ABA Risk and Compliance
 
 
 
 
October 10, 2025
Features
ABA recently announced the 2025 relaunch of its award-winning consumer protection campaigns, #BanksNeverAskThat and #PracticeSafeChecks, aimed at helping consumers and small businesses recognize and avoid fraud and scams.
This edition of the ABA Fraudcast includes Paul Benda’s opening statement to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations addressing today's fraud challenges. He also offers some additional analysis of the urgency of a coordinated response from lawmakers and law enforcement.
A new study of investor behavior during the 2023 bank runs found that news coverage was at least as important as underlying bank fundamentals in driving investor perceptions of bank risk.
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Orion
Banks have been using natural language processing and machine learning applications for years in managing their anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act obligations. But how does the growing adoption of generative AI tools affect how BSA and fraud professionals protect their banks? This episode shares a regulator’s-eye view of generative AI in the BSA world.
Bank customers who experience fraud are more likely to stay with their institutions if the bank is able to identify the perpetrator, according to a recent study.
While the percentage of U.S. consumers classified as financially unhealthy has remained stable, many also report working in a second job or side gig to stabilize their finances, according to a recent survey by J.D. Power.
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The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center has called for the creation of a timeline for the financial sector to bolster its cybersecurity defenses against threats posed by quantum computing.
The Small Business Administration has released a form that smaller financial institutions – those with less than $30 billion in assets – can use to demonstrate compliance with a recent order directing lenders to identify past "debanking" actions.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is seeking public comment on the reporting burden under its Section 314(a) regulations, which require financial institutions to search records and report matches to FinCEN within 14 days.
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Protecht Group
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced that it is seeking public input on a proposed survey about the costs of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism compliance for nonbank financial institutions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized a rule extending the compliance dates for its small-business data collection. The bureau first extended the new deadlines in June in an interim final rule.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced several actions to reduce the regulatory burden on community banks by tailoring the frequency and scope of bank examinations to the risk presented by bank operations, and by focusing examinations on material financial risk.
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Training

October 14 - 16
Conference: Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference
Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA

October 15
Webinar: 2025 Regulatory Updates and Compliance Challenges – Part 4

October 19 - 21
Conference: Annual Convention
Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC

October 23
Webinar: Top Cyber Risks and Ways Banks Can Leverage “Project Fortress”

October 27 - 30
School: Risk Management School – Advanced
Emory Conference Center Hotel, Atlanta, GA

October 27 - 31
School: Risk Management School – Foundational
Emory Conference Center Hotel, Atlanta, GA

October 27 - 31
School: Compliance School – Advanced
Emory Conference Center Hotel, Atlanta, GA

October 27 - Nov 20
Facilitated Training: ABA AI in Banking Workshop

October 29
Webinar: Safeguarding Your Bank: Navigating AI Threats and Cyber Claims Trends

November 5 - 19
Virtual School: Compliance School – Foundational

November 7
Webinar: Reducing Risk: Synthetic Risk Transfers