Date & Time
June 16, 2026
10am-11:30am
Registration Fee
Member Fee (Live or Recording): $165 per connection
Non-Member Fee (Live or Recording): $265 per connection
Overview
During this webinar, we will bring you up to speed on all things BSA and OFAC - a new look at unfair banking and BSA. Learn how to open and close accounts fairly. This program provides a second quarter outlook at our regulatory and compliance challenges with BSA and OFAC and what the examiners are hot on this year. There are 3 major issues happening right now for BSA/AML: 1. New SAR FAQs, 2. Exceptive relief on beneficial ownership, and 3. New AML Proposed Rule for Fundamental Change on structure of programs and examinations. Plus for a speed round, the Marijuana rules at at the federal level have changed and Hemp at the federal level is set to change on November 12th without intervention.
Topics include:
- Reputational risk and your risk assessments
- 4 New FAQs on SARs: what do they mean?
- Suspicious Activity Reporting: Cyber, Cash and Check Fraud
- SAR Narrative Templates and referral forms
- Hot Spots for examiners this year
- Marijuana Update: Schedule III or no?
- Hemp Ban and new federal rules on Hemp on November 12th
- Streamline Act: where are we on legislation to change CTR numbers
- Beneficial Ownership on existing customers relief
- OFAC videos, search engines, record retention, new reports and sanctions
Who Will Benefit
BSA Officers, BSA Staff, OFAC Officer and OFAC Staff, compliance, operations, training and management
Instructors
Debbie Crawford is the President of Gettechnical Inc a Florida based training company. Her 30+ years of experience began at Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans. She does training on deposit and frontline operations, BSA, IRAs, compliance and many other areas of the financial institution. She graduated from Louisiana State University with both her Bachelor and master’s degrees.
Leslie Nicely Senior Vice President for Gettechnical Inc. brings with her a wealth of practical banking experience. Her 30+ years include various positions with a local community bank including teller, teller supervisor, new accounts, lending, Branch Administration Officer, BSA/AML Officer and Security Officer and more. She graduated from the Virginia Bankers Association School of Bank Management. Her experience includes management, operations, lending compliance, fraud management, training, security and customer service. Her down-to-earth approach to training and her technical expertise makes her a real asset to our industry.