Volume 17, Number 5
May 18, 2007
Bankruptcy Law Stirs Controversy: Consumer Groups Want Changes - Bankers Do Not
Consumers are calling for changes to the new bankruptcy law while bankers want more time to prove the laws are working.
Revised Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Forms Delayed: Current Forms Still Valid…For Now
FinCEN delays implementation of revised SAR forms.
In The News
- FDIC Issues Security Alert
- UK Banks Censured for Dumping Data
- Youth Not Hot for Web Banking
- The Price for Stolen Info: Cheap
- Remote Business Depositing
- Visa Working with 7-11 on Reload Program
- Savings Higher in Electronic Accounts
- Don't Forget to Secure Telephone Banking
- StartABank Holds Annual Series
Statistics, Facts, & Such
Training Page
The True Cost of Training
Think you can't afford employee training and development? You can't afford not to!
Encouraging Healthy Card Use
One credit card issuer is educating its consumers on how to avoid fees and preserve good interest rates.
Check Fraud Down: Online Crime Up
In less technologically-advanced countries, card and check fraud decreases but online bank fraud is on the rise.
From the editor's desk
"This Must Be a Bank Error…"
"To err is human..." and financial institutions aren't exempt from 'goofing up'.
War Stories
Questions & Answers
- CTR Completions, Exemptions, Backfiling and Where to Get Answers
- Section 314a Search on Non Accountholder
Other Bankers
- Executive Editor:
- Barbara Hurst
- Editor:
- P. Kevin Smith, CPP
- Contributing Editor:
- Genilee S. Parente
- Board of Advisors:
- John S. Burnett
Peter G. Djinis, Esq.
William Gearin
Lucy H. Griffin
Mary Beth Guard, Esq.
David McGuinn
Robert G. Rowe, III, Esq.
Barry Thompson
Dana Turner
Andy Zavoina