Is your examiner a friend or foe?
I was catching up on my industry emails the other day and buried in my FDIC email folder was Financial Institution Letter FIL-13-2011, sent out on March 1st. Truthfully I usually pay close attention to...
View ArticleIs compliance moving too fast?
I joined a new group last week on LinkedIn focusing on compliance within the banking space and during my first visit answered a forum question that started with “How do you manage the flow of...
View ArticleCFPB: Filling the regulatory void left by Sheila Bair
I was an unabashed fan of Sheila Bair and made no secret of that fact. She was a breath of fresh air in a line of work where everything is stale and always at least a little boring. Not that Martin...
View ArticleCredit Card Breaches: The times they need a changin’
If my blogging about credit card breaches has a bit of a deja vu feel to it you’re not crazy, I last touched on it less than six months ago. Sadly I was handed a new update this week in the form of my...
View ArticleAre self-assessments the right way to go?
About a decade ago a family member chastised me for having an auto repair shop do my oil changes for me. She (yeah, you’re reading that right – “she”) pointed out how ridiculously easy it was to drain...
View ArticleAre banks unfairly scrutinized?
A few years back when I first cut over to working somewhat exclusively with financial institutions I memorized an elevator speech that still somewhat defines who I am and what I do professionally....
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