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Question: "We have a question on Bank Secrecy. Assume that we have a well known customer named John Smith, who is president of the Smith Company.

Bob Chamness, partner in the San Francisco office of McKenna & Fitting, was leading a session at the ABA Compliance Conference in Washington, DC in June.

First Federal of Indiana, PA called, and, during a conversation with the editor, revealed that they put their disclosures and documentation on cassette tapes for the blind as part of their complian

One by one, we've been making contact and holding conversations with examiners from all the authorities-FDIC, Fed, OTS, and OCC. What we are learning disturbs us.

Financial institution for faster service, more efficient handling, and better transmission of information. Disclosures can also be FAXed.

In a session at the ABA Compliance Conference dealing with compliance training, Jeanie Jorgensen from BancTraining Video Systems, Inc.

Dennis Deischer, National Bank Examiner, Office of the Controller of the Currency was participating in a peer group session of medium size financial institutions at the BAI Conference in Orlando in

QUOTES OVERHEARD at the Bank Administration Institute's Security and Compliance Conference in Orlando

As you can see from this issue, we are becoming actively involved in the certification process for security, compliance, and trust officers in financial institutions.

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