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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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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.
September 2026
Given the current state of the economy and world affairs, there is some uncertainty as to what lies ahead for construction and development. As a result, construction lenders must carefully underwrite and structure construction loans in ways that meet their clients’ needs while at the same time protecting the lender and minimizing the potential for losses. A construction lender must also understand and appreciate the importance of due diligence, appropriate structuring of construction loans, sound credit administration and fund control practices, and quickly and smoothly resolving disputes with the key players in construction projects.
With that in mind, Aldrich & Bonnefin is pleased to invite you, your lending professionals, your note department personnel, and your audit and loan review staff to our Construction Lending Seminar. This Seminar will focus on due diligence issues, structuring and administering construction loans, certain critical construction loan issues (such as HVCRE ADC treatment, environmental issues, and credit enhancements), and managing risks associated with mechanic liens and stop notices.
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