16th Annual Compliance & Risk Conference 2025 Schedule

Day 1
Time Schedule Presenter
8:00 – 9:00 Registration  
9:00 – 9:45

Opening Remarks

  • Piloting an Uncertain Regulatory Environment
  • Evolving Regulatory Scrutiny on Issue Tracking and Remediation
  • Financial Resilience in 2025 Heading Into 2026
  • Focus on Internal Controls and non-Financial Risks:
    • Operations and Cyber
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • AML/Fraud
    • Third Party Oversight
  • What’s Next
Dean Stockford
9:45 – 10:45

Fair Lending

  • Defining and Understanding Fair Lending
  • Data Integrity and Validation
  • Monitoring the Metrics
  • Self-Assessments
  • Risk-Assessments
  • Next Steps
Alison Tower
10:45 – 11:00 Break  
11:00 – 12:00

Residential Lending Compliance – Common Audit Issues

  • TRID Disclosures
  • ARM Disclosures and Indexes
  • HELOC Disclosures
  • Flood Insurance Hot Topics
Dean Stockford
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break  
1:00 – 1:45

From Application to Notification

  • Reg. B & Reg. V Requirements
  • Adverse Action Notices
  • Common Audit/Exam Issues
  • Best Practices
Marcy Farrin
1:45 – 2:45

Lessons Learned from the 2023 CRA Rule

  • Loan volume adequacy alternative to the AA Ration Test – potential viable option for community banks with regional or national model
  • How regulators calibrate lending performance under the geographic dispersion test
  • How regulators calibrate lending performance under the borrower characteristics test
  • Consumer Loans under CRA
  • Why small bank should (voluntary or otherwise) report under CRA
  • The 2024 CRA repeal: Don’t drop your guard
  • Disparate Impact is gone but Disparate Treatment is here to stay
Len Suzio
2:45 – 3:00 Break  
3:00 – 4:00

Commercial Lending: Risk Management

  • Recent Exam Topics
  • Quantifying Commercial Loan Portfolio Risk
  • Traditional Qualitative Elements
  • Pools of Potential Hidden Risk
Andrew Sturtevant
4:30 – 5:30 Social Hour  
Day 2
Time Schedule Presenter
8:00 – 9:00 Registration  
9:00 – 9:45

BSA/AML/OFAC

  • Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) Update
  • Current state of digital regulations and their impact on the financial industry
  • Areas of regulatory scrutiny and hot topics for the regulators
  • Recent Enforcement Actions
Ana Maguire
9:45 – 10:30

Fraud

  • Check Washing and How it Happens
  • Positive Pay Benefits and Correct Usage
  • Verafin – Modules
  • Pig Butchering and How it Applies
  • Fun Stuff You Can Buy Online – Cords and more… Hacker Style? What does it mean to me?
  • Imposter Fraud – Spoofed Phone Numbers and Customer Education
  • Collection Efforts – What I can Do to Get the Funds Back and Consumer Collection Laws
  • Disclosures – Court Cases and How You Can Shift Liability
Nin Onos
10:30 – 10:45 Break  
10:45 – 11:15

Embracing Technical Risk Management Breaking Down the 360-degree Approach to Risk Management

  • Advanced Technologies and “how best to engage”
    • Knowing when to engage
    • Avoiding bleeding edge
  • Building a Risk Culture
    • Adopt a strong team mentality
    • Build an ego-free island -Trith and Logic share the throne
  • Strategy Development for Cyber and Network Risks
    • Don’t get lost in your own brilliance
    • Hire to fill all the weaknesses
  • Developing and Continuing with Workforce Advancement
    • Understanding the pace of required learning for technicians
    • Identifying qualified “tunnels” of expertise to maintain pace with technology advancements
Jon Perkins
11:15 – 12:00

Deposit Compliance

  • Regulatory Changes and/or Hot Topics
  • Common Audit Issues
  • Recent Enforcement Actions
  • Best Practices
Alena Weiss
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch  
1:00 – 2:00

FIDICIA

  • History of FDICIA
  • Thresholds and Requirements
  • Audit Committee Responsibilities
  • Management Responsibilities
  • Auditor Responsibilities
  • Best Practices and Common Pitfalls
Keith Denecker
2:00 – 2:45

Dancing with Digital Banking – It’s not your mama’s dance anymore!

  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Regulatory Guidance
    • Practical realities of using AI in compliance and risk management
  • Federal Legislative update
    • GENIUS and STABLE Acts, what’s the current status
    • Why as a community bank risk manager you care
  • Digital Banking Agreements – Updates you should consider to help control risk
Andrea Shaw
2:45 – 3:00 Break  
3:00 – 4:00

Panel Discussion

The audience will have the chance to present the panelists with risk management questions. Topics for discussion are:

  • Impact on community financial institutions form recent regulatory updates including best practices for implementation and/or monitoring of these changes.
  • Common compliance errors or areas of confusion.
  • Successful risk management programs – including how to effectively communicate with Boards, Senior Management, Auditors, and Examiners.
  • What’s on the horizon for 2026 and how to prepare for it.

Other risk management topics as questions will be provided by the audience.

Moderator: 

Alena Weiss

Panelists:

Alison Tower

Keith Denecker

Andrew Sturtevant

Len Suzio