Independent Review for MSBs - The Complete BSA/AML Audit Workbook

Independent Review for MSBs - The Complete BSA/AML Audit Workbook
Author: Howard Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2008-07-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0615239927

This Workbook may save you thousands of dollars! The Workbook guides you through each step of the PATRIOT Act independent review requirement. Each question is fully explained, and FinCEN guidance is also included. The format is designed to be acceptable to bank AML compliance departments as well as state and IRS examiners. Some MSBs' operations are very complex and require outside auditors to conduct testing. Yet even in those cases, by doing much of the audit work by yourself, you can significantly reduce the cost spent on outside help. Many MSBs have found that they do not need outside audit help at all and that the Workbook is all they need to maintain compliance and stay in the good graces of their bank. This is the only Bank Secrecy/PATRIOT Act independent review guide endorsed by the National Money TRansmitters Association

Independent Review for Banks - The Complete BSA/AML Audit Workbook

Independent Review for Banks - The Complete BSA/AML Audit Workbook
Author: Howard Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2008-07-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0615237908

Using the FFIEC Examination Manual to conduct an independent review is like using the owner's manual of a car to judge a driver's abilities. Wrong tool for the job! The Complete Audit Workbook ensures that audit professionals and BSA officers have the right tool to conduct the PATRIOT Act (Section 352) required independent review. The Workbook breaks down BSA/AML regulatory requirements into component parts that enable an auditor to judge whether all the i's and t's of a BSA compliance program are dotted and crossed. Guidance for each major category of questions (over 50 in all!) is included. Audit traps, --items seen only in confidential exit interviews-- are also included. The audience for this book is both BSA auditors and compliance officers. The latter can utilize the Workbook to design a comprehensive, sustainable AML program. The former can use this Workbook to check their firm's BSA program status and carry out their duty to keep senior management informed.

Risk Assessment for Tribal Casinos

Risk Assessment for Tribal Casinos
Author: Howard Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2008-11-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1105633861

The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requires that designated financial institutions implement and maintain anti-money laundering (AML) programs. Tribal casinos have been designated as financial institutions under the BSA since 1996, and the BSA regulations issued by the Treasury Department in 31 C.F.R. 103.64 prescribe the minimum standards for those programs. All tribal governments conducting or sponsoring gaming activities - whether for one night out of the year or throughout the year, whether in their primary place of operation or at remote sites - must be aware of the federal requirements associated with the Bank Secrecy Act. This workbook will allow the casino compliance officer to conduct and write a formal risk assessment that can serve as the basis for the casino's AML program.

Enhanced Due Diligence - The Complete BSA/AML Desktop Reference

Enhanced Due Diligence - The Complete BSA/AML Desktop Reference
Author: Howard Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008-06-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0615237894

Finally, there is a one-stop Enhanced Due Diligence reference source! This book clearly presents methods for risk assessing customers and developing policies, procedures and controls for implementing a sustainable AML enhanced due diligence compliance program. The book not only addresses risk models, risk categories and risk elements, but also provides detailed information regarding specific high risk customer types. "The Desktop Reference" contains sample EDD reviews and everything you need to develop and maintain your EDD program, train your staff, and reduce regulatory risk. This book also teaches how to risk assess different customer types, how to conduct customer on-boarding EDD, and how to conduct ongoing EDD reviews. Sample EDD reviews include those for: Cash Intensive Businesses, Charities and NGOs, Foreign Correspondent Banks, and Private Banking Customers. Also covered are: MSBs and NBFIs, Senior Foreign Political Figures, Non Resident Aliens, and generic high risk customer types.

Sar Investigations - the Complete Bsa/Aml Desktop Reference

Sar Investigations - the Complete Bsa/Aml Desktop Reference
Author: Howard Steiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 061521438X

Finally there is a reference source that brings together all the available anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act guidance and best practices for conducting suspicious activity report (SAR) investigations. This book offers a treasure trove of information that will make your SAR process more efficient while simultaneously reducing compliance risk. The authors detail how to conduct suspicious activity investigations in a step-by-step manner and provide all the information you'll need to understand and identify a full range of financial crimes and schemes.

