Events

Even if you don’t bank marijuana businesses or related businesses, you still need a cannabis risk management policy. There are many different variables to consider:

• Marijuana versus hemp versus CBD
• Growers/farmers, transporters, processors, retail and wholesale owners, employees, firms who do business with CRBs and other ancillary entities
• Federal versus state versus county/city/town laws, regulations and licenses

When making decisions at your institution, you need to address:

• What you will and will not bank
• What you will do to ensure you are not opening accounts that violate your policy
• What to do if you identify an existing account that violates your policy
• When will you file a SAR
• Conducting customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence in accordance with your policy
• When will you close an account

Our panel of experts will explain the risks, discuss the logistics involved and offer guidance to safely manage the risk.

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The annual Gulf Coast Anti-Money Laundering Forum is conducted for the benefit of anti-money laundering professionals. Participants represent banks, thrifts, money service businesses, and other financial institutions. Also represented are government agencies including the IRS, DEA, DHS, FBI, OFAC, and FinCEN.

The Tenth Annual Forum is scheduled for September 21, 2021, and will be held virtually.

Registration for the event will be $125.00 and will open August 16, 2021.

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This compelling presentation will discuss how 9/11 went from an aspiration to a reality, and to where the threat environment has traveled to 20 years later. It will start with the planning, execution, impact, and how we responded to 9/11 from both public and private sector perspectives. It will end with where we are today and how we should respond from a public and private sector standpoint. The backstory is about the need for financing to carry out acts of terrorism and how public and private partnerships can identify and disrupt the flow of funds necessary to sustain terrorist activities.

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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA) is the most substantial reform to the U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) laws in almost 20 years. The AMLA practically affects every phase of your BSA/AML/CFT compliance programs.

Join industry experts, Maleka Ali and Brienne Bryson, in a lively review of the new law with practical considerations. This webinar is provided as part of the ASK (Arc-Serv Knowledge) webinar series. This informative ASK webinar will focus on:

• Risk-Based Approach
• Beneficial Ownership Registry
• New BSA/AML Penalties
• Improved Information Sharing
• Whistleblower Program
• CTR/SAR Changes
• AML Modernization

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• Detailing best practices for obtaining, maintaining and strengthening correspondent banking relationships
• Understanding the unique market and respondent bank risks to create relevant and individualized control environments that serve institutional interests
• Simulating case studies to detail practical management and staff training scenarios for scrutinizing and resolving correspondent relationship issues
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• Conducting institutional risk assessment to establish AML priorities and resource requirements and ensure oversight systems are effective and reasonably designed
• Exploiting open source intelligence, public-private collaboration and social media monitoring to leverage resources and strengthen oversight in KYC/CDD and other areas
• Auditing costs of AML functions to identify outsourcing/vendor opportunities to optimize resources and facilitate adjustments to changing compliance landscapes

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A discussion of tips, tricks & best practices for suspicious activity alert triage, investigations processes, and workflows. The session will also discuss:

• How to properly triage, how deep to dig before escalating an alert to a full investigation.
• How to document the investigation.
• How to escalate to a SAR.
• How to properly document a “NO-SAR” decision

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When done right, the SAR narrative can provide a wealth of knowledge to law enforcement agencies. However, achieving the right balance between useful information and unnecessary details, between linear chronologies and rambling storylines, can be difficult. In this webinar, veteran AML experts will draw upon their professional experience and guidance from FinCEN to walk attendees through the steps that produce SARs that shine.

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