South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. The documentation was lengthy and complex, the regulatory compliance and reporting was cumbersome, the accounting was tricky, and the overhead cost of launching a hedging program was challenging. No ISDA documents.

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Abrigo

JUNE 8, 2021

Real consequences from OFAC sanctions violations OFAC compliance has increased in complexity and clarity with guidance released within the past few years and institutions need to take notice to avoid penalties. Importance of Compliance. Framework Document. A Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments. learn more.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. The better prepared, the less likely they are to run afoul of the continually shifting regulations. But now, the regulators are raising the bar … and rates can’t stay at this level forever.”.

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Abrigo

JUNE 2, 2021

This document was also written for examiners and recognizes the exam burden for financial institutions. The guidance emphasizes a risk-focused approach to examinations and refocuses the regulators to scope each exam according to the unique financial institution, not to use a one-size-fits-all approach. 6 Critical Areas. Calibration.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 25, 2022

As we will discuss, the timing of the Consent Order indicates that even when regulators permit crypto activities by financial institutions, they remain cautious, particularly as to BSA/AML compliance. In January 2021, the OCC granted Anchorage conditional approval for a national trust bank charter.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

According to John Epperson, principal at Crowe LLP , that goes to show that the current approaches to regulatory and compliance technology ( RegTech ) aren’t working. That conflicts with organizations’ compliance needs, as they require a certain level of information to meet the standards. Common Concerns. Why RegTech?

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Abrigo

JANUARY 3, 2024

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. This is in line with the current CDD regulations. Effective Jan. More is expected on this later.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 17, 2024

The United Nations estimates there are currently 40 million people enslaved around the world, and that one-quarter of them are children. Look into wires to and from foreign countries more skeptically,” said Terri Luttrell, Director of Compliance and Engagement at Abrigo. “A

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

increased regulation over content delivered online through platforms may be on the horizon. This past week, Britain’s federal government said its media regulator, known as Ofcom, would be given new oversight to monitor and regulate material posted on the web by companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. In the U.K.,

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

Takeaway 3 Regulators are closely watching expanded uses of AI and generative artificial intelligence. They can more easily consider how to harness genAI's power to enhance their operations, compliance, risk management, and member or customer experience. GenAI is seeing varied use cases in banking.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2018

and group compliance director, explained to PYMNTS how online tools can make remote identity verification even more robust than in-person processes — and also help kick cross-border payments into higher gear. “[But] we’re projecting by 2021, it’ll take up the majority of the market.”. In a recent interview, Brion Nazzaro, the company’s U.S.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The AMLA set the stage for establishing a national reporting system for beneficial ownership and for potentially changing current CDD/BO requirements in an effort to improve financial transparency and prevent criminals and terrorists from misusing companies to disguise illicit activity. Need to Know. Is your AML department properly staffed?

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In an economic and regulatory environment where compliance resources and budgets are stretched thin, financial institutions must carefully evaluate their priorities when it comes to their BSA/AML program. Be sure to document these decisions, which should be defended and supported by data used within the risk assessment.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2023

READ Takeaway 1 Documentation is one of the most critical aspects of performing a risk assessment. Step one Document the BSA/AML risk assessment Documentation is one of the more critical aspects of performing a risk assessment. The credit union’s risk analysis can only be adequately supported with supporting documents.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, banks and credit unions must balance their fraud-fighting obligations with consumer compliance requirements on deposit-availability timeframes and notices under Reg CC. Efficient compliance with both Reg CC and the requirements tied to anti-fraud or anti-money laundering can also greatly impact customer or member experiences.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Takeaway 1 Strengthen your financial institution's culture of compliance through a staffing assessment. What better w ay to strengthen your financial institutions ' culture of compliance and build your use case for your senior management than through a comprehensive staffing assessment? Now is the time to be prepared. .

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The Office of Foreign Assets Control ( OFAC ) hosts an annual symposium to provide updates on compliance requirements, sanctions activity, and enforcement efforts. OFAC restated its crucial role in furthering U.S. OFAC restated its crucial role in furthering U.S. What does a “maximum pressure strategy” entail?

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Abrigo

JULY 29, 2021

For this reason, FinCEN included this as a priority and a core national security concern for the United States. The Priorities emphasize this, and regulators will be expecting corruption to be part of an institution’s risk assessment. . Document your understanding of corruption as it relates to your institution’s risk profile.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Now there’s the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) asking for help with mandating mask guidance regulations to protect store personnel. Social media has been full of news of anti-maskers wrecking displays – and weeks ago, even attacking a store clerk because of regulations requiring them to mask up inside stores.

