The final numbers are in for 2011, and it was a record year for Director and Officer (D&O) lawsuits by the FDIC. In 2011 alone, 264 defendants were named in FDIC
I’ve mentioned before that financial institutions would be wise to use news reports of security incidents as “what if” table-top training exercises. Here is another one
Although not considered official supervisory guidance, the most recent FDIC Supervisory Insights newsletter offers an instructive early look into how the agency might examine this emerging electronic banking delivery method …
Similar to my previous post on Risk Assessments, I believe Uncertainty is also a 2-part trend:
- Uncertainty about future regulatory changes, and
- Uncertainty about the interpretation of existing …
Information security, business continuity, vendor management, ID theft, RDC, Internet banking…it seems that every time you do anything these days you’re…
With every one else doing their end-of-the-year top ten lists, I thought I might join in and see what topics were most popular with visitors to the Compliance Guru site…

Tom Hinkel has over twenty years experience in IT regulatory compliance, risk management and information security both inside banks and as a consultant for institutions of all sizes, Hinkel also serves as a regulatory compliance resource and certified educator for Safe Systems' bank and credit union clients.