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Upcoming BCG Seminars
BCG's monthly Seminars are one of the most popular features of BCG membership. Each Member is allowed to register up to 20 people to attend a monthly Seminar, including a new option to register for our BCG Seminar Recording Playbacks. BCG Seminars collectively cover a myriad of topics, including Electronic Banking, Compliance Management, Financial Privacy, Information Security, Commercial Real Estate Lending, Construction Lending, Loan Workouts and Collections, and many more.
Listed below are the next few BCG Monthly Seminars. Please click on a title below to view a brief description of each Seminar. Additional Seminars will be posted as their respective dates approach. If you have any questions or require further information, please contact us.
Download the 2026 BCG Seminar Schedule Here!
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June 2026
Given the recent international conflicts, imposition of tariffs, and the continued uncertainty in the economy, there continues to be a focus on issues related to international commerce and issuing and negotiating letters of credit, including the examination of documents. Bankers Compliance Group® is pleased to invite you to attend our Seminar on Letters of Credit in Uncertain Times.
During this Seminar, we will start with a discussion about the basics of letters of credit and the rules that govern letters of credit, followed by a more focused discussion on standby and commercial letters of credit and related issues. We will then end our day discussing hot topics related to letters of credit, including the use of evergreen standby letters of credit with automatic extension provisions, issues related to governing law and sanction clauses, and other hot topics.
July 2026
Aldrich & Bonnefin, PLC is pleased to invite you and your operations staff to attend a Seminar addressing operations compliance. We will discuss a number of important banking operations compliance areas.
The presentation will include issues and processes triggered when an institution is notified of an account holder’s death. This death of depositor discussion will include small estate processes, as well as estates subject to probate.
An overview of certain IRS information reporting obligations will also be addressed, including 1099-INT, 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, 1099-C, 1099-A, 1098 and the NEW 1098-VLI.
We will also discuss powers of attorney, including content requirements and related risks (general, durable, statutory, and trustee scenarios).
Lastly, we will address recent operations “hot topics” and regulatory developments.
August 2026
"Everything old is new again” when it comes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) landscape today. Years of rulemaking had the industry anticipating a new final rule becoming effective on January 1, 2026. However, litigation and changes in agency priorities have resulted in a legal stay and rescission proposal of the new rule. Yet, the regulatory landscape is still developing and there are many outstanding questions regarding current and future rules, implementation, supervision, etc.
For now at least, the old rule is new again as institutions remain subject to the CRA framework first adopted by the agencies in 1995. That’s why we have designed our CRA Seminar to assist you in understanding the rules that the agencies are assessing you under today. We’ll review performance criteria that apply to each type of bank (large, intermediate small, and small), what qualifies as “community development,” and how a bank’s performance context – such as its capacity and constraints and the needs and opportunities within its assessment areas – can impact its CRA performance. We discuss recent developments and help you prepare for your next CRA exam.
As compliance and CRA professionals are aware, the examination process continues to stress the importance of CRA compliance. CRA examinations evaluate the results of a bank’s lending activities, and for some banks their community development investment and service activities, in meeting the credit needs of local communities, including LMI individuals and neighborhoods. As such, banks need to implement effective strategies for meeting their CRA obligations.
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