Risk Management Training

This training program will review a few ways to ensure that a financial institution reviews things from the start and consistently, in setting up a risk management framework that allows the bank to focus on its strategy rather than mere compliance.

The new IRS partnership audit rules require all partnership and LLCs taxed as partnerships to amend their partnership agreement and take action now. In this training program, attendees will learn how these rules impact your business and your clients. The session will discuss IRS issues with TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act) and detail the concepts and terms in the Bipartisan Budget Act.

This training program will help attendees recognize the risks of failing to thoroughly vet the information received from a business loan applicant that project future revenues, profits and cash flows. Attendees will also learn to track cash through a business operation, dissect the cash cycle of the operation, and comply with SBA standards concerning expected cash flow attributes of loan applicants.

This training program will help attendees understand how the Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines define HRTs (high risk transactions). It will also discuss best practices for checking your bank transaction risk process and offer ideas for improving your bank’s process for assessing and handling HRTs. Attendees will learn more about the regulatory impact of a HCRE transaction and the limited exemptions for ADC loans.

This training program will offer attendees an in-depth understanding of specific Unfair Claims Settlement Practices under California Law. It will further offer them an understanding of the regulations governing Unfair Claims Settlement Practices created by the California Department of Insurance.

This training program will discuss how to synthesize an abundance of investigative information into a concise, thorough, accurate, and unbiased report. It will also offer pointers on creating an easy to read, professional looking document. Attendees will learn to effectively organize case reports.

This webinar will take an in depth look at the regulations enacted to manage sourcing of materials from war-torn countries and the prevention of supply chain human trafficking and slave labor. It will discuss pertinent rules and regulations such as the US Federal Acquisitions Register (FAR) Subpart 22.17, the UK Modern Slavery Act of 2015, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, and others that seek to regulate supply chain activities.

Financial institutions have responsibilities and liabilities under Regulation E for consumer accounts when there are unauthorized transactions. However, the consumer account holder has some liability too. This webinar training will explore the limits of liability and help attendees understand who is liable for what amount, aided with real-life scenarios.

This webinar will enhance participants’ knowledge by detailing the elements of internal controls. Internal controls are a key part of any organization's continued growth, performance and success. With fraud at an all-time high, a well-designed internal control structure will enhance operations by improving your department's over all security and effectiveness.

The webinar will provide an overview of the currency and monetary reporting requirements imposed by the Bank Secrecy Act. It will also discuss red flags that pose present and future challenges for regulated businesses. Recognizing and investigating suspicious activities is the key in safeguarding an organization's financial system from illicit use and combating money laundering. Timely and accurate reporting will promote national security through the collection, analysis, and dissemination of financial intelligence to the proper authorities.

In this training program, attendees will learn the 9 regulations governing payments risk and KYC/KYCC in which you may be out of compliance, as part of the process to overhaul outdated credit decisioning.

This webinar will explain Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Act or Practices (UDAAP), including different standards for advertising over the internet and social media. It will also provide practical solutions for avoiding the pitfalls and still create meaningful advertisements.

This training program will highlight various disbursement fraud schemes. It will also discuss preventing disbursement fraud by establishing a strong anti-fraud policy and understanding of the human factor.

This training program will provide a brief overview of the SBA’s 7(a) loan guarantee program, the express loan program, and the 504/CDC loan program, as well as the USDA’s Business and Industry Loan program. The webinar will also analyze loan guarantee program benefits, credit enhancement and participation requirements. It will discuss the levels of participation and how lenders might qualify for delegated authority, depending on SBA lending experience and results.

This training program will deconstruct how to define requirements management and change process. It will also offer a clear understanding of the role of requirements in the project life cycle, the role of requirements in the business case, and the role of stakeholders in requirements definition.

For a multitude of reasons, stress-testing programs have seldom satisfied regulators, even after the 2007 crisis. After most significant mishap in every bank, management often discovers that the managerial stress-testing have revealed to be insufficient, over-driven by optimism. In this training program, the instructor will deconstruct regulatory constraints after Basel II and III, lessons learnt after 2007, and stress-testing as a strategic exercise.

This training program will provide insight into business law basics and lender liability. The webinar will explore the basics of business law including the judicial process, stages of litigation, alternatives to litigation (arbitration and mediation), and business structure. Attendees will gain an understanding of contract law, problem loan situations, and bank collection efforts. Additionally, the related concept of lender liability will be reviewed including the technical aspects of this vital area and recent industry trends.

This webinar training will identify challenges to small business lending through the lens of macro economic realities and help in understanding the scope of the marketplace. Attendees will gain a clear overview of the principal risk factors that are present with all small businesses and determine whether they might be overcome.

This training program will discuss what to do when you receive communications from the IRS and also what to do when doing business with other federal, state and local regulatory agencies and lawmaking bodies. It will also explain how to conduct internal audits of the payroll department to pre-emptively uncover issues of non-compliance that could be extremely costly if found by official audits from regulating agencies. Additionally, best practices in performing audits for fraud will also be covered.

This webinar training will discuss the lean principles and how to effectively implement them in your system to identify and reduce waste. The instructor will discuss how to apply lean to align business system and process with organisational goals so as to deliver rapid and measurable results.