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In 1995, more than 70,000 criminal referrals were filed.

Many compliance regulations require some form of public notification to be sure that consumers are aware of the regulation and their rights as consumers. Lobby posters are a popular technique.

Hand in hand with the effort to make funds quickly available to customers through the Expedited Funds Act and Regulation CC comes the concern of losses through check fraud and kiting schemes.

After more than a quarter century of disclosing the costs of credit, there is movement toward re-evaluating the methods used to disclose costs in the Truth in Lending and Real Estate Settlement Pro

The Federal Reserve Board has announced the new members of the Consumer Advisory Council. The Council advises the FRB on issues of interest and concern to consumers.

We have been talking about "managing compliance" or compliance "management" for some years. Those of us who do it - who manage compliance - know what it is.

Question: Customers are asking our bank to refinance their loans with us at rates below what we generally offer.

Question: Our bank recently placed an exception hold on a large deposit made by a fairly new customer.

What happens to compliance specialists? Is it just more compliance out there or is there something else? One former luminary of the compliance world has entered the ranks of the best sellers.

Jesse Jackson Jr. has been elected to Congress and is a member of the House Banking Committee. He plans to take actions that will reverse the effects of discrimination and redlining. The new Rep.