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13 May

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Lauren Sparks is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) with over 30 years in community banking. Currently she is the President of 3PR, Inc. 3PR specializes in Risk Management, including Regulatory Compliance, BSA/AML Compliance and Internal Control Audits. The firm focuses on compliance, risk assessments, policy and procedures assistance, training, and risk-based audits. The goal at 3PR is to assist clients, both bank and non-bank institutions, in developing a sound and sustainable risk management program.

As a banker, Ms. Sparks held positions ranging from teller to Investment Supervisor to Cashier during her years at a community bank. After leaving the bank, Ms. Sparks practiced risk management in and around the Houston, TX area, administering consumer compliance, internal audit programs and training in the risk management discipline.
She acted as National Director in Risk Management Services for Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions, a national consulting firm. There she provided risk management services, specializing in special projects and high-risk engagements.

In addition to her CRCM, Ms. Sparks holds the designation of Certified Anti- Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). Lauren also achieved an Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) designation, and has written articles for various banking organizations and publications. Ms. Sparks has spoken and presented at the NA-CHA Payments Conference and presented as speaker and panelist at the ABA National Compliance Conference. Most recently she has edited the 2010-2016 editions of the ABA Regulatory Guide to Regulatory Compliance. In 2013 and 2015 she presented at the FFIEC Consumer Compliance Specialists Conference in Washington, D.C.

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06 Mar

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Join us Wednesday, March 23rd at 11:30 am to hear Benay Nachin, CAMS, CRCM discuss BSA/AML/OFAC Trends & Emerging Issues.

Benay Nachin, CAMS, CRCM is an Assistant Director in the AML/BSA Practice at FIS Risk, Information Security & Compliance (RISC) Solutions. She has twenty three years of extensive BSA/AML, consumer compliance, and audit experience at financial institutions. She has strong insight into the challenges faced by institutions of all sizes and she has worked with senior bank management and board members on the complex regulatory and compliance issues facing banks today. Her previous roles include: VP, Enterprise Compliance at one of the top student loan servicing agencies; Chief Compliance Officer at a multi-billion bank; and Enhanced Due Diligence Officer in the Financial Intelligence Unit at a multi-billion dollar bank.

Benay has volunteered her financial expertise internationally, to train new compliance officers in Amman, Jordan on building a sustainable compliance program and to instruct financial pro-fessionals in Russia on AML Typologies. She also has had experience providing consulting ser-vices for Money Services Businesses which included building solid AML programs enabling cli-ents to retain bank accounts.

During her career, she has dealt with State Member Banking regulators, the FDIC, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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12 Jan

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Jacqueline Allen is an associate in the Dallas office of Dykema Cox Smith where she pro-vides legal and bank regulatory counsel to banks, credit unions, and financial services companies. She previously worked in-house for a small dollar lender and as a law clerk at the FDIC, FTC, and HUD. Jacqueline is a graduate of the Southern Methodist University School of Law and holds CRCM, ACAMS, and CIPP-US designations.

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