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What is Safe Harbor in the Bank Secrecy Act?

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Depending on who you are, the first rule of the Bank Secrecy Act is “don’t talk about the Bank Secrecy Act.” Secrecy is a key feature of the law’s requirement to submit Suspicious Activity Reports in certain cases. In fact,…

How Do Debit Card Disputes Work?

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Money comes and, sometimes even more quickly, it goes. In today’s expanded age of one-click shopping and in-app purchases, the power to claw back cash is like a magic key for buyers. One such buyer in our orbit lately said…

How Authentication in Internet Banking Works

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Once considered unique to each individual, artificial intelligence has shown the human voice to be convincingly cloneable. In banking, this means that voice-based biometric passwords are no longer the fail-proof layer of unhackable authentication bank users hoped they would be.…

What is Asset Liability Management?

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Imagine you were put in charge of billions of customer dollars, but you lost them. Congratulations, you are a decision-maker at Silicon Valley Bank. SVB’s inability to manage both interest rate risk and liquidity risk sent them into a painful…

Guide to ACH Risk Assessment and Management

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Account takeover, business email compromise, and impersonation fraud. Each of these terms describes a threat to financial institutions described in a joint paper published by Nacha and the Global Resilience Federation. Financial institutions should care because Nacha, or the National…

What is an ACH Return? An Explainer

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When you initiate an electronic transaction using the Automated Clearing House (ACH), you assume it’s complete as soon as the information in your electronic system is sent off into the World Wide Web. However, ACH does not guarantee instantaneously settled…

What is Capital Risk in Banking?

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Small regional banks and large investment banks alike face capital risk. Similar forces drive both risk networks, but robust tools and preparation can help finance professionals predict their interactions, regardless of bank size. Aims at such preparation arrive in the…

What is Treasury Management & Why is it Important?

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Financial headlines spell out the importance of treasury management, sometimes with cautionary stories about treasury mismanagement. The treasury management role is not only crucial for big commercial banks but also for small banks and the startups that do business with…

What are the Main Fair Lending Laws & Regulations?

Fair Lending Laws and Regulations

What are your pronouns? A loaded, controversial question for some, it’s a cue that their own gender identity will be respected by others. In banking, this seemingly political question still matters. That’s because banks are essential tools for creating equitable…