90-Minutes | $99

Overview:

During this program we will give staff a good overview of BSA and some basics on OFAC.  Your staff members will understand the importance of helping BSA detect financial crimes through referrals and the identification of suspects. The regulators expect staff to have job specific training on all aspects of BSA and job specific training for their individual roles.  This program will serve as training for 2025.

Highlights:

• Overview of BSA and OFAC
• Currency Transaction Reports and tricky customer questions
• Suspicious Activity Referrals to BSA
• Customer Identification Programs and Customer Due Diligence
• Beneficial Ownership Update
• Recordkeeping for monetary instruments and funds transfers
• What is money laundering?
• What is structuring?
• Hot financial crimes and BSA referrals
• OFAC blocking and rejecting
• Checking OFAC and using the sanctions lists

Who should attend?  Customer Service Representatives, Call Center, Personal Bankers, Branch Staff, BSA, Compliance, OFAC and Training

Instructor

Deborah Crawford is the President of Gettechnical Inc., a Florida-based firm, specializing in the education of banks across the nation.  Her 40+ years of banking and teaching experience began at Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans. She graduated from Louisiana State University with both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees.  Deborah’s specialty is in the deposit side of the financial institution where she teaches seminars on regulations, documentation, insurance, and Individual Retirement Accounts.