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How to Incorporate Your Business Continuity Management (BCM) into Your Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program

Many organizations struggle to transition from a static Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to an effective, ongoing Business Continuity Management (BCM) system. In this introductory course, you will learn how to make that shift and integrate your BCM with your ERM program. The discussion will guide you through the key elements of the FFIEC’s Business Continuity Management Booklet, part of the FFIEC’s IT Examination Handbook. You will gain a deeper understanding of BCP and BCM, including the critical roles of disaster recovery plans, crisis management, and incident response in your overall strategy.

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Vendor Management Program – How Model Risk Fits In

As financial institutions increasingly rely on third-party providers, the associated risks also grow. This educational session will guide you in developing an effective Vendor Management Program and a Model Risk Management Program. Explore the necessary due diligence, from core systems to technology-dependent banking products, and gain practical insights on integrating these programs within your Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework for robust risk management. By the end of the session, you will clearly see how Vendor Management and Model Risk Management align with your ERM program.

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The Whimsical World of Business Email Compromise

A business email compromise costs an organization, on average, $1.03 million for the costliest attacks. And the price is only growing.

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ICBA EducationInformation TechnologyRisk Management

Current Trends in Financial Scams: A Focus on 5 Crafty Schemes

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ICBA EducationRisk Management

Action Planning for Liquidity Management through Uncertainty & Volatility for Banks

In response to the 2023 bank failures and tightening liquidity conditions, the focus on liquidity and risk management has intensified. It is a crucial time to explore how proactive financial institutions are adopting "best practice" approaches to liquidity management.

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Navigating Zero Trust: Building Your Strategy and Roadmap

We need a new security model that adapts to the modern environment, supports the hybrid workplace, and protects people, devices, apps, and data everywhere. We must modernize our cybersecurity approach with Zero Trust, a strategy that assumes breaches are inevitable.

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7 Ways to Frustrate Attackers

In the face of constant cybersecurity threats, it's easy to feel discouraged. Most penetration tests exploit common weaknesses and misconfigurations, mirroring real-world attack methods. But what if you could turn the tables on attackers?

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ICBA EducationInformation TechnologyRisk Management

Decoding Security: FAQ Roadmap

Go beyond the basics of security training and find the answer to common security questions. Discover solutions to practical issues like camera placement, the necessity of monitors in break rooms, and the optimal timing for alarm activation during or after a bank robbery.

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Observation vs. Perception: Improving Your Ability to Pick Up on Suspicious Activity

Situational awareness is a developed skill and a major part of crime prevention. Enhance your awareness and observation skills to become more mindful of your surroundings. Learn how perception can differ from reality and why observers may describe the same incident differently. Program attendees will gain strategies to improve crime prevention efforts and memory retention.

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FrontlineICBA EducationRisk Management

Treasury Check Fraud: Trends & Tools

Check fraud remains one of the most common types of fraud. It is a growing problem for banks because it’s easy to execute. Forgery, alterations, and counterfeit checks continue to be a major issue for banks, and treasury checks are not excluded from fraud. In late 2023, the Treasury amended regulations affecting bank liability for treasury checks.

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ICBA ThinkTECH Solutions Forum: Fraud

Hear from several fraud solutions providers during this quick-hitting session to learn how they can help your bank keep pace with the competition.

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Regulatory Compliance Change Management: Are You Prepared?

Now more than ever, financial institutions must consider the risk of change. Regulatory changes, system conversions, new products and services, and corrective action for audit findings are just a few examples of situations that will frequently impact your organization.

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Designing an Effective BCP Testing Program

There is often confusion as to how to develop a multi-year BCP testing program. Organizations are overwhelmed with putting a program in place. Using your Business Impact Analysis can define what the testing program should be without adding unnecessary complexity and negatively impacting efficiency.

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ICBA EducationInformation TechnologyRisk Management

Crucial E-Sign Compliance Considerations

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered the banking ecosystem to promote safer, virtual options for their employees and clients. To manage the impact of reduced in-person interactions, many financial institutions expanded their use of electronic communication with their clients. These electronic operations are subject to regulatory scrutiny under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign Act). Discuss the specific requirements of the E-Sign Act, how to implement a compliant E-Sign program or identify gaps in your current program, and how to maintain compliance in an ever-changing environment.

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How to Read a SOC Report

Financial institutions rely heavily on third-party relationships to gain efficiency, reduce operational costs, and to meet the evolving technology needs of customers. While third-party relationships are often beneficial, there are risks created by the relationships that need to be identified, assessed, and managed.

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ICBA EducationInformation TechnologyRisk Management

Food for Thought: Handling Check Fraud

Dealing with the big three check issues (forgeries, alterations, and counterfeit checks) can prove to be the most challenging situation a financial institution can encounter. These issues have a very narrow return window and no adjustment options. Does your financial institution understand your obligations and options when it comes to handling these complicated situations? Discover how to handle these challenging situations.

