Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Court case: Credit union held liable for ACH fraud losses A construction company argued the financial institution "failed to establish a reasonable routine" for monitoring suspicious activity alerts tied to ACH. Takeaway 3 Remember that ACH fraud risk also occurs in the placement stage of a fraudulent or money laundering scheme.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As can be seen, the conference largely revolved around payments, artificial intelligence, fintech partnerships/management, regulation, and fraud/identity in its various forms. The discussions were healthier, more compliance-focused, and with little expectations that banks were going to offer crypto to their customers any time soon.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check deposit fraud using “walkers” Financial institutions are seeing increased money mule scams using recruited "customers" to deposit stolen checks. Takeaway 1 Check fraud is not a new trend, but increased activity should put banks on high alert. Fraud scheme uses marginalized individuals as mules. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Advice from a former credit union BSA Officer A former compliance officer offers considerations for creating a successful and compliant AML program at your credit union. Watch webinar Takeaway 1 Recent FinCEN consent orders show that weak compliance programs are coming under more scrutiny, especially at gap institutions.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Advice from a former credit union BSA Officer A former compliance officer offers considerations for creating a successful and compliant AML program at your credit union. Watch webinar Takeaway 1 Recent FinCEN consent orders show that weak compliance programs are coming under more scrutiny, especially at gap institutions.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Financial institutions work to meet Q1 2023 CECL deadline A CECL implementation survey by Abrigo found progress by financial instittuions is mixed ahead of the upcoming deadline. . In many cases, financial institutions adopting CECL for the 2023 deadline are tracking ahead of where SEC registrants were as they faced a 2020 deadline.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Checklists, guides, and more to help you and your AML-CFT staff Thousands of FinCrime professionals have accessed these guides, checklists, and other resources produced in 2022 by Abrigo's team, which includes former bankers, BSA officers, and regulators. . Training materials for anti-money laundering & fraud professionals.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 3, 2024

Takeaway 2 A December 2023 final rule establishes guidelines for who may access BOI and for what purposes. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a new regulation on the requirements, including how AML staff will access the information through a new federal beneficial ownership information (BOI) registry.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 30, 2024

REGISTER Takeaway 1 Banking and compliance professionals rely on ThinkBIG to elevate their understanding of industry shifts and regulatory pressures. Banking and compliance professionals rely on the annual conference to elevate their understanding of industry shifts and regulatory pressures that hammer them daily.

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American Banker

JANUARY 16, 2024

Payments fraud is the most expensive kind, at $450B; anti-financial-crime execs are the most worried about real-time payments, a survey from Nasdaq and Oliver Wyman found.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Cost of Compliance. Scandal and fraud tarnishing banks’ reputations aside, the impact that AML compliance controls have had on these banks’ bottom lines can’t be underestimated. Mobile, online and phone channels all have distinct fraud challenges and customer needs. Challenges and Solutions.

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FICO

DECEMBER 20, 2022

5 Ways Digital Payments Will Change FIs and Fraud in 2023. As I look back on 2022, I’m reluctant to lean too far into predictions for 2023. As I look back on 2022, I’m reluctant to lean too far into predictions for 2023. But I’ll still weigh in with prognostications for 2023. FICO Admin. Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in  March 2023 that illicit actors  laundered at least $2.3 The January 2023 alert to financial institutions, Potential U.S. It is no secret that criminals use real estate to clean money derived from illegal proceeds; it’s one of the oldest forms of money laundering. billion through U.S.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

Download now Takeaway 1 Under current federal law, banks and credit unions face federal prosecution and penalties if they provide services to legal marijuana-related businesses. Takeaway 2 Considering the urgent need for a legislative solution, the SAFE Banking Act of 2023 could bridge the gap between state and federal marijuana laws.

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Alex Jimenez

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Regulation and Compliance: Not one of the more exciting topics, but there seems to be a growing emphasis on FinTech regulation and compliance, particularly around industry stability and consumer protection. A version of this post was published on LinkedIn, November 1, 2023.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 5, 2022

On October 3, 2022, the Federal Reserve finalized a rule expanding Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing), the implementing regulation for the Durbin Amendment. The final rule will be effective July 1. Given this continued uncertainty, I do not support the final rule.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Open Banking’s European success has kicked off interest in similar regulations worldwide, most notably in China, India and Singapore, where digital banking’s popularity among general consumers is rapidly rising. Numerous regions then announced internal deadlines for compliance that often diverged from their neighbors’ deadlines.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 14, 2023

Cross River Bank recently found itself in hot water with the FDIC when the agency declared that the bank engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices in relation to its compliance with fair lending laws and regulations, specifically the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Truth-in-Lending Act. If only it were so easy.

