A new Bill, H.R. 6312: Credit Union, Bank, and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008, was introduced June 19, 2008, and passed by the House on June 24, 2008.  The bill has now been sent to the Senate and awaits a vote. Read More...

We came across www.bankwide.com several weeks ago.  It appeared to be a growing site designed to provide a platform to share knowledge and resources with the banking community.  I began corresponding with Aiden Michaels (the founder and lead developer for bankwide.com) to find out a little more about Bankwide - below is a response I received from Aiden: Read More...

The FFIEC released the new Business Continuity Planning (BCP) IT Examination Handbook this month.  The prior BCP IT Examination Handbook was released in March, 2003.  A few new key areas include:

• Pandemic Planning
• More emphasis on:
  • Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
  • Risk Assessment
  • Testing

The new BCP IT Examination Handbook has been greatly expanded - to give you an idea, the old BCP booklet (March 2003) was only 57 pages, and the new booklet (March 2008) is 132 pages - more twice the size - this should also give us an indication of the new importance & emphasis placed on Business Continuity.  

To view the new BCP IT Examination Handbook, go to http://www.ffiec.gov/ffiecinfobase/booklets/bcp/bus_continuity_plan.pdf