When a Business Owner Dies, Sells, or Delegates Authority

August 3, 2026
Live Webinar
DateAug 3, 2026Duration90 minutes
08:00 AM PDT09:00 AM MDT
10:00 AM CDT11:00 AM EDT
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    • Take-away toolkit
    • Presenter’s contact info for questions
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Authority shifts fast. Risk follows faster.

When business ownership or authority changes, your institution needs clear procedures to protect accounts, loans, and itself.

KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS
  • Determining authority after death, incapacity, resignation, termination, or sale of a business
  • What happens to business accounts and lending relationships when an owner dies
  • Loan defaults, guarantor impacts, and how to address collateral concerns
  • Handling disputes among heirs, partners, members, shareholders, and authorized signers

BONUS MATERIALS

  • Business entity documentation guide

WEBINAR DETAILS

Business accountholders or borrowers frequently change, and some of the highest operational, legal, and fraud risks arise when ownership or authority shifts. Whether a business owner dies, sells the company, becomes incapacitated, steps away from daily operations, or delegates authority to employees, financial institutions are often left navigating competing instructions, documentation concerns, account access disputes, and potential liability exposure. This webinar will help you understand how to respond when business authority changes impact deposit accounts, loans, and accountholder or borrower relationships. Attendees will learn how to evaluate governing documents, identify red flags, manage operational and fraud risks, and implement procedures that reduce institutional exposure.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  •  Loan officers and loan operations
  • Collections personnel
  • Compliance and audit personnel
  • Managers
  • Front-line personnel

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

  • 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.

Presented By

ClarkstonShelliShelli Clarkston
Spencer Fane LLP
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