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FICO

MARCH 7, 2023

Home Blog FICO Responsible AI: Are European Firms Ready for the Regulators? There are significant changes coming in Europe, which highlight getting a handle on responsible AI use, with the banking and financial services sector among those that will be most impacted by increasing regulation.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2023

In that case, this could indicate a need for a strong culture of compliance, which will ultimately lead to further increased risk. A designated officer should be appointed and approved by the board of directors as responsible for AML/CFT and OFAC compliance.

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FICO

JANUARY 10, 2023

Top 5 Fraud Posts for 2022: Scams, Contactless and Money Mules. In a year that saw the word "scamdemic" coined, scams such as authorised push payment fraud were top of mind, along with various other fraud schemes. Tue, 01/10/2023 - 11:30. Few things change faster in the financial services space than fraud trends.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to the WSJ, the Zelle network rules under consideration would establish network-wide guarantees to reimburse scam victims and create liability sharing agreements, which could go live as soon as January 1, 2023. Zelle has not confirmed these discussions or plans. See our previous blog posts about overdraft changes here and here.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Takeaway 3 Utilize regulatory guidance to understand regulators' expectations, which are likely to include consistent stress testing. In a recent Abrigo webinar, four experts weighed in to pinpoint the following areas for focus and improvement in 2023. Get to know regulator expectations and priorities. Cultivate talent.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

trillion by 2023. Compliance and privacy regulations aren’t necessarily getting easier — in many cases, [the process is] getting more complex, and it's also expensive,” Swanback said. Automating fraud detection, meanwhile, can help provide a seamless yet secure B2B payments experience.

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FICO

APRIL 26, 2023

According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch , for example, more than 57,000 scams were reported in the first two months of 2023 alone. According to the 2023 FICO Global Scams Survey , 51% of consumers worldwide believe their friends or family members have been victims of similar scams.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Fighting Fraud with Responsible AI: My Talk with Dr. Scott Zoldi. FICO fraud expert TJ Horan talks fraud management and responsible AI with FICO's Chief Analytics Officer, Dr. Scott Zoldi. As for me, I’m a software guy and payments professional doing my best to roll with the changes in an ever-shifting fraud landscape.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 27, 2020

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has been working on their share of goal setting, as they have released their 2020 supervisory priorities for credit unions, regulation updates, and the agency’s modernization programs. “We BSA Rules and Regulation. These efforts will continue in the new year,” said NCUA Chairman Rodney E.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The most popular financial crime blogs in 2023 Check fraud, the SAFER Banking Act, and BSA exam topics were among Abrigo's top blogs on AML/CFT and fraud this year. You might also like this infographic on the true costs of fraud at financial institutions. Here are Abrigo’s 10 top AML and fraud blogs in 2023.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

Shadow bank lending is similar to bank lending but is not subject to the same regulations, and compensating deposit balace requirements. Commercial Real Estate Uncertainty/Vacancy Rates Nineteen point six percent of office space is vacant at year end 2023, according to Axios.com (see chart).

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FICO

JUNE 1, 2023

Thu, 06/01/2023 - 09:03 Saxon Shirley by TJ Horan Vice President, Product Management expand_less Back to top Thu, 06/01/2023 - 09:00 Up until just a few years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) was something you mainly heard about in movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey , Terminator and Chappie.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The delay means that the effective date of the new law is now December 10, 2023. When the NY Senate delayed the law’s effective date, it missed an opportunity to redraft and clarify the law to ensure issuers understand the compliance expectations. The CFPB regularly examines credit card issuers for compliance with UDAAP.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As the PSR’s response to authorized push payment fraud moves towards becoming law, what will the results be? FICO Admin Tue, 07/02/2019 - 05:23 by Matt Cox VP and General Manager, EMEA expand_less Back To Top Thu, 02/09/2023 - 11:40 Of the £609.8 The Regulator Is Stepping In - What Will It Mean for Banks? And what can banks do?

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Perficient

JANUARY 16, 2024

Background On October 19 th , 2023, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published an article highlighting new enforcement actions and clarifying explicit rules regarding misconduct, particularly as it relates to financial abuse by senior-level management.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. CCPA was modeled closely after the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Effective Jan.

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FICO

MAY 3, 2023

Operating at highly organized and relentless levels, fraud networks have become a multibillion-dollar, global problem. The banking and financial services industry must evolve their fraud-fighting strategies at an equally relentless pace to stay one step ahead. Last year in the UK, nearly 41% of fraud losses were due to scams.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Application Fraud – Does Canada Need a New Approach? FICO’s Fraud, Identity and Digital Banking Survey 2022 shows that customers in Canada want slick onboarding processes, where fraud controls work but don’t delay account opening. And what does that mean for the future of your fraud management solutions? FICO Admin.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While Huntington is down like most bank stocks, the pain hasn’t been as severe, and Huntington doubled down on local markets in 2023 by consolidating business units. He passed away in January 2023. The Worst Day of the Year Award – goes to May 1, 2023, when First Republic Bank failed. What a year.

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