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Advanced BSA AML/CFT Compliance School

Advanced BSA AML/CFT Compliance School

This is our annual Advanced BSA/AML/CFT School for Community Bankers.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM (EST) to Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM (EST)

Join us via Zoom for our two-day BSA/AML CFT Program Feb. 18 & 19. Meeting materials and the Zoom link will be sent a few days before the session.

Event Details

About the School:
To meet the ongoing regulatory requirements, we are pleased to offer the Advanced BSA/AML/CFT Compliance Program. This two-day comprehensive program focuses on the latest changing BSA/AML/CFT Compliance arena and offers tips and tools to develop and manage an “adequate” and “an effective and reasonably designed” BSA program. This program also assists financial institutions in meeting the annual training requirements by the BSA regulations.

Attendees’ Takeaways: a Training Program Manual, a Resource Manual (packed with examples, forms, templates, handouts), and opportunities to network with peers on current challenges and trends.

Agenda Includes:

  • Major AML/BSA Priorities for 2025
    • Federal Agencies” BSA AML/CFT Priorities
    • Change Management for the AML Act
    • Update of Corporate Transparency Act
    • Anticipated Rulemaking Update
  • Key FinCEN Communications – Advisories, Alerts, Notices, Bulletins
  • Lessons Learned from Recent Enforcement Actions and BSA/AML Audit Findings
  • Reviving Your BSA/AML Compliance Program
    • Board Governance – The Culture of Compliance
    • How “Complete” is Your BSA/AML Compliance Policy
    • Integration of the National Priorities
    • Today’s “Risk-Focused” Dynamic Risk Assessment
    • Model Risk Management/Validations
  • Financial Crimes – Updates and Case Studies
    • BSA and Fraud Coming Together\
    • Elder Financial Exploitation Deep Dive
    • Emerging Scams
    • Uses and Risks of AI in BSA/AML Compliance
  • Higher-Risk Products and Services
    • Cannabis Revisited – from CBD to Marijuana
    • Faster Payments
    • Digital Assets – from Bitcoin to Virtual Currency
    • Partnering with Third-Party Providers
  • OFAC Sanctions and AML/Countering Financial Terrorism (CFT) Priorities
    • Five Elements of a Sanctions Program
    • Enforcement Actions

AND SO MUCH MORE…..

Target Audience:
BSA/AML officers, compliance officers, fraud team members, auditors, and anyone responsible for BSA/AML/Fraud/OFAC with a working knowledge of BSA. (The BSA Fundamental Workshop is designed for bankers needing to learn the basic principles.)

Time Frame:  9:00 – 3:30 PM each day

For More Information:

Katharine C. Garner
Katharine C. Garner
VACB (804)673-8250

About our Presenters:

DIANNE BARTON is Founder & President of PSI., a bank training and consulting company that has been a part of the banking community for 40+ years. PSI specializes in providing “real world’ solutions in meeting the ever-changing banking and regulatory environment. The company’s training and consulting focuses on understanding the “why” beyond the regs.

Before starting Performance Solutions, Dianne held senior positions with Bank South Corporation, the Internal Revenue Service, and the John H. Harland Company. Dianne is on the faculty of numerous state banking associations and is a frequently requested speaker.

KRISTIN HARVILLE is an experienced and knowledgeable compliance professional. With her extensive background as a banker, an examiner, and a consultant, she brings a wealth of “real world” knowledge and “how to’s” to the PSI compliance deliverables.

Her most recent experience included leading a $2.7B banking compliance team focused on BSA, Compliance Management System, Internal Audit, Technology Implementation, and Enterprise Risk Management.

Her certifications include Juris Master’s Degree in Law (Major in Financial Regulation), Certified Regulatory Vendor Program Manager, Certified AML and Fraud Professional (CAFP), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Bank Secrecy Act Professional, and Banking Certificate – Barret School of Banking.