Risk Management Training

FinCEN is issuing final rules under the Bank Secrecy Act to clarify and strengthen customer due diligence requirements for: banks; brokers or dealers in securities; mutual funds; and futures commission merchants and introducing brokers in commodities. The rules contain explicit customer due diligence requirements and include a new requirement to identify and verify the identity of beneficial owners of legal entity customers, subject to certain exclusions and exemptions. This training program will walk attendees through the new rules and how to implement them.

Learn corporate policy definition and assignment with ramifications for both. We'll discuss how to identify and document management review controls, why a fine tuned policy and procedure are critical to business operations and how to obtain the real root cause of cyber security incidents effectively.

This webinar will provide an overview of the ways to identify and assess security risks within the company. Attendees will learn to develop a robust audit program that will thoroughly assess existing controls in protecting the organizations’ data.

This webinar on detecting and preventing Accounts Payable (AP) fraud will discuss various ways in which AP fraud can be committed, the telltale signs of AP fraud, and the various options for responding to possible AP fraud once it is recognized.

Interviewing is a craft that involves applying proven and practiced steps along with skilled communication. This training program will discuss the art of human interaction to help achieve successful interview results. It will help participants in gaining the trust of the interviewee and in encouraging truthful responses.

This webinar will provide an overview of SEC Whistleblower Rules such as False Claims Act, Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley and Commodity Exchange Act. It will also discuss best practices on how to mitigate damages from an actual or purported whistleblower.

This webinar will untangle the complexities of UCC4A and how it applies to ACH payments. It will discuss legal and compliance risks presented by UCC4A and provisions impacting potential liability.

This training program will help identity frauds that lead to tax refund fraud and discuss funds availability exceptions. It will also discuss common non-post issues, the IRS Opt-In Program and eLeads, refund handling procedures, remedial actions, and suspicious activity reports.

Gain a better understanding of cyber security incident management that is proactive versus reactive, learn methods to minimize business disruption and damages, and the impact and urgency on customers and the business for risk and costs.

Many financial scandals and significant operational losses can be traced back to poorly designed or improperly implemented products. Other problems arise from faulty legal and operational processes that lead to improper documentation and other issues. This training program will address risks and corresponding mitigating strategies involved in the new product development process. It will also discuss risk assessment protocol and product monitoring.

This webinar will explain tools and tips for conducting internal investigations. Attendees will learn how to conduct effective witness interviews, how to draft comprehensive investigative reports and how to report evidence of fraud to law-enforcement authorities.

This training program will help attendees understand how policies created to help keep costs low and net earnings up could create a disparate impact situation in your organization. Attendees will also learn the nuances with notification requirements especially related to incomplete applications.

This webinar will highlight BSA/AML/OFAC risk assessments and evaluation compliance program. It will discuss BSA definitions, OFAC rules, Currency Transaction Reporting (CTR), Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) including additional requirements, such as 314(a), PEPs, and Pouch activities and much more.

Learn how effective AML analytics, algorithms, machine learning and data science can strengthen your compliance program. This session will also discuss using analytics to help BSA/AML investigations, how you can use the CDD data gathered along with analytics, model validation and BSA/AML.

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.