Beach Bummed: How One Construction Crew Ruined the Summer Season
The word disaster conjures up images of tornadoes, hurricanes, and terrorist attacks, but sometimes it starts with a construction crew.
7 Tips for How to Respond to Bad Compliance Exam Results
Compliance exams are stressful and challenging to endure. In this post, we will share 7 experience-tested tips for how to respond to a bad compliance exam.
OCC Singles Out a Bank Director for Excessive CEO Compensation
The OCC recently called out a bank director for misconduct around compensation. Here's a quick lesson in how to fail as a bank director.
Fair Lending Quiz: Assess Your Compliance Risk Exposure!
Fair Lending is still a top regulatory priority in 2022, and risk management is as important as ever. In this post, get access to a free Fair Lending quiz!
Redlining Analysis Remains a Top Priority for Regulators & Raises These 5 Questions
Regulators continue to prioritize Redlining compliance. In this post, you will learnwhy they say data analysis is essential for Redlining risk management.
What Took 5 Years and $10 Million and Did Nothing to Punish Wall Street for the Mortgage Crisis?
Here's what we learned from this intriguing documentary about the only commercial bank criminally charged as a result of the mortgage crisis
8 Key Questions to Help You Determine Your Unique Fair Lending Risk
We can boil down the various Fair Lending laws (ECOA, FHA, etc.) to a single question that serves as the litmus test for Fair Lending compliance.
How Are You Coping with a Growing Vendor List?
As financial institutions work with more vendors, it's easy to miss third-parties who need to be reviewed just like more obvious ones.
Much Ado About Nothing: Update to the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool Barely Worth a Mention
When we looked at the FFIEC's update to the cybersecurity assessment tool, we discovered the changes to be minor. Good news; Ncyber already has the update.
FDIC Guidance: Model Risk Management of Third-party Vendors
Model Risk Management: FDIC-regulated banks with more than $1 billion in assets and those that use a complex model that is will be subject to new guidance.
What is A Real-World Example of Fair Lending Discrimination?
Learn how Fair Lending discrimination risk can negatively impact your bank, mortgage company or credit union's reputation through these 3 examples!
5 Ways to Succeed at Vendor Management
Risk and vendor management is all about analysis and organization, but many risk officers get bogged down in organization and lose time for analysis.
9 Fresh Compliance Stories that Made a Splash this Summer
Here are 9 fresh consumer compliance news stories, published from late May through August, that you may have missed.
Don’t Confuse Clarity with Forgiveness
OCC to label violations of laws and regulations as “new,” “self-identified,” or “repeat” when communicating a violation to banks starting July 1.
STOP! Collaborate Cautiously and Listen- The OCC is Back with New Third-Party Risk Management Guidance
The OCC has published new guidance on 3rd-party risk management. Key takeaway: There is no one-size-fits-all approach to third-party risk management.
Spreadsheets Aren’t Free: 5 Hidden Costs
The costs your institution will incur if it’s using spreadsheets to oversee risk management or compliance may not be obvious until it's too late.
Visit Us at Booth 323 at the ABA Regulatory Compliance Conference This Weekend!
Visit us at Booth 323 at the American Banker's Association's annual Regulatory Compliance Conference! We will have games and a chance to win an Apple Watch…
Will Your Vendors Fall Victim to Ransomware and Other Cybersecurity Threats?
63% of cybersecurity breaches occur through third-party vendors. That's why it's vital that your vendor management process protects you from threats.
BSA/AML Compliance by the Numbers
A recent survey of 160 compliance officers provided valuable insights about their BSA/AML compliance. Read on to see the results, and learn how you compare
7 Fair Lending Tips Every CEO & Board Member Needs to Know
Here are 7 Fair Lending tips every CEO, President and Senior Board Member should know in order to reduce risk and improve compliance. Plus, get a free...
Ncontracts Acquires Supernal Software to Bring Customers BSA and Compliance Solutions
When I founded Ncontracts in 2009, my goal was to provide a way to make risk management more efficient by eliminating the unconnected data, duplicated
FinCEN: MoneyGram Compliance Officer on the Hook for $250,000 Penalty
The former chief compliance officer of MoneyGram International was fined $250,000 this month and banned from serving in a compliance function.
Independent Banker Magazine Interviews Michael Berman, Ncontracts CEO
Independent Banker interviews Michael Berman on cybersecurity risk assessments and how financial institutions can stay secure.
Inside the New SSAE 18: Vendor Management Changes
The new SSAE 18 vendor management rules impact every financial institution. In this blog post, we look at each change and how it will affect your FI.
Risk Management Master: Q&A with Ncontracts’ Mitch Klein
Klein sat down to talk about managing risk, what it’s like to be on the vendor side of a relationship, and future risk management trends.
7 Regulator-Approved Facts about REMAs for Successful Redlining Analysis
Get answers to your questions about REMAs, and learn 5 regulator-approved facts about REMAs that will help with successful Redlining Analysis.
What Does Your Customer Data Have in Common with a Hit Netflix Show?
Vendor risk isn't limited to banks and credit unions. Hollywood is vulnerable too. Netflix revealed the entire season of Orange is the New Black was leaked
Vendor Management: What the NCUA Really Wants
When a financial institution outsources an activity to an outside vendor, it can enhance the member experience, but it can also introduce increased risk.
7 Fair Lending Risks You Need to Know Today
Fair Lending remains a top regulatory priority. Do you know your risk? In this blog, learn 7 key Fair Lending compliance risks, plus get a free eBrief!
Whitepaper - Revelations from the FDIC's OIG Report
The FDIC's OIG found widespread deficiencies in the banking industry regarding vendor management. This whitepaper summarizes and explains these findings.