Banking Financial Services and Insurance
Credit Policy Fundamentals: Principles and Practices
Participants will learn how to diagnose their own credit policies to identify any gaps, and if so, how to write practical and understandable policies that meet regulatory expectations for content. They will be able to implement and maintain the processes and procedures needed to ensure that their policies are kept current and accurate, are monitored for compliance with them by means of tracking exceptions t..
Current Issues In Credit Risk
The reactions to the 2007 crisis have amply shown that, for most people who had to react as regulators, lenders or investors, the body of crisis-fighting knowledge was picked up essentially from the last 10 years. Few people referred to the main precedent, the 1929 crisis, to pick up wisdom from precedents: it was deemed too old to be relevant. Regulators’ reactions indicated that little was done to envisio..
Designing and Using KPIs and Performance Dashboards
We need our leaders to be effective in deploying our resources and guiding our operations to reach our goals in the most effective way. We need everyone to understand our mission and strategy so we can be sure we are all pulling together in the right direction. How well do our dashboard reporting tools support your strategic mission and goals? Are they right timed and properly designed for the users? How ma..
Does Anyone Care About SOX Anymore?
Many people feel that the task of documenting their company’s Sarbanes-Oxley controls has become routine and downright boring. However, the SOX documentation process remains one of the best ways for CFOs and CEOs to be comfortable in signing off documents that make them personally and criminally responsible for the accuracy and reliability of their public company's financial statements and the effectiveness..
Emerging Issues: E-Signatures, E-Verification, E-CDD/EDD Etc
In recent years the increased use of electronic means to obtain customer signatures, to conduct verifications of customer information, and to conduct overall customer due diligence has posed problems for financial institutions to fully comply with KYC, CDD/EDD requirements. This webinar will discuss methods of using electronic means for these activities and will discuss up-to-date guidance provided by FinCE..
Employee Fraud: Prevent, Detect, Manage
Embezzlement, kickbacks, check fraud, financial statement fraud and vendor billing schemes are just a few of the countless economic crimes committed by employees and outsiders. And with the march of technology, new computer and Internet-driven schemes are being deployed by dishonest insiders all the time.Learning ObjectivesUnderstand the fraud problemWhy employees commit fraudEssential fraud detection tools..
Ensuring compliance in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Know Your Customer (KYC)
Money Laundering, when it is allowed to occur, is often done to enable crime: for example, fraud, drug trafficking, human trafficking, or terrorism. Moreover, Money Laundering can be a felony in itself, because it enables crime, or because it violates laws enacted to protect national security. Because of this, US law imposes on banks and other financial institutions (such as Credit Unions), and their manage..
FinCEN's CDD Rule - Fifth Prong of the AML Program
FinCEN has issued substantial new AML requirements focused on a major expansion of Know Your Customer into what is now Customer Due Diligence, CDD. It goes far beyond knowledge of the Customer Legal Entity to the Beneficial Owner of that entity and its Controlling Persons. It is focused beyond the initial customer acceptance step, requiring updating and ongoing monitoring against baseline “normal” activity ..
Global Cash Flow : How to Calculate and Use GCF to Determine a Borrower’s Ability to Repay
The webinar will explain how to, first, determine the cash flow from the borrowing entity available to repay debt, and, second, incorporate the available cash flow from guarantor individuals and entities. Analysis of these various cash flows means quantifying existing and proposed debt and adjusting cash flows for living expenses and other costs. Speaker will use case studies, slides, problem-solving skills..
How to Analyze Operating Performance and Financial Condition with Ratios
Insights on Ratio Analysis to Determine Financial Strengths and Weaknesses. This session will explain how to employ ratios to measure and evaluate a borrower’s performance and financial condition. The borrower’s financial profile does change over its life cycle as it moves from a new entity to a mature firm, and this change over time will be explained and illustrated so that participants will see the link b..
How to Analyze the Income Statement
Many people may have financial statements in front of them but they do not know what they should be looking for. The Financial Statements can be seen as a Maze as there is so much information and people do not know where to start looking first. This live webinar will show people where they can find the income statement information they need and then depending on their needs (Are they looking to invest in th..
How to Project Cash Flow to Evaluate Borrower’s Ability to Repay Long-term Loans
One of the most basic analytical and underwriting tools a banker must have is the ability to determine whether a borrower can repay its loans based on the financial information available. Financial organizations extend credit to borrowers when the borrowers show the ability to repay the loans extended. Ideally, a request for a five-year loan should be supported by a 5-year cash flow projection. Learn key as..
Identifying Bankruptcies Sooner Than Later
This topic will benefit anyone who manages the Accounts Receivable asset and its risk of bad debt and delinquency loss. Credit control teams are continuously asked to deliver improved results with the same or reduced resources. The marketplace has seen a proliferation of private financing tools which can increase customers’ leverage and subordinate unsecured creditors’ claims.Completing this session will en..
IFRS Converting Your Cash Flow Statement
One step in switching over to IFRS is to convert your cash flow statement. In this presentation, we will work through the entire cash flow statement. We will review in detail exactly what changes will need to be made to comply with these rules. This session will enable you to successfully convert your cash flow statement.Areas Covered How net income will changeNon-cash items that affect t..
Impact Of Federal Reserve Policy: Now And Ahead
In today’s fast-changing world financial environment plays a crucial role in influencing economic growth, investments, employment, external trade, inflation, interest rates, credit demand and supply, exchange rates, purchasing power, consumer spending, Government Budget, and also your wealth, investment, financial planning, and economic wellbeing. It is, therefore, imperative to understand how the policy of..