News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Audit & Compliance Fed Presents FedNow Service Operating Circular 8... 1/25/2023 Is your organization preparing for the FedNow Service launching this year? Read more Tags: FedNow, Fed, Federal Reserve, Operating Circular
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes Audit & Compliance Maximize Your Member Benefits – Create Your Own Account 1/18/2023 Each individual employee of a member organization should establish their own user ID and password that they can use to register for events, order... Read more Tags: Education, Members Only, on-demand, ePayU, members, website
News Rules & Regulations Audit & Compliance FinCEN Issues Alert on Human Smuggling at U.S. Southwest... 1/18/2023 The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an alert to better support financial institutions in detecting financial activity related to... Read more Tags: BSA, fincen
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes Audit & Compliance Agencies Issue Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks 1/3/2023 Federal bank regulatory agencies have issued a statement highlighting key risks for banking organizations associated with crypto-assets. Read more Tags: Digital Currency, FDIC, crypto, Fed, OCC, Federal Reserve, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrencies
News Rules & Regulations Audit & Compliance Keeping Originators Informed and Compliant 12/14/2022 We recently received a question from a member that comes up often, particularly during the end-of-year audit season. Read more Tags: Originators, Origination, Audit, Education, ACH Rules Book, ACH Rules, payments education
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Audit & Compliance Options Available to Strategically Analyze Your FedACH... 12/7/2022 Two Federal Reserve Financial Services reports can provide your organization with powerful strategic payments insights. Read more Tags: ACH, Payments Strategy, Fed, strategy, Federal Reserve, FedACH
News Rules & Regulations Fraud & Disputes Audit & Compliance TCH Examines Reg E Error Resolution for Intermediated... 11/30/2022 The Clearing House has released a white paper that analyzes the application of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and Regulation E (Reg E) error... Read more Tags: Regulations, Regs, Reg E, CFPB, TCH, p2p
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes Audit & Compliance Irrevocability of Faster Payments Addressed 11/8/2022 Faster payments volume is growing and transaction limits are rising, increasing the potential for more disputes with higher dollar-values associated... Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Faster Payments Council, Disputes, Returns, irrevocability
News Rules & Regulations Audit & Compliance Fed Invites Comment on Proposal to List Institutions... 11/8/2022 The Federal Reserve Board has invited public comment on a proposal to publish a periodic list of depository institutions that have access to Federal Reserve... Read more Tags: Payments, Fed, Federal Reserve
News Rules & Regulations Audit & Compliance ePayAdvisors Helps Manage Third-Party Risk 10/12/2022 Nacha has been incrementally addressing third-party risk management with changes to their Operating Rules and Guidelines over the last five years, and... Read more Tags: Risk Management, TPS, TPSP, Risk Assessment, Third Party, Third-Party, Third-Party Sender, ePayAdvisors, Third-Party Service Provider
News Audit & Compliance Congratulations to Our New APRPs! 9/21/2022 Congratulations to the following ePay members who passed the 2022 Accredited Payments Risk Professional exam! We are grateful for the contributions... Read more Tags: APRP, Certification, Accreditation
Audit & Compliance Resource Center Legal Information Service 8/19/2022 Exclusive to ePayResources Members! Our Legal Information Service enables our members to receive legal information on a matter of interest without... Read more Tags: Executive Leader, Compliance, Fraud & Incident Management, Consulting, Risk Management, Disputes, Risk Mitigation, Regulations, Legal Support, Members Only
Areas of Expertise Fraud & Disputes Audit & Compliance Nacha Risk Management Portal 12/7/2022 The Nacha Risk Management Portal is a tool for financial institutions to help mitigate fraud and other risks. Read more Tags: Compliance, Risk, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, TPS, Fraud, Audit, Risk Assessment, Third-Party Sender, Risk Management Portal
Audit & Compliance Secure Payments Task Force: Payment Lifecycles and... 8/21/2022 The Secure Payments Task Force developed the Payment Lifecycles and Security Profiles as an educational resource and to provide perspectives related... Read more Tags: Secure, Regulations, secure payments task force, laws
Audit & Compliance FFIEC Homepage 8/21/2022 The Council is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial... Read more Tags: Government Payments, FDIC, FFIEC, government, OCC, CFPB, NCUA
Audit & Compliance FFIEC Retail Payments Systems Risk Management 8/19/2022 Financial institutions engaged in retail payment systems should establish an appropriate risk management process that identifies, measures, monitors, and... Read more Tags: Risk, Risk Management, FFIEC, Retail Payments
Audit & Compliance FDIC Guidance on Payment Processor Relationships 8/19/2022 The FDIC is issuing the attached guidance that describes potential risks associated with relationships with entities that process payments for... Read more Tags: Risk, Originators, TPS, TPSP, Third Party, FDIC
Audit & Compliance Unclaimed Property Webinars & Podcasts by Georgeson 8/19/2022 These webinars and podcasts are designed to provide you with practical knowledge - including updates on the latest legislation, best practices, and... Read more Tags: Software & Service Providers, Third Party, Unclaimed Property, podcast, webinar
Audit & Compliance Insights of an Unclaimed Property Audit 8/19/2022 Unclaimed property audits continue to ramp up, as more third-party audit firms jump into the marketplace. Audits are getting more in-depth and... Read more Tags: Software & Service Providers, Audit, Third Party, Unclaimed Property
Audit & Compliance Unclaimed Property Policies and Procedures Template 8/18/2022 Unclaimed property is a complex area and developing guidelines to ensure compliance is the key to identifying small challenges before they become... Read more Tags: program, Account Analysis, Unclaimed Property
Audit & Compliance FDIC Banker Resource Center - Examination Processes and... 8/18/2022 The FDIC examines banks using a risk-focused approach to assess safety and soundness and consumer protection, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance,... Read more Tags: Compliance, Risk, Audit, consumer protection, FDIC, Exam
Audit & Compliance FDIC Banker Resource Center - Third-Party Guidance 8/18/2022 Third parties can help financial institutions attain strategic objectives, access expertise, or improve efficiency for a particular activity. The use of... Read more Tags: Compliance, Corporations, Software & Service Providers, Payments Strategy, Consulting, Procedures, Originators, Origination, Account Analysis, Regulations, TPS, TPSP, UCC4A, Third Party
Audit & Compliance Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 8/18/2022 The Council is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial... Read more Tags: Compliance, Regulations, Audit
News Rules & Regulations Audit & Compliance Nested TPS Changes in the Risk Management Portal... 8/3/2022 Originating Depository Financial Institutions (ODFIs) are currently required to identify their Third-Party Senders to Nacha. On September 30, 2022, a new... Read more Tags: Compliance, ACH, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Originators, Origination, TPS, TPSP, Audit, Third Party, Third-Party, Third-Party Sender, ACH Operations, ACH Network
News Rules & Regulations Audit & Compliance Paper and Digital: The Two-Part Approach to Hurricane... 7/28/2022 It's Atlantic hurricane season and depending on where you live, your customers and members might choose to get some extra cash to weather uncertain... Read more Tags: Business Continuity, consumer protection, Retail Payments
News Rules & Regulations Audit & Compliance Is Every Payment Under $1 a Micro-Entry? 7/20/2022 Not all ACH transactions under $1 are subject to the new Nacha Micro-Entry Rule taking effect September 16. The definition hinges on two very... Read more Tags: ACH, Rules, ACH Operations, ACH Entry, micro-entry