Directors and Regulators: Understanding the Examination
and Enforcement Process
Telephone Briefing*
Developed by ABA America's Community Bankers Council
in cooperation with ABA Bank Directors Briefing Newsletter.

Conditions have grown tougher. Field examinations have, too. At your next exam the board may have more than a wakeup call in store. Examiners will be attacking bank funding techniques where they find them weak; demanding loan writeoffs where they find collectability shaky; and holding many of the board's and management's approaches under a spotlight. 

Though many directors don't know it, much of the regulatory enforcement process can be made public—especially when things get serious. Not the kind of publicity that board members nor management want to court, these days.

Program Date Audio CD Now Available
Per Site Fees**

$255 ABA/Service Member • $385 Non-Member

Registration Register Online for the entire series
Audio CD Order Online  (PDF)
Credits The recording has not been approved for continuing education credits.

The live 90-minute telephone briefing held on September 23rd was recorded is available for purchase. Panelists provided: an overview of how bank exams work under current conditions; tips on putting the bank's best foot forward; a review of regulatory enforcement at all its stages; and advice on navigating the shoals of enforcement to minimize the impact. Alternatives to "just taking it" will be explored, including both aggressive measures as well as use of the regulatory agencies' various approaches to the regulatory ombudsman process.

Topics Include

  • What to expect from exam teams in today's environment
  • How to prepare your bank and board for examiners who are primed to see problems
  • What happens when your bank didn't do so well—and what you can do about it
  • How much your board should worry about regulatory orders, and what all those initials mean
  • Statistics and trends seen in recent examinations
  • Making use—and avoiding abuse—of the examination appeals process.

Audio CDs for this telephone briefing will be available for purchase
7-10 days after the airing of the program.

Speakers
Among the confirmed speakers are:

  • Pat Rohan, Managing Director, FinPro, Inc., Liberty Corner, NJ
  • Jeffrey Gerrish, Chairman of the Board, Gerrish McCreary Smith Consultants LLC, Memphis, TN
  • Larry Hattix, Ombudsman, Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.

Who Should Attend

  • Bank Directors and Trustees
  • Community Bank Presidents/CEOs
  • Community Bank Management Staff

Bank Director Series CD

  • Boards and Strategic Planning In A Challenging Environment
  • Effective Board Committees: The Audit Committee and Beyond
  • Board Meetings 102: Better Governance for Challenging Times
  • Board Self-Evaluation and Performance Improvement
  • Directors and the Bank's Portfolios: Understanding Bank Investments
    and Asset/Liability Management
  • Boards That Sell!: How Directors Can Develop New Business
  • Directors and Management Succession: Picking Your Bank's Next Leaders
  • Boards and Bank Regulation: How Not to Drown in Alphabet Soup

Purchase recordings for all past ABA Directors Telephone Briefings

A Great Value

Take advantage of this affordable, time-saving opportunity to give your board members and trustees the latest thinking on a key area of the director's job: examination and enforcement processes.  ABA Community Bank Director telephone briefings represent an easy, economical and effective way to keep your board sharp! Register for the entire series.

  • Participate in interactive Q&A opportunities with a panel of experts, selected by an experienced writer on boardroom affairs.
  • Access a dial-in site link for each director at multiple locations at a reduced price per site.
  • Purchase a CD for directors to use after the live program, for periodic refreshers.
  • Integrate the CD into director training, board retreats, or board member self-study.

 

*ABA's Telephone Briefings include reference materials and telephone audio. Telephone/Webcast Briefings include reference materials, telephone audio, and simultaneous webcast presentation (requires 56K or faster with JavaScript and cookies enabled in the browser, i.e., Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, or Netscape 4.7X).

**Each site license (registration fee) entitles you to one phone connection and one Internet connection (when there is a simultaneous webcast presentation) where an unlimited number of listeners can participate.

Any transmission, retransmission or republishing of the audio or Web portions of this briefing is strictly prohibited.

    Questions? Please contact Traci Leiva for more information.