John began his banking career in high school when he started as a teller at a $15 million bank that didn't have account numbers for its checking accounts (he says they actually filed by signature!) He moved to Cape Cod Bank and Trust Company in 1971 and assumed the position of Compliance Officer in 1976. He also served as corporate secretary and secretary of CCBT's Board of Directors, and as clerk of the bank's holding company.
He was a member of the Massachusetts Bankers Association Legal and Regulatory Compliance Committee, and of the American Bankers Association Compliance Executive Committee and NCS/NGCS Advisory Board. He is a regular presenter and participant in BOL Conferences events.
You may contact John via email at jburnett@bankersonline.com.
07/28/2024
When is the CFPB likely to issue a final regulation making banks over $10 billion in assets cut their overdraft fees back to a breakeven amount or start treating overdrafts as extensions of open-end credit subject to Regulation Z?
07/21/2024
Our institution has chosen not to charge NSF fees on ANY ATM/debit card transactions whether they are one time or recurring. Having said that, if we are in an APSN situation at end of day and the account is now overdrawn, we DO charge an Overdraft Fee (even if the only item causing the overdrawn balance is the ATM/Debit card transaction). Would this be perceived at UDAP/UDAAP? Additionally, both NSF fees and OD fees are the same amount.
07/07/2024
I have a CTR question. Husband writes a check to Wife for $10,000.00 and she cashes it. Husband then uses the ATM to withdraw $600.00 from his debit card. There is no way to know if both of them are benefiting from each transaction. Would a CTR be filed?
07/07/2024
I am sending a revised Loan Estimate for an appraisal fee increase. What verbiage do I use to justify that the appraisal transfer invoice shows the fee is now $575 versus the $430 which was initially disclosed. This is an appraisal transfer from another lender., and I am not sure what the correct verbiage would be for this change.
07/07/2024
We have a “spin the wheel” promotion. To spin, a customer must donate $1 that the bank donates to a charity. All the prize amounts on the wheel are more than $1 therefore all customers will get more than they donate. The amount won is then sent to the customer via our e-wallet app. We set a certain number of spins and it is done on a first-come-first-served basis.
06/30/2024
We need some clarification on holds. if a customer makes a check deposit in a branch on the 14th, would the 15th be the next business day (2nd) or would it be the first business day- implying that the day of dep (14th) does not count. Also, if the date of availability is the 17th, do the funds need to be hard posted on the 17th, or can they be memo posted to the customer's account?
06/23/2024
Can we do an internal raffle (selling tickets for a chance to win a prize) to benefit a non-profit organization?
06/23/2024
Where can i find an updated Regulation CC schedule?
06/16/2024
I know this question has been asked before but I'm having issues with explaining this to one of our Financial Managers. When a reportable cash transaction is made into a joint account, we need all the joint account owner's information in order to complete the CTR for filing. Am I correct?
06/09/2024
We ran a contest and no prize was over $300. We didn’t need to collect non-public private information from the winners since the prizes were small, did we?