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Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. While these are general today, the AMLA requires that regulations be written around each Priority, as appropriate. Until regulations have been released and go into effect, regulatory expectations remain unclear.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Develop your risk assessment with the AML/CFT priorities in mind Evaluating each FinCEN priority and addressing them in your financial institution's risk assessment is key to compliance. financial system to move funds that will be used for weapons against the United States or the United Nations countries. This checklist can help.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The CBOT investigation determined that this was not an adequate number of analysts and that they were not thoroughly reviewing the documentation of each unusual activity alert. While templates are not inappropriate and can improve efficiencies, they should not be used without verification and supporting documentation.

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Abrigo

APRIL 26, 2022

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) has profiled this global issue by naming corruption one of the eight national security priorities. In 2004, the infamous Riggs Bank (Riggs) case brought political corruption to the top of compliance officers’ lists of reasons not to sleep at night. financial system. 11 terror attacks.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 21, 2020

Despite Federal ambiguity, State Regulators are beginning to clearly define their stances on cannabis banking. Compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) is going green… or is it? State Banking Regulators. I believe we will see more state banking regulators join them in 2020. National Credit Union Association.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. Clearly, blue-suit regulators stood out. The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Our Transparent AI is easy to explain to regulators. . Mosier will oversee FinCEN’s work to protect the financial integrity and national security of the United States by advancing the agency’s engagement with new technologies within the financial industry. So, what exactly is machine learning in the context of AML compliance?

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Abrigo

JUNE 19, 2022

And while regulators said some institutions would find the ELE tool useful for CECL, they acknowledged it did not represent a preferred method of regulators or a “safe harbor” method for GAAP compliance. Are you using national data or local? CECL Regulation. CECL Regulation. CECL Accounting. CECL Models.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Informal actions are generally appropriate for institutions that receive a composite rating of “3” for safety and soundness or consumer compliance. The grounds to issue a C&D is when an IDI or an IAP has engaged or is about to engage in an unsafe or unsound practice in the IDI, or a violation of the law and/or regulation.

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Abrigo

MAY 19, 2017

With the National Credit Union Administration issuing its final member business lending (MBL) ruling as of January 2017, credit unions are seeing increased flexibility in their lending limits. Who is responsible for collecting key documents, and will a system be used to track tickler documents and member compliance?

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Join Abrigo for a webinar discussing risk assessments' role in compliance. Recognizing the gravity of the situation, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) identified fraud as a national priority. Regulators will be expecting this as they examine institutions for FinCEN priority preparedness.

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PopularBank

MAY 24, 2024

By Andrew Boland – Director of National Healthcare Financing, Popular Bank A minimum staffing standard for nursing homes across the country was unveiled last month, raising concerns from operators and industry leaders over the impact the mandate will have on their ability to maintain adequate access to long-term care.

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Abrigo

APRIL 8, 2020

BSA compliance remains crucial to protecting financial system. Alternatively, if available, entities may rely on the [customer identification program] of a federally insured depository institution or federally insured credit union with an established CIP as part of its AML program. Provide lending staff with a BSA refresher course.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 12, 2021

That statement is rescinded as of April 1, 2020, and in the rescission document, the CFPB announces its intent to exercise its supervisory and enforcement authority consistent with the Dodd-Frank Act and with the full authority afforded by Congress consistent with the Bureau’s statutory purpose and objectives.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

But, Atassi said, Latin America is also a challenging region to take on as a whole because nation-by-nation and vertical-by-vertical, the situation on the ground can vary quite widely in terms of infrastructure, consumer interest and regulatory prerogatives. Opportunity, he noted, abounds.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 22, 2021

The agencies are the Comptroller of the Currency, Farm Credit Administration, FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and National Credit Union Administration (Agencies). The Agencies note that they plan to publish in the Federal Register a final document based on the new proposed Q&As and the Q&As proposed in July of 2020.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

According to documents procured and reviewed by National Public Radio , it looks like the effort to roll back some of the protections – specifically those sections that are meant to protect military members taking out car loans – are being pushed by the White House itself. . Retired Army Col.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The Interagency Statement begins by clarifying the agencies’ position as to the difference between supervisory guidance and laws or regulations and provides: “Unlike a law or regulation, supervisory guidance does not have the force and effect of law, and the agencies do not take enforcement actions based on supervisory guidance.”

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