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Navigating Fintech Partnerships: Best Practices for Financial Institutions

Navigating Fintech Partnerships: Best Practices for Financial Institutions

Learn how your financial institution can mitigate risk and maximize opportunities when partnering with fintech companies.

Dec 17, 2024 5 min read
Navigating Compliance Challenges: Lessons from Credit Union Enforcement Actions

Navigating Compliance Challenges: Lessons from Credit Union Enforcement Actions

Learn from the mistakes of credit unions and explore how your financial institution can mitigate risk and elevate your compliance program. 

Dec 11, 2024 6 min read
5 Business Continuity Red Flags in Vendor Relationships and How to Address Them

5 Business Continuity Red Flags in Vendor Relationships and How to Address Them

Explore the vendor issues that could damage your institution and learn strategies for effectively navigating third-party risk management (TRPM).

Nov 27, 2024 6 min read
What is AI Washing, and What Are the Risks?

What is AI Washing, and What Are the Risks?

Understand the concept of AI washing and other AI risks financial institutions face, along with the controls you can implement to mitigate these risks.

Nov 21, 2024 6 min read
Morgan Stanley's $100+ Million Vendor Management Mistake

Morgan Stanley's $100+ Million Vendor Management Mistake

Take a look at how deficient vendor management has come back to haunt Morgan Stanley to the tune of a $60 million fine from the OCC.

Oct 22, 2023 4 min read
What is a Third-Party Vendor?

What is a Third-Party Vendor?

What is a third-party vendor? How do you manage risk for third and fourth-party vendors? Here’s what your financial institution needs to know to comply.

Jul 17, 2023 4 min read
Third-Party Provider Data Breaches: 3 Lessons Learned

Third-Party Provider Data Breaches: 3 Lessons Learned

Tips for managing and mitigating third-party data breaches at financial institutions

Mar 9, 2023 4 min read
4 Reasons to Add Cyber Monitoring to Your Vendor Management Program

4 Reasons to Add Cyber Monitoring to Your Vendor Management Program

The insights cyber monitoring provides can help you learn more about your vendor’s cyber risk by giving you answers to questions

Apr 5, 2022 2 min read
8 Vendor Management Practices Examiners Are Looking For

8 Vendor Management Practices Examiners Are Looking For

Third-party vendors play a critical role in compliance. Therefore, examiners are looking for 8 vendor management practices.

Mar 30, 2022 2 min read
How Many Vendors Should Your Financial Institution Have?

How Many Vendors Should Your Financial Institution Have?

The number of bank, credit union, and mortgage broker third-party vendors isn’t nearly as important as identifying them all.

Nov 16, 2021 2 min read
What Is a SOC Report and How Can I Use it for Vendor Management?

What Is a SOC Report and How Can I Use it for Vendor Management?

Financial institutions can use SOC reports as the first step in third-party due diligence, but true vendor management demands a deeper look.

Oct 19, 2021 2 min read
Ncontracts Challenges the Gartner Vendor Management Magic Quadrant

Ncontracts Challenges the Gartner Vendor Management Magic Quadrant

Ncontracts remains fully focused on developing functionality for financial services customers across the US.

Aug 31, 2021 1 min read
The Future of Vendor Management: What the Proposed Federal Third-Party Guidance Means for Your Bank

The Future of Vendor Management: What the Proposed Federal Third-Party Guidance Means for Your Bank

Risk Management aims for a unified approach to vendor management, integrating oversight and accountability.

Jul 22, 2021 3 min read
How Third-Party Oversight and Complaint Management Could Have Prevented an $11.5 Million UDAAP Enforcement Action—and What It Means for Your Vendor Management

How Third-Party Oversight and Complaint Management Could Have Prevented an $11.5 Million UDAAP Enforcement Action—and What It Means for Your Vendor Management

Poor vendor oversight, complaint management, and risk controls hurt consumers.

