Banks and Credit Unions
The Basics Of The UCC Process
The Uniform Commercial Code was created to minimize risk and make it more attractive for companies to extend credit. It provides creditors protection in the event of their customers’ default or bankruptcy.Attend this webinar to learn how UCC filings can offer:PROTECTION when your customer files Chapter 7, Chapter 11, or defaultsOPPORTUNITIES to take first priority in your inventory or equipmentAN INCREASE i..
The Credit Manager’s Tool Box – Tools and Techniques for Making Sound Credit Decisions
Credit Expert with 30 Years of Experience Offers Tools and Techniques to Help You Navigate through Credit Information and Financial Data to Make Good Credit DecisionsThis webinar will provide guidance on how gather information, evaluate it, and make sound credit decisions on prospective clients and existing borrowers You will also learn the differences between unaudited and audited financials and how to use..
The Importance of Cash Flow and How to Forecast Cash Flow
Why is the Statement of Cash Flows so important and what will you learn from analyzing it. In this session, you will learn about the three parts of the Statement of Cash Flows and we will break each one down accordingly. You will understand that a company can show their sales increasing every year and also show they are making profits. However, if they cannot generate cash flow from their daily operations t..
The Overall Approach to a Systems-Based Audit
This webinar provides internal auditors with important information about how to approach their company’s audit of internal controls. It presents an overview of the current role of the modern professional internal auditor with an emphasis on its primary role of opening on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls. It shows the purpose and detail steps involved in an audit of the systems of int..
The Suspicious Activity Process: How to Identify, Monitor, and Report Suspicious Activity, to include How to Write a Good Suspicious Activity Report
Every day in your branch situations occur which are considered "suspicious" and may even put your employees and customers into what we will call a "felony moment." If your customer asks "Should I deposit this money?" The answer your officer gives may encourage the customer to structure, and that is a problem for both the customer and the employee. This program will answer commonly asked frontline questions ..
The “New NAFTA”: The USMCA
The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comprises Canada, the U.S., and Mexico, an agreement that has eliminated barriers to trade, promoted conditions of fair competition, increased investment opportunities, provided protection for intellectual property rights, and established procedures for the resolution of disputes.The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), commonly referred to as the “Ne..
Third Party Vendor Risk Assessment for Financial Firms - Rules, Regulations and Best Practices
Many cyber incidents have originated from a third party vendor. Has your firm conducted a review and risk assessment of the third-party vendors you rely on every day to provide services to your firm and your clients? Do you know what type of cyber risk these vendors may present? Do you know how to protect your firm’s critical data? Conducting this risk assessment at least once a year is now a necessary comp..
Three Key Risk Assessments in Your ERM Program – ERM, IT, and Internal Controls
Financial Institutions provide great value to the American economy. But that value comes with risks. Strategic-minded institutions do not strive to eliminate risk or even to minimize it – they strive to manage risk at the enterprise-wide level. These institutions seek to manage risk exposure so that, at any given time, they incur just enough of the right kind of risk—no more, no less—to effectively pursue t..
Tools and Techniques to Avoid HMDA Reporting Mistakes
This webinar will provide valuable assistance to all personnel with HDMA reporting responsibilities in banks or other mortgage issuing institutions: Compliance with regulatory requirementsWho must reportWhat must be reportedWhat kind of errors are commonWhat errors cause the biggest regulator reactionsGeneral concepts of error reductionHDMA reporting used to have a very high error rate. This has been less..
Treasury Management – Liquidity, Interest Rate, Foreign Exchange and Capital Risk Management
The Treasury function is one of the most important units within the bank and nonbank corporations alike. Treasury management can be very complex in nature and, given the size and nature of an organization’s balance sheet, it can be one of the most demanding areas of management within the firm. This presentation provides for a thorough understanding of the Treasury Management function, each area of risk unde..
UDAAP And The Risks
During this webinar, we will review a definition of an unfair act or practice, and unfair and deceptive credit under UDAAP, and unfair debt collection under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Due to the ever-changing regulatory landscape for financial institutions, rules & regulations that address UDAAP are important to understand. Discrimination is becoming a topic that learners need to understand..
Understanding International ACH
There are many ways of making payments internationally. International ACH is one that is often not understood but can be very advantageous for efficiently and cost-effectively making payments to other countries. This webinar will explain what International ACH is, how it works and more about an organization that is creating global standards to make it even easier. It will discuss the rationale for choosing ..
Understanding Your Profit & Loss Statement and EBIT/EBITDA
If you don’t prepare your own Profit & Loss Statement, you may not understand what yours are trying to communicate about your business’ financial performance. Many of the business owners and senior executives I’ve worked with over the past 10 years came to me with stacks of reports they never even looked at because none of it made any sense to them! Understanding your P&L’s is vital to small busines..
Wire Transfer Fraud–Detection and Mitigation
This training program will discuss common forms of wire fraud such as account takeover (consumer, corporate, and institution internal accounts); false invoices/money mules and advance fee frauds; business email compromise; and supply chain fraud. It will also discuss wire fraud detection, fraud mitigation, and sound business practices to thwart attempts. Every industry is prone to wire transfer ..
Writing an Effective Credit Memorandum-It’s not What You Say But How You Say It
Credit memoranda serve as the primary means of communication in the banking domain. It covers three functions: providing details on customer relation status, record actions, and thoughts, and recommend or support action. An effective memorandum is not about what you say, but how you say it, for commanding attention.Join industry expert Dev Strischek as he helps you develop your skills in writing an effectiv..