Are You Liable? Forgeries, Remotely Created/Deposited Items, Fraudulent ACH, Unauthorized Electronic Withdrawals & More
On-Demand Webinar
StreamedJul 1, 2025Duration90 minutes
- Unlimited & shareable access starting two business days after live stream
- Available on desktop, mobile & tablet devices 24/7
- Take-away toolkit
- Ability to download webinar video
- Presenter's contact info for questions
Fraud is virulent, invasive, and widespread – especially in deposit operations.
To further complicate things,
fraudsters are getting smarter and more creative. Identifying and combatting it
is bad enough, but are you liable, too? Join us to learn the legal/liability
ramifications of different types of account fraud.
AFTER THIS
WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Determine whether your institution is liable in each type of account fraud situation
- Understand your institution’s requirements for reimbursing accountholders
- Explain what can and cannot be required of an accountholder when investigating account fraud
- Describe what constitutes an “unauthorized” electronic withdrawal
- Distinguish between ODFI and RDFI liability for ACH fraud
- Understand new trends in fraud that impact financial institutions
WEBINAR DETAILS
Account fraud has caused staggering losses to
financial institutions and the losses continue to increase. Your institution’s
liability for forged checks, counterfeit checks, ACH fraud, remotely created
and deposited items, and unauthorized electronic items varies depending on the
type of fraud, how it occurred, and whether it was a consumer or commercial
account. There are numerous applicable laws – and they are mindboggling. This
webinar will cover some of the latest fraud schemes, address which law applies
in each situation, and explain your institution’s liability – and how to reduce
it.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This informative session will
benefit deposit operations personnel and managers, tellers and service
representatives, compliance personnel, new accounts professionals, security
officers, fraud investigators, attorneys, and auditors.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Chart listing the law applicable to each type of account fraud and when your institution is liable
- Employee training log
- Interactive quiz
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits
NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission,
or republishing of any webinar to other institutions or those not employed by
your institution is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible
participants only.
TESTIMONIALS
"Most comprehensive overview of liability and UCCs as well as Reg E that I've seen in the last 5 years! Great slides and handouts as well."
- Tonya, 1st Summit Bank
Presented By

Spencer Fane LLP
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