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NEWS RELEASE
April 21, 2009
ABA Media Contact: Jonathan Snowling
(202) 663-5468
E-mail: jsnowlin@aba.com

WASHINGTON– The American Bankers Association announced that their annual Regulatory Compliance Conference is set for June 7-10 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin, in Orlando where John Dugan, comptroller of the currency will be the luncheon keynote speaker on June 8. 

John Dugan was sworn in as 29th comptroller of the currency in August of 2005.  Prior to his appointment to the OCC, Mr. Dugan was a partner at the law firm of Covington & Burling, where he chaired the firm's Financial Institutions Group and specialized in banking and financial institution regulation.  Dugan also served over at the Department of the Treasury from 1989 to 1993 and was appointed Assistant Secretary for Domestic Finance in 1992.

For 23 years, the ABA Regulatory Compliance Conference has been nationally recognized as the most comprehensive and largest conference covering regulatory bank compliance. During the four-day event, bank compliance professionals, legal counsel, auditors and regulatory officials will gather to discuss proven tactics and new strategies for managing the growing number of compliance risks. They will also explore the full breadth of compliance concerns in a program designed and delivered by leading experts.

During the conference, attendees will also have rare direct access to senior regulatory officials during a special regulator panel discussion.  In addition, experts will lead more than 40 sessions including:

       •The Mortgage Fraud Challenge;

       • Avoiding Discrimination in Foreclosures and Workouts;

       • Mobile Banking: Opportunity or Liability;

       • Compliance Survey Results;

       • AML and Countering the Financing of Terrorism in 2009;

       • Electronic Payments and AML;

       • Managing Compliance Risk of Third Parties and Outsourced Processes; and

       • New Product Approval Process as a Risk Mitigation Tool

RCC CONFERENCE/PG2:

Most sessions qualify for CRCM, CPE and CLE continuing education credits. Registration is $1,090 for ABA members and $1,585 for non-members. Team discounts are available.  To register, call ABA’s Member Service Center at 1-800-BANKERS or visit the ABA Regulatory Conference Web site.

Attendees looking to maximize their conference experience will also have the opportunity to sign up for one of the separately priced pre-conference workshops:

      • The Fair Lending Modeling Symposium  teaches how to use standard fair lending statistical
         techniques and discover new forms of analyses, and

      • The new Compliance Risk Assessment Workshop covers everything from identifying emerging
         risks to rating and weighting techniques.

The American Bankers Association brings together banks of all sizes and charters into one association. ABA works to enhance the competitiveness of the nation's banking industry and strengthen America's economy and communities. Its members – the majority of which are banks with less than $125 million in assets – represent over 95 percent of the industry's $12.7 trillion in assets and employ over 2 million men and women.

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Note to editors: 
Complimentary registration is offered to news media.  Press credentials are required.  To pre-register, please contact Jonathan Snowling at jsnowlin@aba.com.