Bio:
Andy Zavoina, CRCM, is an Executive Vice President and Chief Relationship Officer with the Glia Group, Inc., best known for its interest in BankersOnline.com. He joined Glia and BOL in 2003.
Mr. Zavoina has been in finance and banking for 35 years. Over 20 years were with a two-bank holding company which had $534 million in assets, 89 branches spanning Texas and nearly 500 ATMs. He managed loan workouts, has been a consumer, commercial and real estate lender, managing those departments, as well as being his banks first Webmaster. He was responsible for compliance -management, -auditing, and -training for both banks.
Andy is a frequent webinar presenter for BOL Learning Connect and a key contributor to conferences put on by BOL Conferences, Inc. In addition, Andy teaches live presentations at state association schools and regional compliance organizations across the U.S. and has served on the faculty of national banking schools. He has written articles and lectured on many facets of compliance, the use of the internet and technology as a tool, as well as compliance in cyberspace.
As a BankersOnline Guru, Andy assists banks in every day, and not so every day, compliance questions on BankersOnline, BankCompliance.com and other organizations.
Mr. Zavoina is a recipient of the American Bankers Association’s Distinguished Service Award for his involvement and accomplishments in the field of regulatory compliance management. He is a past Chairman of the ABA’s Compliance Executive Committee, the Editorial Advisory Board for the ABA Compliance Magazine and served as a member of the ABA’s Compliance School Board. He also served on the Texas Bankers Association's Compliance Committee.
He is a graduate of the ABA National Commercial Lending School, National Compliance and National Graduate Compliance School and is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager with the Institute of Certified Bankers.
You can reach Andy on the Internet by using his e-mail address, andyz@bankersonline.com, or visiting https://www.bankersonline.com
Questions Answered
02/28/2021
Do you recommend including a complaint entry item to identify servicemembers?
02/28/2021
When we define what qualifies as a complaint, should we use examples, and what if people are getting it wrong and sending what isn't a "complaint?"
02/28/2021
Does CAN-SPAM apply to those emails sent by platform employees to let their preferred customers know of new rates, etc.?
02/28/2021
Do we have to disclose the actual MAPR to all borrowers?
02/28/2021
A soldier’s mother called to tell us her son joined the Army. Do we have to reduce the loan rate that day?
02/21/2021
Is CAN-SPAM limited to emails to consumers?
02/21/2021
We had a problem with debit card claims so we modified our deposit agreement. If they don’t cooperate in the claim process, we can deny it. Problem solved!
02/14/2021
If our borrower hasn’t requested SCRA protection and is past due on her mortgage, can we start foreclosure as we normally would?
02/14/2021
What’s the most severe penalty for a military lending violation you’ve seen?
02/07/2021
The Military Lending Act does not specify if the Act applies to an open-ended Overdraft Protection line that is tied to a checking account or a closed-ended loan secured by the applicants’ deposit accounts such as a savings and/or certificate of deposit. Does the Rule apply to both consumer credit types?
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