Regulatory Compliance Flashcards
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The Beneficial Ownership Rule, effective May 2018, requires covered financial institutions to identify and verify the identity of beneficial owners who own what minimum percentage of a legal entity customer?
Answer: 25%
FinCEN's Beneficial Ownership Rule requires identifying all natural persons who own 25% or more of a legal entity customer.
A compliance audit finds that the institution is not providing adverse action notices to declined applicants within 30 days. This violates which regulation?
Answer: Regulation B (ECOA)
Regulation B requires creditors to notify applicants of credit denials and the reasons within 30 days of receiving a completed application.
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Section 302 requires that public company CEOs and CFOs:
Answer: Certify the accuracy of financial reports personally
SOX Section 302 mandates that the CEO and CFO personally certify that financial statements fairly represent the company's financial condition.
The 'opt-in' requirement under Regulation E means that financial institutions must obtain a customer's affirmative consent before:
Answer: Charging overdraft fees on ATM and one-time debit card transactions
Regulation E's opt-in rule prohibits institutions from charging overdraft fees on ATM and everyday debit card transactions unless the customer has explicitly enrolled.
Which type of BSA/AML program element requires financial institutions to provide ongoing education to employees about money laundering red flags?
Answer: Training
Training is one of the five pillars of an effective AML program, ensuring employees can recognize and report suspicious activity.
A bank account manager receives a gift worth $150 from a commercial client after closing a large loan. Under most bank ethics policies, this should be:
Answer: Disclosed to compliance and likely declined or returned
Most bank ethics policies require employees to disclose and often decline gifts above a de minimis threshold to prevent conflicts of interest.
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) primarily requires lenders to collect and report data in order to:
Answer: Identify potential discriminatory lending patterns
HMDA data enables regulators and the public to identify whether lenders are serving all segments of the community and detect fair lending violations.