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Previous BSA Coalition
Conferences and Webinars
Nov 7, 2023 - Law Enforcement: SAR Review Tips and Trends Review
Download the Event Program Details Slide Deck
The slide deck shows the agenda, session topics and speakers for the November 7, 2023 Webinar.
June 21, 2023 AML Conference
The slide deck shows the agenda, session topics and speakers for the Coalition’s 2023 AML Conference in Greensboro, NC on June 21, 2023.
April 27, 2023 Webinar: Defending Your Institution Against Consumer Loan Fraud
Our panel of industry professionals help connect the dots between the current environment and the red flags your organization should look for.
Nov 17, 2022 Virtual Town Hall: How's and When's of Communicating with Law Enforcement
Current hot topics on scams and resource links about how and when to communicate with law enforcement.
Nov 1, 2022: The Regulator Perspective: Observations from the Field.
Seasoned examiners give you a peek at what they are observing from their field examinations.
Opening Lines of Communication with Law Enforcement, August 25, 2022
Attracting, Onboarding and Maintaining Top Talent May 17, 2022
Navigating future workforce environment needs: on-site vs. remote.
View Session Recording
AMLA Compliance, April 27, 2022 -10am-11:30am EST USA
Things to consider on your journey to AMLA 2020 compliance
Russian Sanctions Webinar - March 31, 2022 - 10am-11:30am EST USA
Which aspects of OFAC’s broad-sweeping sanctions program do domestic institutions need to focus on?
And how should you navigate FinCEN’s March 7, 2022 Alert advising financial institutions to increase vigilance for potential Russian sanctions evasion?
February 24, 2022 BSA/AML/OFAC Town Hall Auditing: Keeping it Real
How the emphasis on the risk-based Risk Assessment has impacted the typical BSA Audit
How auditors are staying current on emerging topics to produce relevant work product
Common findings and ways to validate corrective action
January 27, 2022 Webinar: A look back at 2021 and a look forward at 2022
December 7, 2021 Virtual Town Hall: Dealing with the Challenges of Digital Currency
November 4, 2021 Webinar: Regulatory Perspective
September 15, 2021: Strengthening the partnership between Law Enforcement and your AML Program
June 22, 2021: Evolving AML Programs in a Digital World
April 29, 2021 BSA & Bots Webinar
- where to begin,
- how to evaluate your processes,
- how to launch,
- how to test, and
- most importantly, lessons learned.
December 3, 2020 Winter Webinar - Law Enforcement Priorities
September 24, 2020 Fall Webinar: Regulatory Focus and Priorities
June 25, 2020 Webinar: Convergence: AML, Cyber Crime and Fraud
Summer Webinar—June 25, 10:00-11:30 ET
Anti-money laundering, cybersecurity, and fraud programs often have synergies across monitoring, process, and technology. Identifying opportunities to converge, but also understanding where processes and functions should remain separate is a critical component of the discussion–and one size does not fit all. Hear open dialogue from our panel leveraging industry guidance, institutional experience, and tips for navigating the discussion at your institution.
May 12, 2020 Webinar: Governance how to manage everything
Spring Webinar—May 12, 10:00-11:30 ET
Governance: The Art of Managing Everything
Without a doubt, managing an AML Program involves juggling a never-ending list of competing priorities, from monitoring CTRs and SARs to policy adherence to supporting new products and services and beyond–and the Covid-19 environment has introduced even more complexities and dynamic changes. Now more than ever, the AML Officer needs strong governance to keep management and the Board fully apprised of any developments or issues. So, how do you develop the right infrastructure to manage “everything”? Join our experts as we discuss real challenges and practical solutions for strengthening your governance program.
