Compliance First
Banking Solutions
About Us
Compliance in banking can be more than a full-time job. It requires implementing constantly changing regulations from a complex banking and regulatory system at both the state and federal level. With all this complexity, it is important to have a compliance team that is expert in the field and ready to implement a new solution or identify issues before they become a problem for your bank. Compliance First Banking Solutions is here to help! With customizable compliance solutions, our team of compliance experts and audit professionals can help your bank with a tailored approach.
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Outsourced Compliance Consulting
CFBS offers both long-term compliance management and short-term compliance organization. Our long-term management approach allows our dedicated team to work within your bank for an extended period, developing relationships of trust with your employees and learning what makes your bank and community unique. Here, our compliance specialist can take on the functions of a compliance officer to create and implement a permanent compliance solution and oversee your Bank’s staff as they handle the day in and day out compliance work.
A short-term approach may be preferred for some banks. CFBS can instead work hand in hand with your bank’s compliance officer. Working within your Bank’s structure, our compliance specialist will create a tailored compliance management approach to identify and resolve compliance issues and help train your compliance team to implement strong standards and processes.
There is no one size fits all approach to compliance. CFBS will work closely with you to tailor a compliance solution to fit your bank’s needs. We offer a whole team of compliance experts which will reduce the burden on your employees so they can focus on serving your customers and community.
Contingency planning is a constant concern for community banks. With CFBS, your bank will never be without a compliance specialist. CFBS has multiple compliance experts at its disposal to help prepare your bank for what’s next.
Quarterly Compliance Forum
The Quarterly Compliance Forum is a live Zoom series featuring topics of discussion that center around current compliance and legal issues impacting Kansas banks as well as repetitive issues that have been spotted during audits and how to correct them.
The forums are led by Neal Barclay, CRCM, Lewis Walton, J.D., and Jeff Narron, CRCM, CCBCO, AAP, and occasionally feature a guest speaker from the CFBS team. Sessions usually last 45-60 minutes and are also recorded and distributed for your convenience.
This series is included in the annual BCS membership fee. However, any KBA member may sign up for a year’s worth of Quarterly Compliance Forum sessions at a price of only $275.
Speaking Engagements & Personalized Training Sessions
CFBS offers banks the opportunity to host personalized compliance training sessions for bankers and compliance teams. Training can be conducted in a one-on-one setting or for a group and will be customized to fit your bank’s needs.
We’re here to help
If you are interested in learning more about how Compliance First Banking Solutions can help your bank, please contact us.
Compliance First Banking Solutions offers full scope compliance audits as well as customizable options that can help save you time and money. CFBS auditors include Kansas and Missouri-licensed attorneys, Certified Regulatory Compliance Managers (CRCM), and Accredited ACH Professionals (AAP). Because we specialize in auditing community banks, our auditors have gained valuable knowledge by auditing year-round, and have likely audited a bank like yours recently. This allows CFBS auditors to spot and address examiner’s hot topic issues before they walk in your bank’s door.
CFBS offers audits that can be conducted onsite at your bank or remotely, giving you the flexibility to decide what works best for your bank. You can also choose to contract for one or more audit areas without having to commit to multiple year agreements.
CFBS offers the advantage of having other KBA services standing behind it. For example, if a training problem is detected during an audit, CFBS can refer the bank to KBA’s education services, which can provide the bank with targeted solutions to help resolve issues. If your bank is a member of Kansas Bankers Consulting Services, your bank can utilize KBCS services like policy revisions to assist with audit recommendations once the audit is completed.