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Course Topics Practice Exercises & Try This at Your Bank Exercises Meeting Materials (Meeting Materials content may include case study material for Insights Bank and Trust, examples, and supporting lessons for the main part of the course.)
1. The Call to Order - Your Job As A Bank Director

What You Need to Know Basic Explanation

Join the Meeting An Invitation to Serve
Meet the Board
Board and Director Responsibilities
Understanding Banks and Bank Regulations Practice

Review the Reports Your Meeting Materials
Getting Organized

The Board's Response Advice from An Outside Director
One Director's Story
Supervisory Actions
Attributes of a Good Bank Director
Practice

Your Orientation
A History in Minutes
Your Bank's Supervisor
Board Basics for your Bank
Red Flags for the Board of Directors
Why Boards Have Committees
Your Board's Committees
Supervisory Actions

Ten Commandments for Directors
Ageless Advice from a Bank Supervisor
The Balance Sheet
The Income Statement
Minutes from Previous Board Meeting
Bank Director's Oath
Important Corporate Documents
Director Responsibilities
Common Board Committees
Sample Director Self-Assessment
Corporate Governance: Internal Players
Corporate Governance: Supervisory Agencies
Corporate Governance: 10 Best Practices
Red Flags for the Board of Directors
Banking Supervision
D&O Liability Insurance
Effective Committee Practices
FDIC Lawsuits Against Directors
Indemnification Regulation
Formal Actions against a Bank
Director Responsibilities
2. Financial Report - Evaluating Financial Performance

What You Need to Know Basic Explanation

Join the Meeting The "Visions for Success" Program

Types of Risk
Sources of Risk

Review the Reports Monitoring Portfolio Risk
Basic Financial Reports
Financial Information on the Web

The Board's Response Options for Reducing Risk
Management Oversight
Policies and Procedures
Risk Monitoring
Internal Controls

Practice Exercises Identifying Risk
What types of risk is Insights Bank facing?
Evaluating the "Visions for Success" Program
Quick Quiz: Portfolio Risk

Identify Sources of Risk
Derivation of Net Income
Your Risk Control Environment
Review Your Bank's UBPR

The Balance Sheet
The Income Statement
Basic Ratio Analysis
Making Financial Comparisons
Minutes from Previous Board Meeting
Basic Elements of Policies

3. The Harvard Westerman Loan - A Large Loan that may Present Policy Exceptions (Credit Risk)

What You Need to Know Basic Explanation

Join the Meeting The Harvard Westerman Loan Proposal

The Consequences of Credit Risk
Small Bank Example
Credit Quality vs. Bank Income

Review the Reports Making Credit Decisions
Lending Limits
Summary Loan Reports
Detailed Loan Reports
The Watch List Report

The Board's Response Response to the Harvard Westerman Loan Proposal

Common Elements of Loan Policies
Policy Exceptions
Creating an Effective Loan Policy

Practice Exercises Check for Red Flags of Lending in the Harvard Westerman Proposal
Evaluate the Harvard Westerman Loan Proposal using the "5 P's" of Credit
Quick Quiz: Loan Policy

What Requires Board Approval?
The Cost of Mistakes in Lending
Large Loan Policies
Loan Grades
Real Estate as Collateral
Common Practices at Small Banks
Loan Policy Exceptions
Your Loan Policy

Harvard Westerman Loan Proposal
Poor Lending Practices
The Credit Checklist
Asset Quality Assessments
Loan Policy Guidelines

4. The Sam Wilson Loan - Regulatory Issues in Lending

What You Need to Know Basic Explanation

Join the Meeting Sam Wilson Loan Proposal

Review the Reports The Loan Presentation Sheet
Evaluate the Credit Risk
Consider the Applicable Regulations

The Board's Response Response to The Sam Wilson Loan Proposal

Practice Exercises Use the Credit Checklist to evaluate the Sam Wilson Proposal

Sam Wilson Loan Presentation Sheet
The Credit Checklist
Loan Policy Guidelines
Regulation B
Regulation W
Regulation O

5. The Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

What You Need to Know Basic Explanation

Join the Meeting Insights' Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

The Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses
Regulatory Guidance on the ALLL
Components of an Adequate Reserve
Estimating an Adequate Reserve

