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What Banks Crossing $1 Billion in Assets Need to Know

What Banks Crossing $1 Billion in Assets Need to Know

Banks crossing the $1 billion threshold need to think about a lot more than FDICIA requirements. Risk management and internal controls should be on your ra…

Aug 31, 2023 5 min read
Managing Risks Like An Astronaut

Managing Risks Like An Astronaut

Discover NASA’s risk matrix. How does your financial institution assess and manage risk? What can we learn from America’s space agency assessment of risk?

Aug 29, 2023 6 min read
Social Media Risk Assessment for Banks and Credit Unions

Social Media Risk Assessment for Banks and Credit Unions

Does your bank or credit union have a process for assessing and responding to social media risk? How to mitigate social media risk in a post-SVB world

Aug 21, 2023 6 min read
Is Your FI’s Contingency Funding Plan Exam Ready?

Is Your FI’s Contingency Funding Plan Exam Ready?

Prepare your bank’s contingency funding plan (CFP) for increased regulatory scrutiny of liquidity and asset-liability management with expert tips from a ri…

Aug 7, 2023 3 min read
Third-Party Risk Management 101: Is It Easier to Have Less or More Vendor Types?

Third-Party Risk Management 101: Is It Easier to Have Less or More Vendor Types?

The surprising reason why more third-party vendor types actually creates less work for your financial institution – and what it means for risk management

Jul 18, 2023 3 min read
ESG and Vendor Risk Management: What You Need to Know

ESG and Vendor Risk Management: What You Need to Know

Insights on the evolving role of ESG vendor risk management, including regulatory requirements for banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions

Jun 20, 2023 2 min read
Q&A: What Does Innovation Look Like?

Q&A: What Does Innovation Look Like?

Find out how one innovative community bank CEO in Minnesota tripled the size of his bank by serving fintechs while balancing innovation, risk and complianc…

Jun 15, 2023 4 min read
Key Risk Indicators for Banks, Credit Unions and Other Financial Institutions

Key Risk Indicators for Banks, Credit Unions and Other Financial Institutions

Improve your operations at ease. Here're the top examples of key risk indicators (KRIs) for banks to improve risk management.

Jun 1, 2023 5 min read
GRC Satisfaction Levels Revealed: Is Your FI Leading or Lagging?

GRC Satisfaction Levels Revealed: Is Your FI Leading or Lagging?

GRC survey reveal banks and credit union GRC trends, strategies, staffing, and exam experiences, including compliance trends and risk management trends

May 23, 2023 2 min read
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Risk Management Controls: How to Protect Your Financial Institution

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Risk Management Controls: How to Protect Your Financial Institution

How to build an AI risk management control environment at banks, credit unions, mortgage companies and fintechs. Ncontracts can help with that.

May 11, 2023 5 min read
Risk Management Controls in Banking

Risk Management Controls in Banking

Risk management controls intimidate many bankers, but they are easier to understand and implement than you think. Find out the different types and uses.

Apr 18, 2023 6 min read
Are You an Aggressive Risk Taker? The Answer Might Surprise You

Are You an Aggressive Risk Taker? The Answer Might Surprise You

Ignoring risk management is aggressively risky. If you don't engage in risk management, you don't know your financial institution's risk exposure.

Mar 28, 2023 4 min read
How Community Bankers Demonstrate Resilience

How Community Bankers Demonstrate Resilience

Resilience and calm win the day for community bankers responding to SVB’s failure

Mar 17, 2023 3 min read
Credit Unions: Get Exam-Ready for 2023 with Top Takeaways from NCUA’s Supervisory Priorities

Credit Unions: Get Exam-Ready for 2023 with Top Takeaways from NCUA’s Supervisory Priorities

Find out where the NCUA will focus its 2023 credit union exams and how to prepare for them.

Jan 26, 2023 3 min read
What is Knowledge as a Service (KaaS)?

What is Knowledge as a Service (KaaS)?

