Safety / Financial Institutions

We can help your financial institution both mitigate and prevent many losses. Our proactive approach can address your internal control systems and your loss exposure from both employees and external perpetrators.

Our staff is experienced in the risks that face financial institutions, multinational corporations, exporters, wholesalers/retailers and not-for-profit groups. Consultants can audit and consult for regulatory compliance, U.S. Treasury Department regulations for OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control), fraud and embezzlement prevention, capital campaigns, business contingency planning, security policy analysis and E-risk.

We will help you develop a plan and services to meet your specific needs. These include:

• Audit preparations
• Regulatory compliance reviews
• E-risk analysis (internet banking, plastic card, extortion, “denial of service” and router problems, hackers and viruses)
• Fidelity crimes prevention, including D&O
• Business contingency/emergency planning (including data back-up and off-site office establishment)
• Plastic card program analysis (credit and debit card)
• Embezzlement protection
• Fraud prevention strategies
• Extortion risk management
• Funds transfer procedure reviews (fraudulent transfers)
• Credit policy and lending documentation reviews
• ATM risk analysis
• Treasury risk mitigation (interest rate products, bonds, FX, A&L management)
• Collateral security reviews (liquid assets, securities, RE titles)
• Appraisals, exposure reports and “mark to market” issues reviews
• Off-balance-sheet exposure management (leases and more)
• Fraud prevention analysis
• Loss control procedures adherence
• Custom-tailored assessment reports
• Other advisory services as requested