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Establish a Risk-Based Approach to BSA Compliance

Maintaining your BSA/AML program is time consuming. This guidebook gives you key focuses for your BSA compliance training. 

Contents of this guidebook include:

  • Hot topics credit unions should expect during their next exam
  • Best practices for reviewing your risk assessment
  • Common exam findings related to SARs, CDD, and OFAC
  • Key things regulators want to see in your BSA program

A comprehensive guide to building a sound BSA Program.

Having a risk-based focus as a foundation to your BSA program is the biggest step in driving past competency towards excellence. This guidebook gives you steps to follow while managing, maintaining, and enhancing your BSA/AML program. 

Exam Preparation

Data from recent regulatory activity.

Preparing for an exam can be daunting, but knowing where to start is a key to gaining some momentum.

ACH Origination

Risk-Focused BSA

Understand the true risk of your member base.

Develop and implement effective processes to identify, measure, monitor, and control risks at your credit union.

5 BSA Pillars

The required foundation from the FFIEC for regulatory competency.

Review the essentials you must include in your BSA/AML program, including important exam manual updates.

Risk Assessment

Starting points for developing mitigating controls.

Key things to consider when preparing for an exam, based off data from recent regulatory activity.

Your BSA Compliance Training Guidebook

BSA program management is not “one size fits all” and BSA compliance must be right-sized to fit each credit union and its evolving risk.

USE THIS GUIDEBOOK TO LEARN HOW TO:

  • Establish a culture of compliance at your credit union
  • Focus your BSA/AML resources on risk
  • Ensure BSA program sustainability
  • Have the tools you need to succeed
  • Keep an eye on future threats and their potential impact to your members