Review the Reports ALLL Reports
FAS 114 Analysis
FAS 5 Analysis

The Board's Response Response to the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

Is There an Adequate Reserve?
ALLL Written Policies and Procedures

Practice Exercises Identifying Impaired Loans
Increasing the Provision for Loan and Lease Losses
The Effect of Previously Charged-off Loans on the ALLL Balance
Self Check: Insights' ALLL

What the Minutes Can Tell You
Determining an Adequate Reserve
Disagreements Among Board Members

ALLL Policy Guidelines
Asset Quality Assessments
Basic Ratio Analysis
Making Financial Comparisons

6. The Asset and Liability Committee Report - Market and Liquidity Risk

What You Need to Know Basic Explanation

Join the Meeting The Asset and Liability Committee Report

Factors That Affect Bank Liquidity
Sources of Market Risk

Review the Reports Monitoring Liquidity and Market Risk
Monitoring Bank Liquidity
Financial Modeling
Gap Analysis
Earnings at Risk (EAR) Models
Practice

The Board's Response Response to the Asset and Liability Committee Report

Liquidity and Market Risk Management
Managing Liquidity Through Assets and Liabilities
Liquidity Policy
The Investment Policy
Using Reports to Manage Liquidity and Market Risk
Practice

Practice Exercises Insights’ Liquidity Position: Use the Balance Sheet
Market Risk
Quick Quiz: Market Risk
Insights' Liquidity Position: Summary Ratios
Gap Analysis
Gap Analysis for Insights Bank and Trust
EAR report for Insights Bank and Trust
Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Quiz 3

What do you know about the asset and liability management at your bank?
Your Bank’s Funding Sources
Capital Adequacy
Your Bank’s Liquidity
Market Risk
The Liquidity Ratio Summary
Gap Analysis
EAR Models
Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity Securities
Liquidity Policy
Compliance with Liquidity and Investment Policies
Market Risk Policy
Market Risk Reports
Management Response to Market Risk

Basic Investment Concepts for Banks
ALCO Committee Minutes
Capital Adequacy
Policy Guidelines
7. Forensic Report on Fraud

What You Need to Know Basic Explanation

Join the Meeting Fraud at the Bank
Operational Risk Defined
Sources of Operational Risk
Practice/Exercises

Review the Reports Monitoring Operational Risk
Practice

The Board's Response Response to the Forensic Accounting Report

The Risk Management Process
Business Continuity Plans
Final Thoughts
Practice

Practice Exercises What is Operational Risk?
Monitoring Operational Risk
Mr. Bent's Forensic Accounting Report
Information Technology Risk
Payment Systems Risk: Check 21
Payment Systems Risk: ATM
Payment Systems Risk: ACH
Payment Systems Risk: EFT
Bank Operations Risk
Financial Reporting
Correspondent Bank Accounts
Fixed Assets
Insurance
Other Assets and Liabilities
Loan Operations
Suspicious Activity Reports

Information Technology Risk
Payment Systems Risk
Bank Operations Risk
Business Continuity Planning
Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)
Risk Assessment
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
8. Adjourn - Send us your feedback

Complete our Online Survey



9. Appendix - Spotlight on the Audit Committee

Spotlight on the Audit Committee

Your Audit Committee's Charter
Red Flags for your Audit Committee

Evaluating the Audit Function
External Auditor Responsibilities
The Internal Audit Function
Defining "Financial Expert"
Reading Audit Reports
Red Flags for the Audit Committee
Sample Audit Plan
Sample Audit Committee Charter
Audit Committee: Required Discussions and Reports
Prohibited Nonaudit Services
Requirements for Financial Statements
Sample Resources Report

Resources

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has published the following books. Contact your district Reserve Bank to obtain a free copy:

Basics for Bank Directors (112 page pdf). Written by Forest E. Myers

Basics for Bank Directors is structured around the CAMELS rating system, Capital, Asset quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity and Sensitivity to Market risk. It presents basic matters to review under each of the rating components and poses questions you might ask if you see problems evolving in these areas.

Banking Regulation: Its Purposes, Implementation and Effects (281 page pdf). Written by Kenneth Spong.

Banking Regulation provides basic information on the U.S. bank regulatory framework and describes in layman terms the laws and regulations under which banks operate and why we have them.


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