Bank Best Practices to Prevent Fraud

Why Should You Attend:

Fraud is of more concern to banking leaders today than ever before. This is driven by national media coverage, actual dollar losses, the attack on trust (which is key to customer relationships), costs to allay customer concerns, changing regulatory environment, and changes in how fraud efforts are being organized.

Fraud is no longer just a “cottage industry”, it is moving to an industrial model where specialists steal data and sell it to others who organize high-volume attacks by multiple perpetrators. Banks cannot combat the “Fraud Industry” with yesterday’s methods.

There are reasons to believe that fraud losses are actually higher than recognized. Some fraud losses are buried in card interchange fees. A significant amount of fraud losses likely get reported in banks’ accounting as credit losses. But they weren’t due to poor credit decisions, they were fraud scams from day-one.

Software is widely installed to identify specific patterns and “unusual” transactions. But the fraudsters know this and are constantly striving to create new patterns where their transactions are designed not to be flagged. Like in a game of chess, the advantage goes to the side that thinks the most moves ahead.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Reasons for focus on fraud, it is not just the money.
• Two step process: Identity and Execution
• Specific Identity aspects of frauds
• Payment systems issues (check image, ACH growth)
• Credit issues (cards and loans)
• Centralizing financial crime responsibilities
• Eight points where fraud can be addressed by a bank
• Four ways to add value to your bank

Who Will Benefit:

• VP,
• Manager,
• Director,
• Supervisor levels

Deposits, Compliance and loss control areas from Banking, Credit Unions or any Financial Services company serving Retail or Commercial Customers

Jim George
Independent consultant, George Consulting LLC

Jim George is an independent consultant to banks focusing on issues of fraud. He has over 25 years’ experience as a consultant to major banks in associate partner and principal roles at PriceWaterhouse-Coopers Consulting, IBM Consulting in Bank Risk and Compliance, and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He has also been SVP Operations for a Fortis-US division providing outsourcing services to the banking industry.

His work includes projects in fraud investigation, fraud prevention, identity issues, compliance, and AML (anti-money laundering). Mr. George’s background also includes work in bank operations and payments strategy, reengineering, systems, and quality improvement.

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