Developed as an extended outline, the Guide covers federal regulations, consumer legislation and all the rules you need to know to manage bank compliance in the following areas: Compliance Risk Management, Credit, Deposits, Bank Operations, Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering, Community Reinvestment Act/Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Privacy, Securities, Insurance, and other Financial Services (updated for final laws and rules as of May 19, 2009).

New purchase options provide flexibility in the use and reference of the Guide and allow you to organize your copy as it best works for you. Now you can select a section of the Guide, Credit for example, and keep it with a copy of your bank's credit policies and procedures.

The Guide contains pertinent regulatory citations, suggestions on setting up a compliance risk management program and sample consumer disclosures.

Updated and Revised Sections in the Nineteenth Edition include:

• Americans with Disabilities Act — Rules resulting from the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA)
• Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money-Laundering Rules — Amendments to the exemption rules
• Federal Deposit Insurance — Amendments to the rules resulting from the Emergency Economic Stablization Act of 2008
• IRS Rules and Regulations —Extension of the rules that temporarily exempts from information reporting debt forgiven in connection with a debtor's principal
• Loans to servicemembers —Extension by The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of foreclosure protections for servicemembers and extension of the SCRA interest rate cap provisions to student loans
• Real Estate Settlement Procedures — Regulation X revisions to the form and substance of the good faith estimate (GFE) and the HUD-1 settlement statement
• Securities Related Activities of Banks— Regulation R requirements regarding bank activities in the sale of securities
• Truth in Lending — Rules on new disclosures and restrictions on high cost mortgages and changes to the disclosure rules for open-end credit
• Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices — New rules that prohibit certain credit card practices and improve disclosures consumers

The Reference Guide to Regulatory Compliance supports the ABA Online Review Course for the CRCM Examination and is a recommended study resource for the Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) exam. For those pursuing the CRCM designation, the Guide includes self-study and review questions and answers, and a cross-reference of book section titles to CRCM exam topics.

Author: Kathlyn Farrell, CRCM and Attorney