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2011 Concentration Risk Offerings

Attached are two pieces of information that describe the Concentration Risk offerings by CU*Answers. This material will be covered in more detail during tomorrow’s Risk Contraction Webinar between 3-4PM. There is still time to register if you haven’t done so already. Risk  Concentration Webinar 2011 CU A Concentration Risk Offerings – CU BASE Platform 2011 […]

Web Conference Scheduled Highlighting Risk Management Tool

CU*Answers, the West Michigan-based CUSO known for providing CU*BASE core data processing and other services, will be hosting a Web Conference to unveil new features of its Risk Management Report Generator on February 11. According to CU*Answers, the Risk Management Report Generator is an online tool that facilitates Due Diligence, Risk Management Planning & Monitoring […]

AuditLink to offer Concentration Risk Services

AuditLink, a division of CU*Answers, the Michigan core data processing CUSO known for providing CU*BASE, has announced a new offering to assist credit unions in complying with recently published concentration risk monitoring requirements. NCUA Letter 10-CU-03 requires credit unions to manage concentration risk and defend their capital position with respect to segmentation development in […]

Why citations are so important

During the last 26 months I have completed over 30 AuditLink assessments related to compliance/audit spanning New York to Oregon.  Throughout these reviews I am consistently amazed at the volume of busy work created out of ineffectual processes, policies, and system configurations sanctioned by a third party.  The credit union creates work for the sake of […]

Money Service Businesses (MSBs)

During the last AuditLink focus group, we mentioned that we had found two Money Stores through our daily monitoring. In both instances, we noticed the accounts had large outside check deposits followed by large cash withdrawals on either the same or next day.  In order for an MSB to be a legitimate business, there are several […]

Focus Group 11/05/10

Thank you to everyone that attended the AuditLink Focus Group on 11/05/10. I have uploaded the powerpoint to the Advisor site just in case you would like to review it. I have also posted the questions and answers to some of the questions that were asked during the webinar. Focus Group Presentation Focus Group 11/05/10 Q&As:  […]