The annual meetings of the Bankers Compliance Task Force (BCTF) supported by Jones Walker LLP were held in Collierville, Tennessee, and Flowood, Mississippi, on April 21 and 23, respectively. A wide range of topics were covered, but the focus was primarily on fraud and risk management, including check fraud, elder financial exploitation, BSA/AML/CFT updates and proposals, the new Mississippi law related to deposits made in cryptocurrency kiosks, and the many recent proposals and final rules from the various regulatory agencies. The group also received a Tennessee banking update from JoAnn Schumann of the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions and a Mississippi banking legislation update from Eric Bennett of the Mississippi Bankers Association. Continue reading >