CUNA Bank Secrecy Act Conference
Topics & Objectives

Please note that the Topics/Objectives listed below are subject to change.

BSA 101 (Optional, this session is recommended for those testing for their CUNA BSA Compliance Specialist Certification)

Understand the components of a BSA compliance program:

• Customer identification and member due diligence
• Monitoring CTRs and SARs
• OFAC compliance
• Recordkeeping requirements
• Handling requests from government agencies
• Penalties

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Outlook

• Understand exactly what violations regulators are finding and how often they find them
• Learn about real cases where successful prosecution followed SAR filings
• Share inside knowledge of FinCEN’s outlook on the present and future emphasis of BSA enforcement

BSA & Shared Branching

• Discover why regulators specifically mentioned shared branching
• Identify how credit unions are utilizing shared branching to improve convenience for members
• Hear from a shared branching network and understand the national rules in place to ensure
compliance with BSA

Member Monitoring & Marketing Opportunities

• Monitor your members beyond member identification programs
• Understand due diligence requirements and hear from a credit union on how they implemented
their program
• Discover how to make your program help pay for itself

The Many Pitfalls of CU Mergers

• Understand the hidden risks in a credit union merger
• Identify how to raise those issues in your own discussions and use the solutions to apply your BSA
due diligence

Building an Institution-Wide BSA Risk Assessment

• Understand what it really means to implement an institution-wide BSA risk assessment
• Take away a blueprint to apply upon returning to your credit union

ACH & Wire Issues

• Identify how ACH and wire transactions present numerous unique risks to financial institutions
• Understand exactly what the rules are when engaging in these activities
• Prepare for future changes through this dynamic session

NCUA

• Hear what the NCUA examiners will be looking for in your BSA program this year
• Use this opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the NCUA

A-Z Technology's Role in BSA Compliance

• Learn how to work with your core processor
• Monitor transactions, transaction mapping, and transaction testing
• Discuss best practices

Make Me a Criminal

• Walk through increasingly complex fraud and money laundering schemes
• Recognize the tell-tale signs of fraud

Hot Issues for 2008—Payment Alternatives

• Understand the new trends and products and their risks from a BSA perspective

Q&A Open Session for CUNA's BSA Compliance Specialist Certification (optional)

• Use this informal session to get clarification on any questions prior to taking the CUNA BSA Compliance
Specialist Certification exam

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

• Hear from OFAC about the breadth of compliance requirements
• Understand why institutions have flexibility under OFAC’s risk-based compliance scheme
• Take advantage of the opportunity to ask your questions directly to the regulator

Watching the Watchers: BSA & CU Employees

• Understand the risks and learn how to mitigate those risks when it comes to turning your compliance and due diligence programs inward

Open Forum With Panel of Experts

• Ask any and all questions, weigh the different perspectives, and get those final answers before heading home until next year’s annual training!

For more program content information or to request a brochure call 800-356-9655, ext. 4249, or email elearning@cuna.coop. For registration questions, call 800-356-9655, ext.4400 or e-mail reginfo@cuna.coop.