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Bank Director Glossary
Bank Director Glossary includes more than 200 pages of customary terms used by regulators, executive officers, industry consultants, and attorneys. Presented alphabetically with clear and to the...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Business Continuity Management Policy (PLM-072)
Designed to provide a risk management plan to avoid potential losses. Includes policy implementation, bank security, emergency procedures, back-up sites, loss prevention, liquidity, insurance...
Bank Policies & Procedures: CAN SPAM Policy (PLM-338)
Outlines the specific procedures when initiating electronic mail messages to any recipient with the primary purpose of communicating a commercial message, primarily emails whose purpose is to...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Capital, Earnings, and Dividend (PLM-102)
Provides a clear outline of the bank's goals and parameters for maintaining an adequate capital base, and states how the payment of dividends relates to those goals and parameters.
Bank Policies & Procedures: Board of Directors (PLM-100)
Designed to assist the board in recognizing and carrying out its duties and responsibilities for overall direction of the bank. Includes planning and budgeting, monitoring operations, overseeing...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest (PLM-101)
Guides compliance with the Bank Bribery Act. Sets forth the basic policies of ethical conduct, the foundation of basic business standards, and personal conduct. Includes a policy statement which is...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Commercial Lending (PLL-079)
Covers the bank's approach to commercial/business loans, including credit types, interest rates, pricing, borrower information requirements, legal lending limits, credit criteria, collateral,...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Community Reinvestment (PLC-120)
Sets the tone for Community Reinvestment Act compliance, whether by strategic plan or lending, investment, or service tests. Includes information on delineation of assessment area, performance...
Consumer Lending Institute
Make informed credit decisions by developing your ability to evaluate a consumer loan request. This program covers the application process, financial statement analysis, credit analysis, loan...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Real Estate Lending (PLL-083)
Covers in detail the general policies that apply to all real estate secured lending, portfolio diversification, notices, pricing, CRE, product structure, IORR, construction lending, development...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Real Estate Settlement Procedure (PLC-122)
Establishes internal procedures to ensure proper compliance with the act, such as disclosures, escrow accounts, mortgage servicing transfers, and error resolution.
Bank Policies & Procedures: Reconsideration of Value (ROV) Policy (PLM-345)
The Reconsideration of Value Policy is designed to streamline the process of handling appraisal disputes efficiently and in compliance with regulatory guidelines. This customizable policy helps...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Reg B: Equal Credit Opportunity (PLC-118)
Provides guidance for lenders on the requirements of this regulation as well as prescreening, the interview and application process, credit evaluation, action notifications, signature policy, and...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Reg CC: Expedite Funds Availability (PLC-107)
Establishes internal procedures to address proper funds availability, disclosure, collection of checks, return of unpaid checks, and payment of interest on deposited funds.
Bank Policies & Procedures: Interest Rate Risk (PLM-095)
Establishes the guidelines to ensure that the bank is managed to recognize, measure, and control interest rate risk by setting risk limits, strategies, and reporting formats. Updated to reflect the...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Litigation Risk (PLM-211)
Defines the risks associated with real or threatened litigation. Covers legal counsel's role and responsibilities, risk management, assessment of potential losses, and system controls.
Bank Policies & Procedures: Loan Workout Policy (PLL-286)
Establishes an appropriate practice for renewing and restructuring troubled credits. Addresses the requirements that are appropriate for the complexity of the bank’s loans and that are consistent...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Merchant Services (PLL-233)
Guides the bank in managing its relationship with Visa/MasterCard merchants. Topics include management of risk, capital adequacy, merchant approval processes, pricing, and fraud monitoring.
Bank Policies & Procedures: Military Lending Act (PLC-323)
This policy outlines the objective of the Military Lending Act to extend protections to a broader range of closed-end and open-end products. Includes information on the MAPR, disclosure...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Liquidity Risk Management (PLM-096)
Designed to ensure that the bank is managed to provide an adequate level of liquidity to meet both predicted and unexpected cash needs while maintaining a planned net interest margin.