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The FDIC’s annual Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights pinpoint problem areas examiners encountered during the previous year. The agency’s 2024 report found some common themes, including third-party mistakes and misrepresentation, fair lending miscues, and overcharging consumers on banking fees. Learn more about takeaways from the report and compliance pitfalls to avoid.
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The importance of vendor risk management extends beyond your third-party service providers or even their vendors (fourth parties). Explore considerations for managing other sources of risk across your institution, including second parties (your customers or members), fifth parties, and beyond.
Get a rundown of the biggest third-party risks facing banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions. Explore 10 different risk types — from operational risk to compliance risk, cyber risk, and more — along with suggestions on specific areas to review in each category.
Due diligence is a regulatory requirement for banks, but its benefits go beyond compliance — it also helps minimize risk exposure and support healthy vendor relationships. Make sure your bank’s processes are up to the task by considering criteria for evaluating third parties, plus tips to make due diligence easier.