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.

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.

• 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.

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.

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.

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.

August 22, 2011 ׀ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

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

RSVP Here

The Speakers for the Launch Event are:

• Jacqueline “Jackie” Reynolds, Special Agent U.S. Treasury, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Financial Investigative Task Force Coordinator – Atlanta, GA.  Ms. Reynolds will discuss the composition and practices of the current Atlanta Financial Investigative Task Force including special areas of concern, growing threats, new typologies, and risk management coordination between law enforcement and the financial services industry.
• Mary Kruger, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Georgia – Ms. Krueger will discuss coordination between her office and the Atlanta Financial Investigative Task Force and the role of the financial services industry in partnering with her office to safeguard our communities.

The Durbin Amendment:

What Does the Final Ruling Mean for Prepaid?

You can register for free online. Attendees are encouraged to submit in advance and without attribution, any questions they would like addressed during the webinar.  Please enter your questions when you register.

The Webinar will be presented by Judie Rinearson (Bryan Cave – New York), Linda Odom (Bryan Cave – Washington, D.C.) and Courtney Stolz (Bryan Cave – Washington, D.C.).

CLE credit for this webinar will be available for attendees in California, Georgia, Illinois, New York and Virginia.

Judith Rinearson leads Bryan Cave’s Stored Value and Prepaid Card Services Group and is a recognized authority in the areas of payment systems, electronic payments, stored value, travelers checks and check processing. She has more than 19 years of experience in the financial services industry, particularly in the areas of non-bank money services and payment products. She currently chairs the Government Relations Working Group for the NBPCA and the Payment Card Fraud Task Force for the ABA’s Cyberspace Law Committee. She also serves as counsel to the recently established Retail Gift Card Association.

Linda Odom concentrates her practice in technology, contracts and intellectual property matters with significant experience in the area of new financial service products. She has assisted prepaid clients in developing and structuring complex card and mobile prepaid payment products and has negotiated agreements with program managers, processors, bank issuers and acquirers. Linda has been working in the technology-based financial services area since 1996 when she negotiated the agreements to form the technology platform for NetBank, the world’s second Internet-only bank.

Courtney Stolz concentrates her practice on banking, electronic commerce, and privacy. Her clients include internet banks, as well as other premier financial services providers that rely on Internet or other non-traditional delivery channels. She advises on the legal requirements imposed under the money transmitter licensing laws, check casher laws, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Anti-Money Laundering Act and laws related to gift cards, prepaid cards, bill payment services and other funds transfers.

Mr. Miller assumed the Hartsfield-Jackson GM position in 2010 and previously managed Tampa International Airport in Florida.  Chief among his immediate duties is overseeing completion of Hartsfield-Jackson’s new Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal, scheduled to open in 2012.  This million-square foot, 12-gate terminal will connect to the airport’s existing 28-gate international terminal in a plan to meet an annual international passenger volume the FAA projects to reach 13 million by 2015.