The Future of Compliance Management is Now

With compliance risk and change management being areas of continued focus for regulators, how equipped are financial institutions to deal with the continued deluge of new regulatory requirements and the increased scrutiny?  Organizations can’t afford to maintain traditional silos of change management with disconnected information and manual processes for monitoring, tracking and assessing compliance risk. Learn best practices for shifting your organization to an integrated compliance management strategy to address compliance changes through common processes, automated compliance tracking and a supporting technology architecture.

Speakers: Elona Ruka-Wright, Global Chief Risk Officer at Finastra, and David J. Boulanger, Esq., Principal Product Manager at Finastra.

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How Firm a Foundation? The Basis for Building a Growth-Oriented Digital Credit Process

Digital transformation is sweeping over the banking industry, led by intense competition to keep up with customer expectations, streamline operations, and discover new revenue sources. Bankers and lenders know they have to adopt a digital future in order to survive, but widespread confusion exists about how to proceed. That is why AFS and Greenwich Associates are partnering with banks to benchmark the current state and pace of digitization in the commercial credit process, and to help banks understand why, where, and how best to deploy digital upgrades. We have found several critical links among digital capabilities, customer support, data integrity, and operational efficiency. Join us to explore those links as foundational keys to planning and implementing a digital strategy that prepares a bank for growth through a customer-centric ecosystem.

Speakers: Chris McDonnell, Managing Director, Greenwich Associates and Lee Kidder, Director, AFS

CECL:  Make Lemonade from Lemons by Going Beyond Compliance

Many bankers have a sour taste in their mouth when they discuss CECL. The process could squeeze out lots of time and energy from your regular work, leaving you feeling beaten to a pulp with nothing to show for it. Why not see the lemonade pitcher as half full; a robust CECL process could actually help provide new insight into your lending business! Turn all that hard work into a cool and refreshing way to both save time and to enhance portfolio and capital management. No matter your bank's size, please come and sit down with DebtX and take a long sip that could result in a greater understanding of your true risk profile.

Speaker: William S. Mercer, CFA, Managing Director