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FFIEC Cyber Security Awareness

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) members are taking a number of initiatives to raise the awareness of financial institutions and their critical third-party service providers with respect to cybersecurity risks and the need to identify, assess, and mitigate these risks in light of the increasing volume and sophistication of cyber threats.

FDIC Guidance on Payment Processor Relationships

The FDIC is issuing the attached guidance that describes potential risks associated with relationships with entities that process payments for telemarketers and other merchant clients. These types of relationships pose a higher risk and require additional due diligence and close monitoring. This guidance outlines risk management principles for this type of higher-risk activity. 

FDIC Banker Resource Center - Third-Party Guidance

Third parties can help financial institutions attain strategic objectives, access expertise, or improve efficiency for a particular activity. The use of third parties does not diminish the responsibility to ensure that the activity is conducted in a safe-and-sound manner.

TPSP vs. TPS: What's the Difference?

Third-Party Service Providers and Third-Party Senders play a valuable role in helping businesses and other organizations benefit from originating ACH payments for services, such as paying employees or collecting rent, homeowners; association (HOA) dues, tuition, or other payments with ACH debits.

With the passing of the Third-Party Sender registration rule, identifying a sender versus a provider is more critical than ever. Failing to identify and register a Third-Party Sender has the possibility of resulting in fines, or at least unwanted attention, from NACHA and regulatory bodies. In this session, we help you analyze and identify which payments intermediary is involved and explain what obligations your Financial Institution has when utilizing Third-Party Service Providers.

This On Demand course may be selected as an elective for the ePayResources ACH Certification Program.

Please note that on-demand courses remain available for 90 calendar days after your registration is processed. Unlimited viewing is allowed within the 90-day period. Once the 90 days have passed, ePayU subscribers accessing Subscriber Content can simply re-register for the course at no charge and begin it again. If you are accessing Premium Content or are not an ePayU subscriber, you must pay an additional registration fee to access a course again after the original 90-day period.

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