Evaporation and Evapotranspiration

Evaporation and Evapotranspiration
Author: Wossenu Abtew
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400747373

The book is a thorough presentation of theoretical and applied aspects of the evaporation and evapotranspiration process supported by data from experimental studies. It is written in a way that the theoretical background of evaporation and evapotranspiration estimation is presented in a simplified manner, comprehensive to most technical readers. The book deals with details of meteorological parameters and monitoring sensors which are needed for estimating evaporation and evapotranspiration. Errors in meteorological parameter measurements are also presented. Estimation errors, strengths, weaknesses and applicability of a wide range of evaporation and evapotranspiration estimation methods are presented along with samples of application to a certain region. Application of newer simpler methods is presented. A new technology, remote sensing application to evaporation and evapotranspiration estimation, is presented. The latest interest in the subject, climate change and evapotranspiration is presented in the last chapter. This book will be beneficial to students, hydrologists, engineers, meteorologists, water managers and others.

Kanban-Controlled Manufacturing Systems

Kanban-Controlled Manufacturing Systems
Author: Georg Krieg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2005-01-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783540229995

5th Werner Kern Award for Productivity Research 2005 Kanban control systems bear a great potential to significantly improve operations. A company may reap the full benefits of kanban control only after determining an optimal or near-optimal system configuration. To do that, methods are needed to evaluate the performance and operating costs of individual system configurations. We propose an innovative construction-kit approach that enables us to build stochastic analytical models of a large class of single- and multi-product kanban systems. The presented construction-kit approach may be extended and augmented in various directions.

Federal Money Laundering Regulation

Federal Money Laundering Regulation
Author: Steven Mark Levy
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Total Pages: 1646
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Banks and banking
ISBN: 1454859768

Federal Money Laundering Regulation: Banking, Corporate and Securities Compliance is your complete guide to understanding and complying with all U.S. statutes, regulations and court decisions governing money laundering activity. This valuable desk reference provides in-depth analysis and guidance on recordkeeping and reporting requirements, anti- money laundering compliance programs, money laundering crimes, asset forfeitures, and state and international measures against money laundering and terrorist financing. This guide is especially aimed at law firms and corporate counsel representing banks, insurance companies, securities broker-dealers, and other financial institutions, as well as the criminal bar, public accountants, and compliance officers. The Second Edition of Federal Money Laundering Regulation reflects a substantial reorganization and expansion of the previous edition, and adds three new chapters covering: terrorist financing (Chapter 5); OFAC compliance (Chapter 10); and special measures against foreign jurisdictions or financial institutions deemed to be and“of primary money laundering concernand” (Chapter 30). The remaining chapters have been extensively rewritten and reorganized to reflect major regulatory developments. Highlights include: Techniques used by federal, state, and local politicians to launder money. The new role of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to ensure anti-money laundering compliance by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks. Designing an adequate Customer Identification Program (CIP) for verifying the identity of persons seeking to open an account and checking customer names against terrorist lists. Responding to an information request under Section 314(a) of the Patriot Act. Exercising due diligence when opening and managing correspondent accounts for foreign banks and enhanced due diligence for certain correspondent accounts. Blocking (freezing) assets and property of OFAC-designated countries, entities or individuals, and reporting the blocked transactions. Using automated systems to facilitate BSA reporting, including flagging suspicious activity and large currency transactions.

International Employer Brand Management

International Employer Brand Management
Author: Lena Christiaans
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2012-11-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658004568

The increasing globalization of business activities forces companies to recruit highly skilled employees all over the world. In order to attract these talents, employers have to differentiate themselves through a unique employer brand, appealing to diverse target audiences. However, in the absence of research on international students' preferences for employer characteristics, it is difficult for multinational companies to decide on a feasible degree of employer brand standardization. Lena Christians investigates the impact of between-country differences, such as in national culture or economic wealth, on students' preferences in relation to individual differences of students within the same country. In combination with a segmentation of the European graduate market, the results provide readers with inside on which elements of the employer value proposition are suitable for standardization in which target groups.