Financial Services and Trading
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..
Profit and Loss Statements: What A Lender Needs to Know and Ask
This program will examine Profit And Loss Statements and look at ways that they inform us about businesses. Attendees will look at ten questions that can be answered upon a close examination of Profit and Loss Statements. Among those question will be the following1. What is the Composition of Sales?2. Is this a growing business?3. How is Cashflow measure..
Risk Control and Risk Management
Ignoring the difference between risk control and management is akin to, on the road, mixing upside barriers and the steering wheel: the former aims at keeping the car on the path whatever comes, whilst the latter helps to keep the car at the optimal place on the road at all times. Such confusion inevitably leads to using soothing risk management patches rather than fully understood solutions, to ..
Risk Management vs Compliance – Risk Management Case Studies
All too often, people are confused or misunderstand what is Risk Management and what is Compliance. Most companies have both a Risk Management function and a Compliance function. For these functions to be effectively chartered in a company, it is firstly important for the executive and senior management of the company to fully understand the differences between the two in terms of their respective roles and..
Rolling Forecasts the New Way to Budget
The current technology-driven turbulent business environment presents many challenges to business managers. One primary challenge is the ability to predict and plan for the future which is unexpectedly unpredictable. Changes are constant. Companies struggle to find ways to find manage resources and find ways to thrive and survive in this turbulent business environment. Traditional budgeting has been overtak..
Seven Habits of an Effective Credit Administration
This audio session by Dev Strischek is intended to provide guidance on how to develop and maintain a Credit Administration (CA) function that will provide guidance to anyone involved in the credit function of the bank. The session also highlights the safeguards to manage the bank’s loan portfolio in a safe and sound manner. CA supports credit risk management by watching over credit policy, credit analysis a..
State and Local Income Tax Issues
In this practical webinar, you will learn with the expansion of the Internet, more and more companies are performing work out of their home state. It’s important to get a basic understanding of state and local tax issues in order to help guide clients in these other states as well as their home states.Upon course completion, you will be able to:Determine where nexus is and if it existsFigure out sales and u..
Strategic Accounts Receivable Management
Strategic AR Management is today’s AR Management with its focus on the customer experience and driving revenue. Other benefits such as lower operating costs, shorter cycle times, and improved cash flow are also realized. Strategic Management of Accounts Receivable (AR) delivers much more value to a company than traditional Transactional Management of AR.This is accomplished by the following actions/programs..
Streamlining the Month-End Closing Process
We will share best practices for closing the books, performing period-end analysis, and producing financial reports within 2 days of the month-end. We will discuss the key reasons for closing and reporting delays and how to overcome these obstacles to improve your closing process and timeline. Every business needs timely reporting at month-end, quarter-end, and year-end. Publicly traded companies have prosc..
The Anxiety Antidote: How to Use Brain Science to Go from Stress to Success
Sonia Satra's mind-body webinar The Anxiety Antidote: How to Use Brain Science to Go from Stress to Success is a fun, high-content program that gives your audience the practical tools they need to free themselves from stress and step into their most creative, productive selves. As the former star of Guiding Light and One Life to Live, Sonia knows a thing or two about performing at her best. The same challen..
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 Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking (SAFE) Act of 2019 and the Protections It Provides
This webinar will discuss the background and purpose of the proposed Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Act of 2019. You will learn how a depository institution will be provided with a safe harbor when dealing with a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider, the protections in place for ancillary businesses, the protections under federal law, the requirements of filing a suspicious activity ..
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..