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Legal Trends and Insights on Deposit Fees

ICBA has been working diligently in addressing federal regulator positions on deposit fees such as re-presentment fees, overdraft fees, and non-sufficient funds fees. But while we vigorously advocate at the federal level, community banks have been the subject of fee related lawsuits initiated in states across the country. Join us to hear insights from attorneys who have worked with and defended community banks against these claims.

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Creating the Right Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program for YOUR Community Bank

Are you in the process of establishing your bank’s first ERM Program or seeking to streamline your existing one? You’re not alone. Risk Management is at the heart of banking and every bank has to have processes, policies, and procedures in place in order to assess and manage the risks on their balance sheet. Gain insight into the fundamental components of the ERM puzzle, their interrelationships, and how to integrate your ERM program into the bank’s Strategic Plan.

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ICBA EducationRisk Management

Characteristics of Strong Risk Assessments and Tools to Monitor and Report Results

Financial Institutions provide great value to the American economy. But that value comes with risks. Risk Assessments are at the core of a strong Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program. Therefore, developing strong risk assessments for all key areas of the financial institution is crucial.

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ICBA EducationInformation TechnologyRisk Management

Three Key Risk Assessments in Your ERM Program – ERM, IT, and Internal Controls

Grasp the essentials of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Gain insight into the three crucial phases of ERM and understand the integral role of Risk Assessments. Explore the workings of the Risk Assessment Process, focusing on three key assessments vital to your ERM Program: Enterprise Risk Management Risk Assessment, Information Technology Risk Assessment, and the Internal Controls Risk Assessment.

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ICBA EducationRisk Management

Possible or Probable? How to Assess the Risk

The ACH Operating Rules require all participating DFIs, Third-Party Senders and Nested Third-Party Senders to conduct an assessment of the risks of their ACH activities. But “how,” is not specified. Review risk assessment best practices and learn how to maintain compliance with the requirements of your primary regulators.

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Q1: Regulatory Compliance Updates

The Quarterly Regulatory Compliance Webinars deliver the most up-to-date guidance on regulatory compliance, upcoming deadlines, available resources, and more. Offered quarterly, these 60-minute webinars deliver comprehensive information with actionable takeaways.

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Q3: Regulatory Compliance Updates

The Quarterly Regulatory Compliance Webinars deliver the most up-to-date guidance on regulatory compliance, upcoming deadlines, available resources, and more. Offered quarterly, these 60-minute webinars deliver comprehensive information with actionable takeaways.

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Banking Law 101

No prior knowledge of banking or law is needed as we explore banking regulation, the dynamic business of banking, and various other regulatory and business topics. Get ready for an engaging introduction that will leave you with a firm foundation in banking law.

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Is it Worth the Risk? Fundamentals of Payments Risk

Unidentified risk is unmitigated risk. There are diverse risks embedded in your everyday payment channels and you must understand the types of risk your organization confronts to better protect your bank. Explore best practices for effectively controlling risks and enhance your risk management strategy with valuable knowledge.

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P2P Doesn't Have to Mean Faster Fraud

Some of the most common questions the Macha office receives pertain to issues with consumer person-to-person (P2P) transfers via the ACH Network. These problems can include fraud, incorrect account numbers, and buyer’s remorse, all of which can result in financial losses for your organization. Learn about the unique features of P2P transfers via the ACH network and discover how to avoid or address issues as they arise.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine P2P transfers via the ACH Network.

• Learn about the most common P2P problems.

• Discover how to resolve P2P problems.

Duration: 90-minutes

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Essentials of Banking

Understanding the industry that you work in is crucial to recognizing your role and purpose. Banking is an occupation that has existed since the earliest part of history. While technology has changed, the essentials of what we do have not. Explore the fundamentals of the banking industry, its historical evolution, and the various types of banks and their respective roles.

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Protection of Confidential Proprietary Business Information

With the increasing mobility of employees, community banks face challenges similar to organizations in other industries when it comes to safeguarding the personal information of customers and employees.

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Cannabis in Banking

Cannabis has become more mainstream, and institutions have begun banking with hemp customers. Find out how banks are knowingly – and unknowingly – banking hemp, CBD, and marijuana. This presentation will cover the current landscape of federal and state law for banks that are actively banking or contemplating banking with cannabis and/or hemp customers.

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The Thin Line Between Running and Ruining a Bank

2023 has presented three major and unexpected bank failures. These unexpected events prove there is a very thin line between running and ruining a bank.

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Liquidity Risk: Leading Practices in Stress Testing, Assumption Support, and Backtesting

Given the recent rise in both economic uncertainty and regulatory expectation, many institutions need to focus on enhancing their Liquidity Stress Testing capabilities and modeling processes.

