Compliance

2022 Technology Planning Webinar Deliverables

Welcome Webinar Attendees! Thanks for joining us for the 2022 Technology Planning Webinar today! We have created this page for you to have access to the deliverables from the webinar. [su_button url=”https://my.infotex.com/download/22463/?tmstv=1668475203″ targ...

Analysis of the FFIEC’s Statement on Cloud Computing

On July 10th, 2012, the FFIEC published a “Statement on Cloud Computing” in a new section of the ffiec.gov resource library for guidelines related to information technology governance.  This statement served to declare that cloud computing providers are simply another form o...

The case against Dan Hadaway!

The one thing everyone knows about me is that I believe firmly in Awareness Training.   I actually go so far as to declare that “awareness is 9/10’s of the battle.”  If you’ve ever been to one of my workshops, or if you’ve ever been audited by infotex...

FFIEC Statement on Outsourced Cloud Computing

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued a statement on outsourced cloud computing activities. The statement discusses key risk considerations associated with outsourced cloud computing activities and identifies applicable risk mitigation con...

Coming Soon: The Branchless Banking Kit!

It’s hard to believe almost a year ago Infotex set out on the path to create a new “branchless banking kit” which would include all the IT policy and procedure templates necessary to address a total re-write of the typical “E-banking Policy.” The decision to do this was acc...

FDIC Issues Warning About Risky Payment Processors

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued guidance for banks and other financial services institutions, warning that certain third-party payment processors could prove to be security liabilities. Attached is revised guidance describing potential risks assoc...

Electronic Fund Transfer Act-Regulation E: Revised Examination Procedures

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing a new booklet entitled “Electronic Fund Transfer Act–Regulation E” in the Comptroller’s Handbook. This booklet updates examination procedures and incorporates recent changes the Board of Governo...

OCC Issues Final Rule: Dodd-Frank Act

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) posted this as a press release on July 20th. For those that didn’t see it, I’m reposting it for your benefit, and the benefit of others that may need the information. The Office of the Comptroller of the Curr...

FFIEC Releases Supplemental Guidance on Internet Banking Authentication

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today issued a supplement to the Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment guidance, issued in October 2005. The purpose of the supplement is to reinforce the risk-management framework described in the or...

A Regulator’s Perspective: Dodd-Frank Act

The residential mortgage industry and its supervision have been radically altered in the past few years. Uniform licensing standards, enhanced professionalism requirements, and the host of regulations to be implemented under the Dodd-Frank Act have created a wholly new indu...