Financial Services and Trading
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..
Impaired Loans: Handle with Care - How to Manage, Account For and Collect Them
Impairment in any form of lending is but a usual mishap that will typically occur, as a rule of the game. For bankers, loan impairment is something to prepare for, as early as before setting up operations, and to permanently upgrade. Failure to do that reveals costly. Refusal to do that, though, deprives the bank of lending premiums, in that the bank will not lend to credit-risky borrowers. Hence it is miss..
Implementing an Enterprise-wide Risk Management Framework in a Financial Institution
Financial institutions most often inherit some implicit view on their risks and then add elements as time goes by, as mishaps occur and as regulators demand. The result is all too often the spectacle of a claim at consistency, whilst risk priorities are more the result of interdepartmental relationships, and some risks can be misunderstood. However, when setting up a complete framework, pitfalls are legion...
Implementing The CFPB’s Debt Collection Rule-Changes In Consumer Debt Collection In The USA
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Debt Collection Rule, promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act to update the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, (15 USC 1692) was published in November 2020, in an effort to bring debt collection regulation into the 21st century. It will impact the practices of third-party debt collectors. Collectors and creditors alike need to understand the new requirements related ..
Importing and Exporting by U.S. Mail and Express Consignment
The Webinar will cover such topics as definitions of various articles related to U.S. Mail and express consignments; mail subject to Customs examination; exceptions to Customs examinations; general documentation and requirements; importations not over $800 in value; bona - fide gifts; dutiable packages; formal entries; costs of importing by mail; special classes of merchandise; restricted and prohibited mer..
Increasing Criminal Risks of Intermediaries for Cross-Border Financial Crimes
In the last couple of decades, the world has experienced growing prosecutions of intermediaries for cross-border financial crimes. A U.S. bank was convicted by a Spanish court for moving money in the Pinochet criminal investigation instead of freezing it. The U.S. and State of New York have brought criminal cases against banks for a variety of financial crimes, especially economic sanctions. The U.S. DOJ ha..
Money Laundering: How it Works
We have all heard of money laundering but did you ever wonder how it works? This course is designed to review the issue of money laundering. Examples of actual money laundering cases will be provided so participants can understand how these frauds are being committed and how they were uncovered. We will review various methodologies for detecting money laundering schemes and will discuss developing internal ..
Must Know Tax Issues for Tax Exempt Organizations
This webinar will be the best guide to issue spotting potential problems a non-for-profit may come across and how to appropriately handle them. The IRS allows certain organizations to not pay taxes as long as they meet strict guidelines. Violating these guidelines can have strict and harsh ramifications for the non-for-profit and the people in charge of the organization.This webinar will help to first prope..
Nacha: ACH Rules And Enforcement
During this webinar, we will discuss the Nacha operating rules and how they impact your organization or specifically, your role. Due to the ever-changing regulatory landscape for financial institutions, rules & regulations keep changing or new ones are added, that address back-office functionality. Nacha operating rules describe and outline the path to follow.Areas CoveredOverview and backgroundNacha Op..
Non-Agency Securitization Techniques and Structures
While the issuance of mortgage-backed securities virtually stopped in the wake of the financial crisis, it has recently begun to grow rapidly due largely to the popularity of Non-Qualified (non-QM) loans. Since these loans are not eligible for securitization by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac, they are issued as non-agency or “private-label” transactions. However, these transactions do not receive an..
Preparing a Financial Industry Compliance Manual and Code of Ethics and the Overall Annual Compliance Review
Building or Strengthening your firm’s Compliance Program? Attend our virtual seminar on the best practices for preparing the manual, code of ethics and conducting the required annual review. You will receive tools to help build or strengthening your compliance program. The Compliance program shall be designed to prevent, detect, and correct violations of the Advisers Act. The overall compliance program must..
Preparing for a (US and other) Customs Audit
US Customs law dates back to 1879 and was far less burdensome, legally, on the US importer until 1993. Under current law, the US Customs Modernization Act, the US Importer is now mainly responsible for adherence to all US Customs laws and regulations. While Customs calls it a “shared responsibility”, the burden is on the importer to “exercise reasonable care”. In this session, we’ll discuss the basics of a ..
Preparing for a BSA/OFAC Regulatory Examination
The BSA examination process is intended to assess the effectiveness of a financial institution’s BSA compliance program and the institution’s compliance with the regulatory requirements related to the BSA. A regulatory examination should cover a review of the risk management process, an analysis of the institution’s independent testing system, a detailed and thorough of the BSA compliance program, transacti..