Jim will present “Risk Management from a Legal Perspective.”

The regulators are raising the bar for enterprise risk management at community banks. Bank boards and senior management need to be thinking of how to satisfy these requirements within the context of the limited resources that community banks can deploy.  One more area of focus is being added to an already crowded Board agenda.

Rob will present “The Impact of the Jobs Act on Community Banks.”

In a time of ever increasing regulation, Congress has passed the Jobs Act, a significant piece of deregulation of the federal securities laws. Public and private offerings are both impacted, and likely to be permanently changed. Capital is still hard to raise, but at least a few obstacles have been relaxed.

Please click here for more information or to register for the event.

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The SNL Community Bankers Conference focuses on how banks can adjust to the changing environment, mitigate risks, take advantage of genuine opportunities, and ultimately prosper.  It will be held May 3-4 at the Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Florida.  For more information, go to http://www.snlcenter.com/cbc/2012/default.asp.

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All AML/CTF professionals in the region are welcome to attend.

March 15, 2012
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Fourteenth Floor
1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309

Parking is available at 14th Street and West Peachtree St.
$4 cash and cards accepted

Free for Chapter Members; $20 for Non-Chapter Members

RSVP Here

This event will include tips on pre and post software implementation issues, pitfalls, best practices, regulatory environment and expectations, along with testimonials on the value of this process to effective risk management.

Our featured speaker, Allan Cuttle brings more than 20 years of experience in Operational Risk Management (ORM), Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML), and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX) to ICS Risk Advisors. Formerly, Allan served as a Risk Practice Director for a large consulting company, where he created a practice around Risk Management (ORM, ERM) and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and created a product offering around Risk and Control Spend Transformation. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director within a Big Four risk advisory practice, Deputy Chief Operational Risk Officer, and Head of Global Operational Risk Management and AML/BSA Compliance Officer for a large global banking institution.

Note: it appears the registration system may not currently be reflecting the lack of any charge for members of the Atlanta Chapter of ACAMS. If you experience difficulties, please contact Atlanta ACAMS Board Member, Erica Harper.

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The presentation includes an overview of the results of the 2012 Bryan Cave Survey of investment bankers and bank consultants to assist in providing strategic advice to clients.  A sampling of results include:

• “In my opinion, the calendar just needs to turn another 3 to 6 more months and more signs of credit stabilization just need to naturally occur. We think folks will be pleasantly surprised to see the natural “mating process” happen on its own in 2012. [This will] start really slow but moderately gain momentum as 2013 unfolds, and by 2014 it will be a great deal different.” – Chris Marinac, FIG Partners
• “Failed bank opportunities need to disappear (still two more years of this in the Southeast); more healthy buyers need to appear; private equity will become much more involved; buyers prices need to improve; Banks with TARP will likely have to sell as capital markets will not open up in time.” – Bill Wagner, Raymond James
• “Dominate its ‘micro’ market as it relates to deposits and their lending competency and try to achieve critical mass (~$750m).” – Jeff Brand, KBW
• “Sometimes the blocking and tackling basics are a competitive advantage – provide the services desired on par with the big banks with care and concern.” – Phil Moore, Porter Keadle Moore

A copy of their PowerPoint presentation is now available online.

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Topics will include Regulations in Payment Systems, Monetizing Payments and Non-Lending Activities, the Retail Landscape, Getting Management and Your Board to think about Payments, and Evolving Accounting Standards and Compensation Policies.  Download the conference agenda or information sheet.

The long-term impact of payment systems on community banks remains unpredictable, but one fact is indisputable – change is coming and banks need to be nimble, embrace technology and understand their customers’ preferences if they want to thrive in the new environment.  This conference addresses an approach to extending the vitality of your bank.

Bryan Cave Partners Kathryn Knudson and Judie Rinearson will moderate panels on “Evolving Accounting Standards and Compensation Policies Impacting Financial Institutions” and “Emerging Payments: Addressing the Legal and Regulatory Issues,” respectively, and Walt Moeling will conclude the conference with a speeh on “Getting Your Board to Think About Technology and Payment Issues.”

Annual Southeastern Bank Management & Directors Conference
February 9, 2012
3475 Lenox Road, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia
For more information, agenda and to register, click here.

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• Dodd Frank Update
• Web 2.5
• Corporate Compliance Issues
• Data Breach and Security
• Environmental, Health and Safety Enforcement Developments
• Doing Business in Asia
• Antitrust Triage
• Corporate Tax Hot Topics
• Anti-Doping in Sports
• Health Reform’s Impact on Employee Benefits

We anticipate the seminar will be approved for 6.5 hours of CLE credit, including 1.0 hour of Ethics credit and 1.0 hour of Professionalism credit. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and a reception will conclude the seminar. Breakfast/registration is scheduled to begin at 8:00am on Friday, with the seminar running from 8:30am until 4:30pm.

Please contact Evan Kendall (evan.kendall@bryancave.com or 404.572.4523) if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.  You may register online or visit the In-House Counsel CLE Institute website for more information.

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We will provide an overview of major legal and regulatory events impacting both open and closed loop cards and other emerging payments, including:

• The “Durbin Amendment” and the subsequent FAQs from the Fed
• Prepaid Access AML regulations
• The CFPB – Current activity and the recess appointment of Richard Cordray
• Abandoned Property – the implications of the New Jersey abandoned property legislation and the recent Third Circuit Opinion
• Consumer Protection Laws – Life after the CARD Act.
• Remote Deposit Capture – Check Cashing or Deposit Taking?  Current Views.
• Preemption post Dodd-Frank – recent decisions.  Is preemption “dead”?
• Money Transmitter Licensing – Why so many new payment companies are getting licensed: The pros, the cons, and the risks.
• Privacy and Data Security – Are Prepaid & Emerging Payments riskier or safer than traditional payment products?
• Mergers & Acquisitions in the Payments Area – Risks and rewards from acquisitions of licensed money transmitters.

The slides for this webinar are now online.

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All AML/CTF professionals in the region are welcome to attend.

November 3, 2011
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Fourteenth Floor
1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309

Free for Chapter Members; $5 for Non-Chapter Members

RSVP Here

Judith Rinearson leads the payments practice team for Bryan Cave LLP, where she is a partner in the firm’s New York City office. She also is chair of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association’s Government Relations Working Group, the association’s representative to FinCEN’s Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group and a Paybefore contributing editor.

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As one of the state’s largest school systems works to preserve its accreditation, join Bryan Cave for a panel discussion on the future of the district and the impact of the cheating investigation on students, education, and business.  WABE 90.1 FM’s Rose Scott will moderate, and panelists will include Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dr. Thomas Smith of Emory’s Goizueta Business School, and Representative Kathy Ashe of the Georgia House of Representatives.  Breakfast and registration begins at 7:30 am, with the panel scheduled to speak from 8:15 through 9:15am.

More information is available online, and you can register online as well.

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