The Risk Management Association

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, RMA Credit Risk Council Chair Seth Waller, chief credit officer at TIAA Bank, discusses the advantages of a dual, or quantitative, risk rating system versus a single, or qualitative, approach. If your institution is interested in moving from single to dual risk rating and/or for information on RMA’s Dual Risk Rating solution, please visit RMA’s website at https://landing.rmahq.org/dualriskrating or send an email to [email protected].

Linda Tuck Chapman, President, Ontala Performance Solutions, discusses third-party risk management as it relates to asset management and/or compliance.

RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski interviewed Lori Calhoun, chief risk officer at Dollar Bank, on the key findings of a recent RMA survey, which captured the maturity and development of the Three Lines of Defense, organizational structure, roles and responsibilities, and best practices.

Jacob Kosoff, Head of Model Risk Management and Validation, Regions Banks, discusses the importance of adopting a top-down approach to model governance that inventories the business capabilities of models, identifies essential business outputs derived from models, and determines which model capabilities are most critical to these processes.

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Sylwia Czajkowska, Associate Director of Operational Risk at RMA, and Christe Smith, Director of Third-Party Risk at Bank OZK, discuss some of the key findings from a recent survey on the current state of COVID-19 and its impact on third-party risk management practices.

Nick Klein, Senior Credit Risk Review Officer, Ephrata National Bank, discusses the importance of developing a hemp lending plan and the need to work with your lending, legal, and compliance teams to understand what is required of you and your farmer to ensure everyone is operating within the law.

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, RMA Community Bank Council Chair Crystal Humphreys, Senior Vice President and Director of Risk Management at American National Bank of Texas, discusses key findings from RMA’s recent survey on top issues and current trends affecting community banks.

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Inpensa Co-Founder, President, and CEO Suraj Nekram discussed what banks need to consider as they pursue their own transformation journeys. To view the complimentary webinar on this topic, visit: https://www.rmahq.org/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=685662995

Cris Shreve, Audit Director, Strategy & Solutions, TD Ameritrade, shares how she worked with representatives from the second line of business to align on various overlapping areas between the first line business unit and the second and third lines.

In the second of a two-part series, Linda Tuck Chapman, President, Ontala Performance Solutions, discusses the impact of third-party relationships on returning to facilities. Chapman also discusses RMA’s document, “SARS-COV-2: Recommendations for Third Parties Working from Home & Returning to Facilities,” which is an appendix to RMA’s existing document “SARS-COV-2 Principles of Workforce Return to Facilities,” which is the work of RMA’s Operational Risk Council.