The Association’s full-time staff of compliance experts and a robust suite of online resources are available to provide timely assistance to credit unions on any compliance-related issues.
Need Assistance?
Calls and emails to GoWest’s Compliance Team are acknowledged as soon as possible during regular business hours, with responses to questions provided within one business day. Some complex inquiries may require additional time to resolve. For questions on compliance matters, please email the Compliance Team, fill out the question form, or call the hotline at 1.800.546.4465.
Calendar
The Compliance Calendar is updated regularly and contains information about Association events, comment letter deadlines, effective dates of regulations, deadlines for reporting, and more.
State & Federal Resources
These resources are meant to connect you to state and federal financial services, such as the state Department of Finance (DOF), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Federal Resources:
State Resources:
Compliance Services
GoWest Solutions Compliance Services
Looking for cost-effective compliance experts to help you meet your regulatory and compliance burdens? That’s precisely what you get when you use our GoWest Solutions Compliance Services.
We review many of today’s key compliance areas to uncover potential deficiencies and help you work towards solutions. We have knowledgeable staff and volunteers who are vital to the success of our credit union movement and understand the financial services industry. Your Regulatory Affairs team has conducted hundreds of “fee-based” customized training sessions for credit unions. We build training programs around your needs and can be your resource for training on the topics that affect you the most.
We also work with AffirmX Risk Intel Center, which can help credit unions adhere to government regulations in a proactive and cost-efficient manner through a patented, cloud-based platform that is customized and branded for your institution. The platform draws on internal and external data sources to develop risk-based priorities to help you quickly identify issues, reduce costs and streamline compliance management practices.
Help is only a phone call away! Please contact Amy Wargo via email or by phone at 1.800.262.6285 for solutions to your training needs!
AffirmX Risk Intelligence
AffirmX helps financial institutions stay on top of governance, risk, and compliance. AffirmX helps financial institutions reduce risk management workloads, anxieties and costs through our patented Risk Intel Center platform. The scalable, fee-based platform draws on internal data sources as well as multiple external industry data sources to help clients revolutionize the way they audit and review alignment with policy, strategy, regulation and community.
AffirmX Risk Intel Center helps credit unions adhere to government regulations in a proactive and cost-efficient manner through a patented, cloud-based platform that is customized and branded for your institution.
The platform draws on internal and external data sources to develop risk-based priorities to help you quickly identify issues, reduce costs and streamline compliance management practices.
Unlike checklist-based systems that place the burden for understanding compliance requirements on your team, Risk Intel Center combines easy-to-use workflows with expert analysis and a risk-based dashboard to help your team stay on top of compliance issues ranging from BSA and IT Security to Fair Lending and Enterprise Risk.
Discover why more credit unions rely on Risk Intel Center for compliance management than any other system.
For more information, contact Amy Wargo via email or by phone at 1.800.262.6285 for your needs.
Compliance Review Services
Looking for cost-effective compliance experts to help you meet your regulatory and compliance burdens? That’s exactly what you get when you use Compliance Solutions. We review many of today’s key compliance areas to uncover potential deficiencies and help you work towards solutions.
Services include:
- Independent Bank Secrecy Act Review
- Deposit & Consumer Compliance Review
- Retail Lending Review
- Real Estate Lending Review
- Website & Marketing Review
Training Services
We can all agree that knowledgeable staff and volunteers are vital to the success of our credit union movement. Understanding the financial services industry and having up-to-date skills and information are essential to the success of each credit union.
Training services offered:
- BSA/OFAC
- Volunteer duties and responsibilities
- New or existing regulations
Your Regulatory Affairs team has conducted hundreds of “fee-based” customized training sessions for credit unions. We build training programs around your needs and can be your resource for training on the topics that affect you the most.
Help is only a phone call away. Please contact Amy Wargo via email or by phone at 1.800.262.6285 for your needs.
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