Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Announces 2012 CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced today that its 16th annual CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium will be held Nov. 12 – 15 at The Westin La Cantera in San Antonio, Texas. The unique event is an opportunity for senior compliance and risk management executives at financial services organizations to discuss their most pressing consumer compliance and risk management concerns with top regulators and other industry leaders. This year’s Colloquium is scheduled to feature a number of prominent regulatory officials, bankers and other experts as speakers, including:

“Today’s financial services environment is characterized by constant change and new and complex regulations along with tougher enforcement measures”

• Steven L. Antonakes, associate director for Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
• Donna J. Gambrell, director of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund)
• Sandra Braunstein, director, Consumer and Community Affairs Division, Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
• Grovetta Gardineer, deputy comptroller for Compliance Policy at the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC)
• Mark Pearce, director, Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Eric Halperin, Special Counsel for Fair Lending, Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Rights Division
• Steven Rosenbaum, chief, Housing and Civil Enforcement, DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
• Joel Armstrong, director, Office of Systemic Investigations, Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
• David H. Stevens, president and CEO, Mortgage Bankers Association
• Kenneth H. Thomas, Ph.D., lecturer in Finance, The Wharton School
• Paul Sanford, acting assistant director of Large Bank Supervision, CFPB
• Patrice Ficklin, assistant director for Fair Lending, CFPB

The 2012 Colloquium will feature sessions that cover the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act and other regulatory reform and oversight trends; the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); fair lending requirements; and other consumer compliance concerns and best practices.

In addition, scheduled speakers and panelists include regulators from the DOJ, HUD, FDIC, FRB, and OCC. They will also include bank compliance officers, an executive from the Mortgage Bankers Association, attorneys, and community activist group leaders.

“Today’s financial services environment is characterized by constant change and new and complex regulations along with tougher enforcement measures,” said Raffi Festekjian, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ Finance, Risk & Compliance business. “Financial institutions need to do more with less and become even more operationally efficient when it comes to compliance and risk management. The Colloquium provides them with the information and best practices they need to achieve this.”

Sponsors of this year’s Colloquium include the American Bankers Association (ABA), Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the Independent Community Bankers Association (ICBA).

For more information on registration, the current agenda and list of speakers, or a complimentary press pass, visit the Colloquium website at www.CRAColloquium.com

About Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
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