10 Easy Ways MSBs Can Develop and Sustain a Healthy Relationship with Banks (Audio / Visual CD-ROM)

Money transmitters are often seen as "high risk," making it difficult to obtain bank accounts and making them frequent targets of investigations by the government. They must also meet AML requirements, including registration, licensing, AML programs and suspicious activity reporting. In this seminar, our experts will guide MSBs on how to open and retain bank accounts, how to approach the regulatory scrutiny their accounts receive, and also give regulators and compliance officers insight on why MSBs are not always "the bad guys."

23 de Octubre de 2008 - Las lecciones que enseñaron las más recientes medidas antilavado (Audio / Visual CD-ROM)

Una gran herramienta de enseñanza que tienen las instituciones obligadas a cumplir con los requisitos antilavado son los errores que cometieron otras instituciones y por los que fueron castigadas. Estos errores pueden incluir señales de alerta sobre la forma en la que una institución lleva a cabo su estrategia de prevención y cumplimiento, ya que puede estar cometiendo los mismos errores que otras organizaciones que fueron castigadas. Ignorar estas señales puede llevar a su institución o negocio hacia un espiral de problemas con los reguladores y autoridades, daño reputacional y penas monetarias. En este seminario, usted aprenderá las lecciones que dejaron los más sobresalientes e instructivos casos del pasado reciente, entre ellos el caso de la división de banca privada de American Express que se vio obligado a pagar multas y sanciones de US$65 millones, o Union Bank de Estados Unidos que se vio obligado a pagar US$32 millones por no monitorear un MSB mexicano que movió millones de dólares de la droga a través del banco. Expertos antilavado analizarán y extraerán las lecciones que dejaron los importantes casos y le enseñarán las señales de alerta que siempre debe tener en cuenta.

AML Audits: Does Your Compliance Program Make the Grade? (Audio / Visual CD-ROM)

One of the keys to maintaining an effective compliance program is by constantly monitoring its performance and evaluating its success. By conducting ongoing internal audits of anti-money laundering programs, financial institutions can help prevent serious issues of noncompliance before a regulator spots them. Coupled with an outside independent review, such self-assessments can address and mend problems before they spiral out of control. Learn how to critique your compliance program, identify problem areas and find solutions to help rectify deficiencies—all before the examiners arrive.

AML Investigations: From A to Z. (Audio / Visual CD-ROM)

Document, document, document. Any good detective will tell you this is a must for a successful investigation. Yet if you’re not careful, you can get buried in paperwork. In this seminar, learn how to track and document your AML investigation from beginning to end. Find out how to open a case and learn how to delegate key duties to make sure you get the results you need. Plus, once you have assembled all the pieces of the puzzle, learn how to respond to official government requests in a way that both satisfies regulators and reassures your own senior management.

AML Technology: Making Sensible Choices. (Audio/Visual CD-ROM)

While technology can be a powerful anti-money laundering weapon, bringing in costly new tools without careful analysis may do more harm than good. Companies must define their needs, prioritize their objectives, and thoroughly identify their alternatives. In this session, our experts will teach you how to analyze your compliance processes and assign to each the technologies that hold the greatest promise of delivering the outcomes you need. You’ll get top quality guidance on one of compliance’s most perplexing puzzles.

AML Training: Is Your Training Up to Par?. (Audio/Visual CD-ROM)

This Web seminar CD-ROM has two crucial components for AML pros. First, you'll learn about the common flaws found in most AML training programs-some of which may be in yours-and how to fix them. Then expert presenters will go over some key elements that all strong AML training programs need, such as protecting your institution from the enemy within, how to train employees, how to make sure your program reflects the latest developments in laws and laundering methods and how to screen employees, which means involving HR, security and the Board of Directors.

Auditorías Antilavado: La mejor forma de diagnosticar la salud de su programa. (Audio / Visual CD-ROM)

Un requisito de la mayoría de los controles antilavado nacionales e internacionales es que los programas deben ser inspeccionados por una fuente independiente para asegurar que funcionan correctamente y cumplen con todas las obligaciones legales. La inspección independiente puede arrojar luz sobre la preparación de una institución y puede proveer información clave sobre cómo se están cumpliendo con los requisitos internos y de las regulaciones. En este Seminario por Internet, especialistas le mostrarán los elementos claves para realizar una excelente auditoria del programa antilavado, y le ofrecerán consejos y herramientas que usted podrá utilizar para identificar los problemas antes que los reguladores e inspectores. Además, aprenderá sobre la importancia de las auditorias internas para asegurar el perfecto funcionamiento de los engranajes antilavado de su institución.

Best of Red Flags, Part 2: Specific Product Risks and Best Practices. (Audio / Visual CD-ROM)

Today's globalized market, with its mobile customers and countless transactions, breeds ideal conditions for money laundering. With ever more services tailored to specific customer needs, it’s harder to know what red flags are reliable warnings of illicit dealing. In this session, learn what to watch for in the risk-laden areas of correspondent banking, trade financing and mortgage lending. Our experts offer specific indicators to look for and tell you what you need to do once a red flag is detected. You will see how spotting danger signs can protect your institution from reputational harm and keep you out of regulatory hot water.

Best of Red Flags: Detecting Suspicious Activities in Different Senarios. (Audio/Visual CD-ROM)

In today's world, with millions of transactions taking place, a highly mobile customer base and so many opportunities for the bad guys to take advantage of our financial systems, spotting red flags is more important than ever. It's hard to know what to look for to pick out customers that could be a risk for your institution. This Web seminar will focus on suspicious activity indicators in different scenarios, such as credit transactions, investment activity and wire transfers, and will apply these basic indicators to case studies so that you may see them in practical use.

Building a Company-Wide AML Compliance Program (Audio / Visual CD-ROM)

Financial institutions are moving increasingly toward comprehensive compliance systems, in which oversight for Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) programs is centralized, providing greater control. How can you design such a customer-friendly, risk-sensitive program while meeting compliance objectives? Our experts will explain how to use your risk matrix to build centralized BSA/AML program and use advanced technology to file suspicious activity and currency transaction reports. You will also learn how to align your business operations so that your company runs more efficiently and maintains customer satisfaction, while staying out of regulatory trouble.