Bankers' Hotline, Volume 18, Number 11
December 16, 2008
Let's Start the New Year Right...With Exemptions?
FinCEN Announces Final Rule on CTR Exemptions
FinCEN's final rule on CTR exemptions simplifies the current requirements for depository institutions to exempt their eligible customers.
Reverse Mortgages Gaining Favor
The AARP reports on the positive impact reverse mortgages are having on senior borrowers.
Exchanging Guns for Cash
A 'profitable' solution to the proliferation of fire arms is tested in two major cities.
In The News
- Offering Free Billing Services Costing Banks
- Visa Allows Unembossed Cards in US
- Consumers Unaware of Protections
- Senior Citizens/Offspring Don't Talk
- Nevada Law Requires Encryption
- Using Pictures to Authenticate
- Talking It Out
- Verification by Phone
Statistics, Facts, & Such
Training Page
Preparation for Disaster: Part II
Disaster preparation and recovery - personally as well as professionally - is the key to survival during a crisis.
Deposits by Phone
New software allows mobile phones with camera capabilities to act as remote deposit devices.
The Status of e-Payments
Electronic payments have overtaken checks and cash.
From the editor's desk
Another Act by Congress to Worry About
The US Treasury is being charged with violating the rights of the visually-impaired.
War Stories
Questions & Answers
- SSN Verification
- Designated Authority for Preparation of Red Flags Policy
- Faxed Copies of Checks
- Release of Information Upon Death of Depositor
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