KaaS solutions combine technology, data & expertise to make banks, credit unions, mortgage companies and fintechs smarter and more efficient

Jan 24, 2023 5 min read
5 Steps for Easing into ERM

5 Steps for Easing into ERM

Putting off adopting ERM leaves risk unchecked at your financial institution. Make ERM less overwhelming with these five implementation tips.

Jan 4, 2023 4 min read
ERM 101: What’s Your FI’s Risk Appetite?

ERM 101: What’s Your FI’s Risk Appetite?

Enterprise risk management at financial institutions starts with a board-defined risk appetite

Nov 15, 2022 3 min read
M&A: Getting a Handle on Risk and Compliance During the Acquisition Process

M&A: Getting a Handle on Risk and Compliance During the Acquisition Process

Whether your institution is looking to acquire or be acquired, it’s important to have a good handle on risk and compliance.

Nov 10, 2022 4 min read
Training Enterprise Risk Management Heroes – Maximizing the Board & C-Suite

Training Enterprise Risk Management Heroes – Maximizing the Board & C-Suite

Understanding the role the board, CEO, CFO and Chief Risk Officer (CRO) play in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and why the C-suite needs to be proactive

Oct 12, 2022 5 min read
Risk Management 101: Risk Assessments for Financial Institutions

Risk Management 101: Risk Assessments for Financial Institutions

A step-by-step guide through the risk assessment process for banks, credit unions, mortgage companies, with real-world risk assessment examples.

Sep 30, 2022 26 min read
ERM: Making the Connection

ERM: Making the Connection

One of the most frustrating things about the banking world (and life in general) is that there is often a disconnect between how things should be

Sep 1, 2022 3 min read
What are the gaps in your strategy? Here are 7 questions to ask

What are the gaps in your strategy? Here are 7 questions to ask

Ensure that your financial institution’s risk management tools and strategy meet the needs of today’s risk management environment.

Jun 14, 2022 3 min read
Quiz: What Type of Compliance Officer Are You? (Stranger Things Edition)

Quiz: What Type of Compliance Officer Are You? (Stranger Things Edition)

Which character from Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things best represents your style of compliance management?

May 25, 2022 4 min read
FDIC to Banks Considering Crypto: Ask for Permission, Not Forgiveness

FDIC to Banks Considering Crypto: Ask for Permission, Not Forgiveness

Risk management is essential to crypto innovation at banks and credit unions.

May 17, 2022 2 min read
Reputation Risk: Just Say No to Cannabis Banking?

Reputation Risk: Just Say No to Cannabis Banking?

Does banking marijuana businesses align with your financial institution’s mission, vision & values?

May 5, 2022 4 min read
Weeding Out the Bad Actors: The Dangers of Marijuana Banking

Weeding Out the Bad Actors: The Dangers of Marijuana Banking

Legal gray areas and criminal activity make marijuana banking high risk

Apr 20, 2022 4 min read
3 Risk, Compliance & Vendor Management Mistakes that Cost a Fintech $11.5 Million in Fines

3 Risk, Compliance & Vendor Management Mistakes that Cost a Fintech $11.5 Million in Fines

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says that GreenSky let contractors and other merchants take out $9 million in loans to consumers without...

Apr 12, 2022 5 min read
15% of Credit Unions Have Consumer Compliance Violations. Are You One of Them?

15% of Credit Unions Have Consumer Compliance Violations. Are You One of Them?

Weak compliance management systems causing credit union consumer compliance violations

Mar 15, 2022 2 min read
Why You Need to Assess the Risk of Russian Sanctions on Your Institution

Why You Need to Assess the Risk of Russian Sanctions on Your Institution

Whether or not your institution does business in Russia, sanctions can impact your institution. Be prepared. 

Feb 28, 2022 4 min read
How a Company Intranet Can Help Create a Culture of Compliance and Mitigate Risk

How a Company Intranet Can Help Create a Culture of Compliance and Mitigate Risk

A company intranet is a valuable tool to help a financial institution's employees adopt the mindset of compliance and risk management

Feb 17, 2022 3 min read