Jul 20, 2021 4 min read
3 Ways to Identify Critical Vendors for your Financial Institution

3 Ways to Identify Critical Vendors for your Financial Institution

Are you making this critical vendor management policy mistake? It may be time to review your policies.

Jun 8, 2021 2 min read
Vendor Management: Which ‘Friend’ Will Be There for You?

Vendor Management: Which ‘Friend’ Will Be There for You?

We thought we’d have a little fun with Friends by asking which Friend you’d hire for a vendor management role at your financial institution.

May 27, 2021 4 min read
6 Features to Look for in a Contract Management Software

6 Features to Look for in a Contract Management Software

Here are 6 features a contract management software should have to improve how financial companies manage third-party vendor contracts.

Apr 29, 2021 2 min read
How to Lighten Your Vendor Management Workload

How to Lighten Your Vendor Management Workload

Here are the most effective ways to lighten your vendor management workload while still ensuring your vendors are properly managed.

Apr 13, 2021 4 min read
How to Review Critical Vendors' Cybersecurity

How to Review Critical Vendors' Cybersecurity

A good vendor management is a place to review and assess the cybersecurity of critical vendors.

Mar 2, 2021 4 min read
Why Vendor BCP Matters: Texas Storm Knocks Massachusetts CU Offline

Why Vendor BCP Matters: Texas Storm Knocks Massachusetts CU Offline

According to one Massachusetts credit union, a historic storm in Texas meant a multi-day outage showing that vendor BCP matters.

Feb 23, 2021 3 min read
3 Lessons Learned from a Third-Party Vendor Breach

3 Lessons Learned from a Third-Party Vendor Breach

Late last year while the SolarWinds breach was drawing attention another third-party vendor breach was also wreaking havoc - here are the 3 lessons learned

Feb 18, 2021 3 min read
9 Steps for Successful New Vendor Onboarding

9 Steps for Successful New Vendor Onboarding

Read to find out 9 steps for successful new vendor onboarding to set them up strategically, efficiently, and compliantly.

Feb 16, 2021 4 min read
Is Your Vendor Prepared for Disaster?

Is Your Vendor Prepared for Disaster?

Recent analysis conducted by the FDIC’s OIG finds that just half of vendor contracts it reviewed “explicitly included business continuity provisions.”

Sep 22, 2020 3 min read
Incident Tracking: 4 Benefits & 5 Best Practices

Incident Tracking: 4 Benefits & 5 Best Practices

Incident tracking is an important part of any vendor management system with many benefits and can be an effective tool when handled properly.

Aug 27, 2020 3 min read
9 Benefits Of Vendor Management Software Vs Manual Tracking

9 Benefits Of Vendor Management Software Vs Manual Tracking

When it comes to vendor management software, some financial institutions rely on a combination of spreadsheets, email, and shared drive files.

May 28, 2020 3 min read
3 Take-aways from the OCC Third-Party Vendors Relationship FAQ

3 Take-aways from the OCC Third-Party Vendors Relationship FAQ

The OCC released a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) supplement to OCC Bulletin 2013-29 that gives more clarity on regulations around third-party vendors.

Mar 10, 2020 3 min read
Due Diligence 101: Are On-Site Visits Required?

Due Diligence 101: Are On-Site Visits Required?

Let’s start with guidance on the subject. There is very little guidance requiring on-site due diligence. It’s peppered with words like “may” or...

Jun 4, 2019 4 min read
Brokered Deposits & Vendor Management

Brokered Deposits & Vendor Management

As the industry pushes for more flexibility to make it easier to work with deposit brokers, bankers can help make their case with strong vendor management.

May 10, 2019 3 min read
Vendor Management

Vendor Management

Vendor management refers to all the systems, strategies, and techniques used to get more value from every vendor and third-party service provider

Oct 31, 2018 1 min read
Vendor Management Best Practices

Vendor Management Best Practices

Learn vendor management best practices ranching from good communication to having the correct procedures in place.

Oct 31, 2018 2 min read