Topics
* Understanding Your Environment
* Understanding & Managing the Chaos
* FFIEC Exam Manual: The Role of Governance
View and Download Slide Deck with Links to Regulatory Guidance
April 30, 2020 Webinar: BSA/AML Implications of Covid-19
Topics
- Employee challenges and maintaining employee engagement
CIP/KYC/CDD impacts & responses
Regulatory agency impacts & maintaining strong regulatory relations - Cash, CTRs
- Payroll Protection Program (PPP)
Customer activity & transaction monitoring - Emerging fraud/AML risks, SARs and FinCEN guidance
- OFAC impacts
- AML Program & Governance
View and Download Slide Deck with Links to Regulatory Guidance
2019 Fall Webinar-Wrapping up 2019
Topics
- May 219 FinCEN Advisory on Illicit Activity Involving Convertible Virtual Currency
- July 2019 FinCEN Updated Advisory on Email Compromise Schemes
- Aug 2019 FinCEN Advisory on Trafficking of Fentanyl & Other Synthetic Opioids
- OFAC: Sanctions Changes and Framework for Compliance Commitments
- DOJ Criminal Division’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
- Regulatory support for innovation
- Guidance is guidance
- Customer Due Diligence—how are we doing?
- Regulatory Reform—hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow
View Slide Deck with Links to FinCEN Guidance
View and Download Recorded Webinar
2019 BSA Coalition Conference
Conference Agenda:
9:00am – 9:15am Welcome Greetings & Emcee Remarks
9:15am – 9:45am Fireside Chat with Rick Small
9:45am – 11:00am Regulatory Panel
11:00am – 11:15am Break
11:15am – 12:15pm Industry Panel: Marijuana Adjacencies and Best Practices to Mitigate Risk to your FI
1:15pm – 2:15pm Law Enforcement Panel
2:15pm – 2:40pm Afternoon Keynote:
2:40pm – 2:55pm Break
2:55pm – 3:55pm Maintaining a Strong BSA Program while facing Corrective Action Plans
3:55pm – 4:05pm Closing Remarks
View and Download the entire 2019 Annual Conference presentation slide deck.
2017 BSA Coalition Conference
Fintec and Your Bank
Here’s what you will learn: (1) Understand the term “FinTec” and how it is applied, (2) Know the difference between a traditional MSB and a FinTec firm and (3) Understand the AML risks of banking FinTec.
CCD Beneficial Ownership
Here’s what you will learn: (1) Understand what is required to implement the new CDD/Beneficial Ownership Rule, (2) Know Who and What to include in your implementation plan, (3) Take away some best practices for training bank employees and (4) Understand what to do post implementation
Cyber Enabled Crimes
Here’s what you will learn: (1) Types of cyber incidents, (2) Importance of communication between BSA/AML (3) IT SAR best practices for cyber incidents and (4) Links to valuable reference materials
Regulatory Panel Perspectives
Minutes of the important take-always will be provided soon after the conference. Watch this space.
2016 BSA Coalition Conference
2016 Conference Agenda (1.2mb pdf)
Keynote: AML Mid-Year Review (536k pdf)
John J. Byrne
BSA/AML, Fraud and Loans: What Should You Be Doing to Make the Connection? (133k pdf)
Moderator: Chris Noack
BSA and OFAC Enforcement: How Law Enforcement Is Integrating Its Approach to Meet Current Threats (55k pdf)
Moderator: Laura Columbell Marshall
How to Survive a Merger: The AML Perspective (341k pdf)
Moderator: Rebecca Schauer Robertson
Regulatory Town Hall (136k pdf)
Moderator: Elaine Yancey
2015 BSA Coalition Conference
2014 BSA Coalition Conference
| BSA Coalition Conference 2014 | |
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 | |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome Greeting and Emcee Remarks Richard Gilbert, Vice President, Supervision, Regulation and Credit, FRB Richmond John Blum, Managing Examiner, Supervision, Regulation and Credit, FRB Richmond 9: |
| 9:15 – 9:30 |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker Dan Soto, Chief Compliance Officer, Ally Financial Inc. |
| 9:30 – 10:15 |
Keynote Address Jamal El-Hindi, Associate Director for Regulatory Policy and Programs, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 |
Multi-Disciplinary Perspective: Partnerships for Positive Change Moderator: Dan Soto, Chief Compliance Officer, Ally Financial |
| 11:30 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:05 |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker John Blum, Senior Examiner, Supervision, Regulation and Credit Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 1:00 – 2:00 |
Law Enforcement Panel: SARs to Behind Bars – The Outcome of Successful Collaboration Moderator: James Candelmo, Executive Compliance Director and BSA/AML Officer, Ally Financial Services |
| 2:00 – 2:45 |
Panel: Emerging Topics in Virtual Currency Moderator: Cullen Speckhart, Attorney, Wolcott Rivers Gates |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:05 |
Moderator: Elaine R. Yancey, Managing Examiner, Supervision, Regulation and Credit, FRB Richmond |
| 4:00 – 4:05 |
Closing Remarks Jeffrey Deibel, Assistant Vice President, Supervision, Regulation and Credit, FRB Richmond |
2013 BSA Coalition Conference
2012 BSA Coalition Conference
| BSA Coalition Conference 2012 | |
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 | |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome Greeting and Emcee Remarks
