Escrow compliance is tough. Not many rules cover such a broad scope over the full life of the loan. Escrowing touches nearly every element of loan compliance in some way: RESPA, TILA, TRID, HPMLs, Flood, and Fair Lending.
Recorded on July 12, 2023
Sweepstakes, Contests and Lotteries, Cans and Can Nots
Your problem -- a branch wants to raffle off homemade pies to raise money for a charity near and dear to the heart of those bankers. But is this a raffle, a contest or a lottery?
In October 2019, FinCEN made a clumsy announcement of changed filing instructions for CTRs, only to postpone the effective date three months later, in January. Another change issued in October was corrected in November 2019.
Recorded on June 07, 2023
Fair Lending, CRA, and Small Business Loan Data Filing
Banking compliance touches several aspects of banking – ALL of them in fact! Whether you work on the deposit side or the loan side of the bank, you have many rules to follow. Do you ever wonder why?
The short answer is that banks are special.
Mistakes happen. Even strong compliance programs can have a slip-up, and you may find your bank has wrongfully disclosed the Annual Percentage Rate (on a loan) or the Annual Percentage Yield (for a deposit product).
When your customer passes away, family members left behind often know they need to do something about deposit accounts and other banking relationships of the deceased, but don’t know what they can and cannot do with them or with checks payable to the
Recorded on May 09, 2023
Overdraft Programs and Their Risk to Your Financial Institut
Overdraft services will continue to be a target for regulatory scrutiny in 2023 and financial institutions who’ve been cited can attest to the damage unchecked fee income practices can have on an organization.