Month: February 2021
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CFPB “Hiring Spree” Signals New Enforcement Posture
As we have written here before, the election of the Biden-Harris ticket was sure to foretell a new regulatory approach to managing banks and banking. Given the “loosening” of oversight in the previous four years where nary a nasty audit was to be found and headline screaming consent orders were few and far between, it […]
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Wire Fraud Remains a Key Cyber Liability Issue for Banks. Here Are Some Best Practices
It is only in the past several years that banks and mortgage lenders have faced heightened risk from wire fraud losses. In this time period lenders have been forced to uncover and defend the wide-spread use of various cyber schemes, including basic phishing using mass-market emails, spear phishing, using cyber intrusion tactics to go after […]
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Transition to Permanent Work at Home Rules Increases Lender Risk from Third Party Vendors
When vendors allow employees to work from home, lenders face heightened service provider risk due to significantly relaxed operational oversight as well as non-sterile work environments where sensitive data can be lost or exploited more easily. Recent industry and news reports have discussed widespread efforts to make permanent work at home rules for employees. In […]
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