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Community Development Services and Loans

The CRA requires that intermediate small and large banks provide CRA qualified services in the communities in which they operate. Creating partnerships and developing a strategy for providing these services is integral to a successful CRA program.

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Measuring and Managing Liquidity

Robust management of liquidity remains critical and should be top of mind as rate and economic cycles are changing. Effective measurement and management of both operating and contingency liquidity is of heightened focus at high-performing institutions and with all regulatory agencies.

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Executive Leadership/C-SuiteICBA EducationRisk Management

Third-Party Risk Including Fintech Relationships

Federal regulators released final guidance on Third Party Risk in June, which provides broadly to bank service providers and customers. 

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ICBA EducationInformation TechnologyRisk Management

BSA/AML Model Evolution in a Rapidly Changing World: How Recent Changes in Technology and Current Events Are Affecting Our BSA/AML Programs

Over recent years, our industry has gone through tumultuous changes that affect how we think about Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering models. From the technology side, the rise of machine learning models and cryptocurrency has required us to evolve how we analyze customer behavior.

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Regulatory Hot Buttons

During this 60-minute webinar, examine the current regulatory priorities in safety and soundness. The speaker will describe how to mitigate risk associated with those priorities and stay ahead of regulatory hot buttons in exams and in transactions.

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Vendor Management - How Model Risk Fits In

Learn how to develop a simple yet comprehensive Vendor Management Program based on best practices from the FFIEC IT Examination Handbook. Go beyond the basics, with a step-by-step analysis of guidance outlined in the OCC SR Letter 11-7 on Model Risk Management to understand how Vendor Management and Model Risk Management fit within your overall Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program.

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The Active Shooter

Prepare employees and managers to respond appropriately to an active shooter incident. Review concepts endorsed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and learn what to expect when law enforcement responds.

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Fintech and Third Party Risk Management

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Elder Fraud

Elder Fraud is projected to be  one of the biggest growing segments of crime in our country! Criminals know who to target and have found ways to get close to control and exploit their victims. Learn how your bank can serve as the last line of defense to protect the criminals’ target, your account holders!   

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Improving Your Credit Committee Presentations, Effective Communication of the Risk

Presenting before your credit committee does not have to be a daunting task. All strong credit committee presentations begin with a comprehensive write-up. You need to understand the reason for the borrower's cash shortfall, the self-liquidating asset that will repay the financing, as well as the risks that are central to the repayment capability.

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ICBA EducationRisk Management

Improving Your Credit Write Ups, Analyzing and Targeting Your Approach to Explain the Risk

No credit committee wants to read an epic non-fiction piece of work. The key to effective credit write ups is to focus on the core key risks of the credit. Each credit request begins with a problem: the borrower has a cash shortfall. As a banker your role is to uncover the source of the cash shortfall and understand the characteristics of how the self-liquidating asset will repay the debt. 

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ICBA EducationRisk Management

A Summary of the Newest UCC Provisions Related to Digital Assets that are (Possibly) Coming to Your State

Many community banks are contemplating the future of digital assets and the role they will play in the financial services industry. The various possibilities and issues related to virtual currencies, non-fungible tokens, and other digital assets are endless.

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Internal Fraud: A Look at the Thieves from Within

How prepared is your financial institution for internal theft and fraud? Review what every Security Officer should know to combat internal fraud. Discover where the internal thief will spend the stolen funds and how they keep their stealing from being found. 

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Data Security/FraudICBA EducationRisk Management

Integrating Your Business Continuity Management into Your Enterprise Risk Management Program

Learn how to switch from having a static Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to an ongoing dynamic Business Continuity Management (BCM) system and how to integrate it into your Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program. 

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Executive Leadership/C-SuiteICBA EducationInformation TechnologyRisk Management

Digital Transformation Demystified - Part 5: Preparing for Potential Challenges in Digital Transformation

Challenges will likely arise during your bank’s digital transformation process. This final webinar of the series will address potential obstacles to progress, roadblocks or stumbling blocks for community banks, and proven problem-solving techniques community banks can use to overcome these challenges during their digital transformation journeys.

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Digital Transformation Demystified - Part 4: Working with Digital Transformation Partners

Digital transformation often requires the assistance of outside vendors to achieve goals that lead to organization efficiency, increased revenue, and customer satisfaction. 

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Digital Transformation Demystified - Part 3: Building or Perfecting a Digital Transformation Plan

Organizational change requires buy-in from all parts of the business—from bank directors to senior management to bank staff. 

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Digital Transformation Demystified - Part 2: Digital Transformation (Inside and Outside the Bank)

During this webinar bankers will learn about the different customer channels available and their associated risks, potential third-party partners, and costs to the business. 

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Check Fraud 2022

We know that people are writing less checks. However, did you know that checks continue to be the most common way financial crimes are committed? Join us for this 60-minute webinar to hear about the most recent trends in check fraud and what steps you can take to help prevent your institution from falling victim to financial crimes.

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