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The RMA Journal recently interviewed Mauro Guillen, holder of the Zandman Endowed Professorship in International Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In the interview, he discusses his book, "2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything," and the ways the enormous geopolitical, demographic, and climate-related changes we are about to experience will affect the banking industry. Here is a clip from that interview where he talks about challenges and opportunities for banks in the future. The full interview can be found in the February edition of The RMA Journal.

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In March 2020, RMA conducted a survey on the potential for negative rates in the U.S. The survey originated in discussions with the RMA Market Risk Council as coronavirus uncertainty dominated the markets and the Federal Open Markets Committee took the Fed Funds Target Rate to the effective zero rate “floor.” Council members concluded that a survey covering the potential for a U.S. negative rates policy, the probable industry impact, and financial firms’ readiness to operate in a negative rates environment would be valuable to the industry. Fran Garritt, Director of Global Markets Risk and Securities Lending at RMA, and Thomas Gregory, long-time member of RMA’s Global Markets Council, discuss insights from the “Negative Rates Preparedness and Strategy” white paper, the likelihood and consequences of a negative rates policy, and how regulators plan to address the issue. To read the paper in its entirety, visit www.rmahq.org/focus-on-the-negative-banks-assessment-of-the-potential-for-the-us-negative-rates-policy-and-their-preparedness/

In this installment of the monthly podcast series on credit risk and model risk management, Fran Garritt, Director of Global Markets Risk and Securities Lending at RMA. and Kevin Oden, Founder and Managing Partner of Kevin D. Oden & Associates and Managing Director of RMA’s Model Validation Consortium, discuss the differences between ALLL and CECL, the impact of the switch to CECL on modeling, and the concepts, processes, or practices that may exist under CECL. For more information on RMA's Model Validation Consortium, visit landing.rmahq.org/mvc.

In the first installment of a series on model risk management, Fran Garritt, Director of Credit and Global Markets Risk at RMA, and Kevin Oden, Founder and Managing Partner of Kevin D. Oden & Associates and Managing Director of RMA's Model Validation Consortium, discuss RMA's recent white paper on its model risk framework for small institutions that includes model development, model validation, model risk management. For more information on RMA's Model Validation Consortium, visit https://landing.rmahq.org/mvc

Joe Iraci, Chair of RMA's Operational Risk Council, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on negative interest rates.

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Director of Professional Development Monique Donahue discusses RMA’s self-directed online courses that allow participants to advance through the all-digital material following the pathway that best meets their needs. Information on how to register and the list of courses can be found here: https://landing.rmahq.org/self-directedlearning/

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In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Stephanie Lyon, Vice President of Compliance at Ncontracts, discusses consumer complaint trends; the importance of managing consumer complaints; and best practices to strengthen your consumer complaint management program. Ncontracts will be sponsoring a webinar on this topic on December 9: https://www.rmahq.org/MeetingDetail.aspx?productId=686105540

Ncontracts will also be sponsoring a virtual forum titled “Fair Lending Compliance Best Practices & Analysis of Your Program” on December 8 and 10, which will discuss fair lending compliance risk and help you to understand your program and where you want to be: https://www.rmahq.org/MeetingDetail.aspx?productId=686116655

Joseph Breeden, President of Prescient Models LLC, discusses how COVID-19 has impacted modeling in the financial industry. You can purchase Breeden's RMA-published book titled "Perspectives on Credit Risk, Portfolio Management, and Capital" here: https://www.amazon.com/Perspectives-Credit-Portfolio-Management-Capital-ebook/dp/B00SVE6P3S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=joseph+breeden+rma&qid=1605106951&sr=8-1

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, RMA Global Markets Risk and Securities Lending Director Fran Garritt, discusses RMA’s white paper titled “The New Normal | Digital Asset Corporate Actions.” Through the paper, RMA aims to facilitate prompt discussion of emerging technologies that help transform securities lending’s end-to-end workflow.

In an interview with Brookline Bancorp Director of Corporate Credit Policy Maureen McCarthy, Bank Rhode Island Senior Credit Risk Manager Richard Dunn and Brookline Bancorp Senior Workout Specialist Meghan Breuer share their knowledge and insights on loan workout.