Exam 1: Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager

On March 1, First National Bank opened three accounts: 1) a savings account for Margaret Nelson, who did not have a TIN but signed a certification that she had applied for one; 2) a money market savings account for Linda Miller, who could not remember her TIN but promised to provide it at the earliest possible date; and 3) a certificate of deposit for John Whiteside, who completed a Form W-9 but provided a TIN with only eight numbers. Ms. Nelson provided her newly acquired TIN to the bank on April 15, Ms. Miller provided her TIN on April 5, and Mr. Whiteside provided his TIN to the bank on March 10. Interest was paid on all of these accounts on March 31, and the bank withheld 28 percent of the interest payments. On April 20 all the payees requested that the withheld interest be refunded. What should the bank do?

Martha Whitmire, the BSA Compliance Officer for First National Bank, is responsible for monitoring the bank's daily currency activity and wire transfers, for compliance with information retention and reporting requirements. Ms. Whitmire notices during her review on March 10 that, during the previous two weeks, a transaction occurred on the same account several times during the week. The activity appeared at one branch office as cash deposits in dollar amounts under the reporting thresholds. Ms. Whitmire discusses this activity with the branch manager and determines that this same deposit activity occurred several times during the previous six weeks. She then conducts a more extensive examination of the account's activity for several months and discovers that cash deposits were made at one branch office and purchases of bank cashiers checks were made by withdrawals from the same account at a different branch office. All withdrawals and purchases of cashier's checks were for the identical amount as the cash deposits. Which statement best describes Ms. Whitmire's responsibility?

Mr. Roberts has three loans at First National Bank: Loan A made to purchase a car, secured by the car; Loan B made to purchase stock, secured by a lake lot; and Loan C made to pay taxes, secured by a rental house he owns. Last year he paid $2,500 in interest on Loan A; $550 in interest on Loan B; and $1,000 in interest on Loan C. How much interest will First National Bank report to the IRS?

ACME National bank uses telephone solicitations to sell its debt cancellation contracts. The banker explains to the borrower the nature of the contract, gives an oral short form disclosure, receives the customer's affirmative election orally, and sends the written long form disclosures and written affirmative election within three business days. Is the bank in compliance with the telephone solicitation rules as they apply to affirmative elections?

Records that must be retained for deposit accounts include which of the following?

This is a loan term or an arrangement that modifies a loan term under which a bank agrees to cancel all or part of a customer's loan obligation on the occurrence of a specified event. It may be included as a part of the loan documents, or it may be a separate agreement. What is it?

The Reserve Bank may recover by charging any account on its books maintained by the sender if:

An individual comes into the bank and makes a $6,000 cash deposit into a checking account. At the same time, the individual buys a $7,000 cashier's check with cash. According to the Bank Secrecy Act, what is the bank is required to do?

In a motor vehicle lease, a mathematical progression showing how the periodic payment is derived, containing the following information:

Mrs. Franklin has two mortgage loans at First National Bank on which she makes monthly payments. On Loan A she made 13 payments last year, mailing the last payment on December 28. It was received the afternoon of January 2 and credited on January 3. The amount of interest paid on Loan A in the first 12 payments was $1,000. There was $155 of interest on the 13th payment. On Loan B, she made 12 payments; each contained interest accrued to the fourth day of the month. The last payment was mailed on December 19 and was received and credited on December 23. The last payment contained interest accrued to January 4. The total interest paid on Loan B was $2,000, of which $100 accrued between January 1 and January 4 of the next year. How much interest must First National Bank report?

Bob's wife is HIV-positive due to a blood transfusion during an appendectomy 15 years ago. She is not yet sick, but takes medication to prevent the onset of AIDS. Bob occasionally needs to take time off from work to take her for testing at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Because of complaints about Bob's exposure to this disease, employees have asked HR to limit his contact with them and with customers. The bank has asked Bob not to eat in the lunchroom with the other employees and has placed Bob in a position where he has limited customer contact. Does this company have any potential ADA liability?

Electronic funds transfers' requirements say that transfers that vary in amount must be communicated to the designated payee within _______________ before the scheduled transfer or may give the consumer the option of receiving notice only when a transfer falls outside a specified range of amounts.

Under Unauthorized transfers-12 CFR 205.6 prerequisites for consumer liability are all of the following EXCEPT:

Generally, a financial institution is required to ascertain if securities certificates they have taken by pledge, transfer, or otherwise have been reported as missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen. When is it NOT required to take such actions?

Initial privacy notice-12CFR332.4; 12CFR40.4; 12 CFR 216.4; 12 CFR 573.4 says that:

What information must be on the loan application registers for home loans on property located within the bank's metropolitan area?

In Processing and evaluating applications-12 CFR 202.6, protected income part is also under discussion. Which of the following considerations is NOT its part?

EFT provides consumers with limitations on liability for unauthorized electronic fund transfers. It includes the following types of funds transfers EXCEPT:

Robin Martin made an individual application to the bank for a car loan. She has just returned to work on a regular basis because she was a full-time homemaker until recently, when her last child entered school. The loan officer would like to ask her about her husband. Under what circumstances can the officer ask Robin about her husband?

ABC National Bank, an independent bank with $120 million in total assets located in a large urban area, is in the process of determining its option for its CRA evaluation. Which of the following options is NOT open to ABC Bank?