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Wire Transfers: Meeting Requirements, Implementing Best Practices, and Avoiding Losses

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm CT

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Funds transfer fraud causes millions of dollars in losses for businesses and financial institutions every year. In 2023 alone, financial institutions filed over 400,000 Suspicious Activity Reports on incidents of wire fraud and/or suspicious funds transfers. Learn the steps you can take to protect your institution and your account holders!

Wire transfers are unique transactions. In this session, we will cover the regulatory requirements for both domestic and international wires, provide sample audit procedures, and discuss how to identify and react to possible wire fraud attempts. In addition, we will identify vulnerabilities in systems and processes that can expose financial institutions to cyberattacks and increase liability. We will also examine ways to strengthen policies, monitoring, procedures, and risk assessments. You will be provided with tools to support and enhance your wire transfer compliance program.

What You'll Learn

  • Domestic and international wires requirements
  • Proposed changes to BSA requirements for wires and recordkeeping
  • Review of current types of wire fraud and scams
  • Rules, notices, and error resolution procedures for International Funds Transfers
  • Risk management and controls over information technology

Instructors

Dawn Kincaid began her banking career while attending The Ohio State University. She has 19 years of experience in client service, operations, information technology, administrative and board relations, marketing, and compliance. Most recently Dawn served as the Senior Vice President of Operations for a central-Ohio-based community bank, where she created and refined policies and procedures, conducted self-audits and risk assessments, and organized the implementation of new products and services.