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A Provider of AIB Products

Regulatory Compliance
for Customer Service Representatives

Course Description:
Customer Service Representatives are often the first "face" the customer sees in the bank. Excellent customer service skills and a thorough knowledge of bank products and services are critical to the relationship created between the bank and the customer. Customer service representatives also need a thorough knowledge of the regulations that affect bank policies and procedures. Regulatory Compliance for Customer Service Representatives offers valuable information on ten regulations that directly affect the responsibilities of Call Center Representatives in most financial institutions. The regulations have been divided into four categories. Each category will take approximately one hour to complete. The lists below show the four categories and the regulations included in each category.
Privacy and Security
  • Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)
  • Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)
  • USA PATRIOT Act
  • Privacy for Customer Contact Personnel

Deposit
  • Expedited Funds Availability Act, Regulation CC
  • Truth in Savings Act, Regulation DD

General Account Inquiry
  • Electronic Funds Transfer Act, Regulation E
  • Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions, Regulation D

Equal Treatment
  • Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Audience:
Customer Service Representatives who need a thorough knowledge of the regulations that affect bank policies and procedures.

Learning Objectives:
After successfully completing this program, you will be able to:
  • Explain their responsibility in complying with the privacy and security regulations by using
      and filing appropriate BSA and OFAC reports, describing accounts that pose risks to the
      bank under the USA PATRIOT Act, and explain the privacy issues that impact customers
      under Privacy for Customer Contact Personnel.
  • Explain their responsibility in complying with the deposit regulations by describing hold
      policies under Regulation CC, account disclosures and inquiries under Regulation DD.
  • Explain their responsibility in complying with general account inquiry regulations by
      describing the effect of Regulation D on the function of various account types,
      and the process of customer notification to the bank under Regulation E.
  • Explain their responsibility in complying with the equal treatment regulations by
      using best practices to avoid discriminating against customers in lending activities
      under ADA, and providing public information under CRA.

Course Credits: AIB: 0.25 ; ICB: 3.75 (CCSR)

Prerequisites: None

Required Software: None

Optional Software: Adobe Acrobat Reader and RealPlayer

Cost: Members $125   •   NonMembers $160


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