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The summer of 2016 has been one of media challenges, and breaking records for heat waves across many states. Slow moving boats, relaxing fishing in normal idyllic mid-summer breaks have been swept aside by a flurry of activity within the sea of third party risk. This past week in Boston, the Share ....

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published final guidelines that establish minimum standards for risk governance frameworks for OCC regulated institutions with over $50 billion in assets. While that asset threshold would seem to specifically exclude most community banks, the OCC h ....

As follow up to my previous blog on how the avalanche of regulation can stifle innovation in banks and credit unions, I wanted to share some ideas to start the discussion on organizational steps that you can take to enhance the risk and compliance culture. Maturing the processes internally, requires ....

While last week my news feeds on social media showed an avalanche of humorous ice bucket challenges, it sparked a comparison to me of the recent Avalanche of Regulation Infographic published by the American Bankers Association (ABA). The burden of regulatory compliance is dousing the fires of creati ....

Yesterday the OCC released its long awaited Guidance on Third-Party Relationships (OCC 2013-29). Notably, this Guidance, posted below, rescinds OCC Bulletin 2001-47, “Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management Principles,” and OCC Advisory Letter 2000-9, “Third-Party Risk.” The Guidance int ....

Managing your suite of regulatory compliance programs today requires a game day strategy to keep all the moving parts working together to achieve the end goal of meeting the external regulators expectations. While financial institutions can prepare for examination reviews by assessing published gui ....