Gene Johnson, Vice President, Supervision, Regulation and Credit, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond John Blum, Senior Examiner, Supervision, Regulation and Credit Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 9:10 – 9:15 | Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Dan Soto, Chief Compliance Officer, Ally Financial Inc. |
| 9:15 – 9:45 | Keynote: “The Economy, Then and Now”
Barbara Yastine, Chief Administrative Officer, Ally Financial Inc. |
| 9:45 – 10:45 | Panel: “Back to Basics” Moderator: Donna Kitchen, Director of Special Assets, Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc.Panelist: John Harwell, Associate Vice President, Risk Management, Apple Federal Credit UnionPanelist: Erin Morrow, Advisory Principal, Grant ThorntonPanelist: Donald Temple, Director of Forensics, KPMG |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 -11:45 | Panel: Law Enforcement: “SAR Wars and More”
Panelist: Laura Marshall, Assistant United States Attorney, Monetary Penalties Unit, Department of Justice |
| 11:45 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:05 | Introduction of Keynote Speaker
John Blum, Senior Examiner, Supervision, Regulation and Credit Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 1:05 – 1:40 | Keynote: “New Threats on the Horizon”
Dan Soto, Chief Compliance Officer, Ally Financial Inc. |
| 1:40 – 2:50 | Panel: Account Takeovers and Cyber Threats: “Cyber Fraud Investigations”
Panelist: Joe Wilson, Executive Vice President and Corporate Risk Manager, United Bankshares Inc. Panelist: Melissa Horvath, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI – Cyber Division |
| 2:50 – 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 – 3:50 | Panel: Regulatory Review: “The Three Rs: Regulation, Risks and Reporting”
Moderator: Elaine Yancey, Supervisory Examiner, Supervision, Regulation and Credit Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Panelist: Koko Ives, Senior Financial Analyst, BSA/AML Risk Section, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Panelist: Gary Porter, National Bank Examiner, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Panelist: Debra L. Novak, Chief, Anti-Money Laundering Section, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) |
| 3:50 – 4:00 | Closing Remarks
Ed Norfleet, Assistant Vice President, Supervision, Regulation and Credit Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
2011 BSA Coalition Conference
| BSA Coalition Conference 2011 | |
| TUESDAY, JUNE 28 | |
| 7:45 – 8:30 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:35 | Welcome Greeting
Joan Garton, Vice President, Supervision, Regulation and Credit, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 8:35 – 8:45 | Message from our Sponsor
Donna Kitchen, Director of Special Assets, Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. |
| 8:45 – 10:00 | Case Studies in Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
Dennis Lormel, President and CEO, DML Associates, LLC. |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-11:30 | From SARs to Bars and More …
Moderator: Elizabeth Snyder, Senior Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management, Illinois Bankers Association Panelist: Laura Marshall, Assistant United States Attorney, Monetary Penalties Unit SAR Writing Tips and Practical Guidance Panelist: Steve Gurdak, Group Supervisor, Northern Virginia SAR Review Team Panelist: Scott Rebein, Deputy Special Inspector General (DSIG) of the Investigations Division of SIGTARP |
| 11:30-12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45-12:55 | Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Elaine Yancey, Supervisory Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 12:55-1:45 | The Director’s Perspective, The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
James Freis, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) |
| 1:45-2:00 | Break |
| 2:00-2:45 | Industry Update
Presenter: Dan Soto, Chief Compliance Officer, Ally Financial, Inc. Presenter: Megan Hodge, Chief Compliance Officer, RBC Bank, Raleigh, N.C. |
| 2:45-2:50 | Training Video |
| 2:50-3:45 | Regulatory Roundup
Moderator: Elaine Yancey, Supervisory Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Panelist: Carl Twigg, Senior Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Panelist: Cara Homan, Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| 3:45-4:00 | Closing Remarks
Gene Johnson, Vice President, Supervision, Regulation and Credit, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
2010 BSA Coalition Conference
| Conference Agenda – 2010 | ||
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome Jennifer Burns, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
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| 9:15 – 9:30 | Message from our Sponsor Donna Kitchen, Executive Vice President and Director of Operations, Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. |
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| 9:30 – 10:45 |
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| 10:45 – 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Industry Perspective: AML Programs – Business as usual, or not?
