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Bank Technology News March 2003 Michael Grebb	Banks dig in along the war's new front line in a high-stakes bid to stop money laundering Renewed federal efforts to stop money laundering and terrorist financing have strapped the banking industry with potentially more paperwork, obligations and record-keeping burdens than at perhaps any time in its history.
Bank Systems & Technology April 28, 2008 Paul L. Lee	Integrating Systems Essential to AML and SAR Compliance To follow regulators' requirements, banks must leverage and coordinate compliance, risk management and IT department efforts.
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U.S. Banker July 2007 Lee Conrad	Community Banks Reporting Greater Pressure to Use BI Community banks are seeing lower prices for business-intelligence products, though they're weathering more competitive pressure from big banks. But BI also helps small banks be better banks.
Bank Systems & Technology April 28, 2008 Robert Binney	Shrewd Leveraging of Technology and Staff Key to Achieving Cost-Effective AML Compliance It is critically important for banks to use effective technology, streamline their investigations processes, automate workflows and enhance staff training.
Bank Systems & Technology October 28, 2004 Ivan Schneider	CSI: Financial Services Bankers can take a more proactive role in preventing crimes from occurring and discovering suspicious activity as it happens.
OCC Bulletin October 20, 2003	Bank Secrecy Act Examination Procedures The examination procedures allow examiners to tailor the examination scope according to the reliability of the bank's compliance management system and the level of risk assumed by the institution.
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Mike McDonough	Centralized and Single-Platform Operations Reduce Overall Trade Finance Risk Banks with centralized operations and banks with all of their operations on a single platform will have a distinct advantage because there is lower operational risk generally associated with these structures.
Bank Technology News June 2003 Karen Krebsbach	Basel II: Burden Or Opportunity? Savvy banks know the price is worth it: Banks that embrace rather than resist Basel II, the mammoth proposal designed to control operational and credit risk, will claim a greater competitive advantage in the marketplace, say technology analysts.
Bank Technology News January 2006	Better Info Security Driven By Regulatory Compliance If information security is to become a strategic priority, then banks can start by reviewing existing practices -- their own and that of those companies with which they do business.
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U.S. Banker April 2005 Michael Sisk	Regulations Add Wrinkle to M&A Caveat Emptor is the name of the game more than ever, lest buyers get saddled with the legal troubles of their new firm.
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U.S. Banker April 2002	Tougher On The Big Boys Being bigger is not necessarily better for corporations seeking loans from their banks. A study by the Association for Financial Professionals indicates that banks are putting heavy pressure on their biggest borrowers to throw more business the banks' way. Or else: No credit...
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U.S. Banker May 2006 Lee Conrad	Loans in Hurricane Areas Count as CRA Investments Small banks can lend outside their home markets.
Bank Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Ivan Schneider	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em A new bill introduced by a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee would relax regulations for smaller community banks and also reduce their tax liability.
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Nsouli & Schaechter	Challenges of the "E-Banking Revolution" Electronic banking is the wave of the future. It provides enormous benefits to consumers in terms of the ease and cost of transactions. But it also poses new challenges for country authorities in regulating and supervising the financial system and in macroeconomic policy.
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 David Conroy	Corporate Clients Increasingly Looking to Banks to Mitigate Trade Finance Risks How can banks pursue growth opportunities in global trade finance in, for example, emerging markets? What technology investments must banks make to meet these new demands?
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	The Credit Crisis Has Increased Scrutiny on Trade Finance The global credit crisis has emphasized the importance of cash management while intensifying the spotlight on corporate governance and banks' risk management practices
Bank Technology News October 2007 Glen Fest	Compliance: Anti-Money Laundering Regs Remain Banks hoping for some deregulatory AML/BSA relief apparently found few traces of U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's magic dust in the updated FFIEC examination manual.
Bank Systems & Technology April 28, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	AML Efforts Intensify As banks look to step up efforts to monitor their customers' financial activities and comply with increasingly stringent regulations, what kinds of technologies, processes and information are essential to building an effective and accurate AML program?
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Michael Grebb	The War to Keep Compliance Talent Financial institutions wade through an ever-deepening regulatory swamp, and therefore an escalating war for compliance talent.
U.S. Banker December 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Fear Factor The banking industry is feeling blindsided. Stunned by the recent escalation in anti-money-laundering enforcement-punctuated by the International Bank of Miami, AmSouth and Riggs cases--the industry is on the defensive.
Bank Systems & Technology February 10, 2004 Jim Eckenrode	The More Things Change... For big banks, retail's over half the pie.
OCC Bulletin April 18, 2006	Final Rule: Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued a final rule that imposes special measures against Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS), including its subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank.
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Managed Care May 2002 Melanie Brody	Insurers Obligated To Fight Money-Laundering Schemes Federal antiterrorist legislation enacted last October requires that health insurance companies, along with an array of other financial institutions, should have adopted and implemented programs to combat money laundering by April 24, 2002
OCC Bulletin July 5, 2001	Assessment of Fees: Independent Credit Card Banks; Lower-Rated Institutions Under the rule, a national bank will be deemed an "independent credit card bank" if it engages primarily in credit card operations and is not affiliated with a full-service national bank. The OCC will continue to assess independent credit card banks based on balance sheet assets...
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Bank Systems & Technology May 24, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Banks Using Security to Increase Customer Trust and Their Bottom Lines Banks realize that information security can increase client loyalty and lower costs.
U.S. Banker September 2007 Lee Conrad	Association Consolidation Doesn't Worry Small Banks A planned merger between the ABA and the ACB prompts the question of whether a larger size or a hyper focus is the best way to lobby Congress. It also raises the issue of how the ICBA will fare.
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U.S. Banker July 2005 Lee Conrad	Stalled Deposit Growth Challenges Community Banks The value of community bank stocks remains high, but many challenges await. Buckle up. The road ahead could get bumpy.
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U.S. Banker March 2008 Anthony Malakian	Bankers Bemoan Elimination Of Popular Merit Program Given the popularity of the Merit program among community bankers, they were none too pleased to hear the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. made the controversial decision to eliminate it.
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OCC Bulletin September 19, 2005	Hurricane Katrina The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued guidance to assist national banks and their customers affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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U.S. Banker May 2005 Karen Krebsbach	SOX Costs Prompt Switch From Public to Private Many public community banks are going private to avoid the high costs and reporting requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. But are the savings of going private worth the hassle?