Moderator: Jacqueline Dreyer, Supervisory Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Panelist: Elizabeth Snyder, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Leaders Bank Panelist: Dan Soto, Executive Compliance Director and BSA Officer, Ally Financial Services, Inc. |
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| 12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 1:40 | Board Training – How easy is it? | |
| 1:40 – 2:45 | BSA/AML Town Hall – What you need to be thinking about NOW Moderator: Elaine Yancey, Supervisory Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondPanelist: Suzanne Williams, Manager, BSA/AML Risk, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemPanelist: Neil Kwatinetz, Regional Compliance Examiner, O ce of Thrift SupervisionPanelist: Indira Crum, Compliance Specialist, BSA/AML Compliance Policy Division, O ce of the Comptroller of the CurrencyPanelist: Tom Ajax, Special Activities Case Manager, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
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| 2:45 – 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:00 – 3:45 | Question and Answer Session | |
| 3:45 – 4:00 | Closing Remarks Edward Norfleet, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
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2009 BSA Coalition Conference
| Conference Agenda – 2009 | ||
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Introduction and Welcome Malcolm C. Alfriend, Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Risk Officer, Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
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| 9:15 – 9:45 | Economic Conditions Jeffrey M. Lacker, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
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| 10:15 – 10:45 | Virginia Banking Conditions E. Joseph Face, Jr., Commissioner, Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions |
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| 10:45 – 11:45 | Industry Perspective: Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Moderator: Douglas R. Taylor, Director of Risk Management, First Market BankPanelist: Michael Kelsey, Managing Vice President, AML Compliance, Capital One Bank, Best Practices in Mergers & AcquisitionsPanelist: Elizabeth Snyder, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Leaders Bank,Examining the AML – Fraud Connection Panelist: Dan Soto, Compliance Managing Director, AML and BSA, Wachovia Corporation, BSA/AML in the current environment |
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| 11:45-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 2:15 | AML and Fraud – A Perspective from Law Enforcement
Moderator: Dennis McDonald, Vice President, Law Enforcement, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Panelist: Jacqueline Dreyer, Bank Examiner, Mortgage Fraud Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Panelist: Steve Gurdak, Detective, HIDTA NVSI Task Force Panelist: Mary Ann Veloso, Special Agent, IRS Criminal Investigation |
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| 2:15 – 2:45 | FinCEN 101 and Other Topics Julie Hadley, Compliance Project Officer, FinCEN | |
| 2:35-2:45 | Break | |
| 2:45 – 3:55 | BSA/AML Town Hall – What you need to be thinking about NOW
Moderator: Elaine R. Yancey, Supervisory Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Panelist: Tom R. Ajax, Special Activities Case Manager, BSA/AML and Fraud, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Panelist: Russell Cronan, Sr., National Bank Examiner and BSA/AML Specialist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Panelist: Julie Hadley, Compliance Project Officer, FinCEN Panelist: Rick Marlin, Regional Compliance Examiner, Office of Thrift Supervision Panelist: Suzanne Williams, Manager, BSA/AML Risk, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
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| 3:55 – 4:00 | Closing Remarks Eugene W. Johnson, Jr., Vice President, Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
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