Managing Third Party Relationships and Risk (Webinar)
Date & Time
September 21, 2026
2:30pm-4pm
Registration Fee
Member Fee (Live or Recording): $165 per connection
Non-Member Fee (Live or Recording): $265 per connection
Overview
What are your first, second and third lines of defense in managing vendors of your institution? This webinar will review the importance of third party relationship management. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, “the agencies”) have issued guidance to provide sound risk-management principles that supervised banking organizations can leverage when developing and implementing risk-management practices to assess and manage risks associated with third-party relationships. Whether activities are performed internally or via a third party, banking organizations are required to operate in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. A banking organization’s use of third parties does not diminish its responsibility to meet these requirements to the same extent as if its activities were performed by the banking organization in-house. To operate in a safe and sound manner, a banking organization establishes risk management practices to effectively manage the risks arising from its activities, including from third-party relationships.
Topics include:
- Who are your vendors and what do they do?
- Who signs off to hire a third party?
- Does your third party have a good reputation?
- Is your third party financially stable?
- Is your third party safe on IT?
- What are your first, second and third lines of defense?
- What risks does your third party bring to your financial institution?
- Risk rating third parties
- How risk and third party management can affect other risk areas like IT?
- What to do with foreign third parties?
- Board and Management responsibilities
- What happens when third parties don’t comply?
- Third party Life Cycle
What you will receive:
- Supplement with regulatory guidance from all regulators
- Worksheet to manage third parties
- Risk spread sheet
Who Will Benefit
Compliance, Security, Training, and Purchasing
Instructors
Debbie Crawford is the President of Gettechnical Inc a Florida based training company. Her 30+ years of experience began at Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans. She does training on deposits, BSA, IRAs, tellers, compliance and many other areas of the financial institution. She graduated from Louisiana State University with both her Bachelor and master’s degrees.
Leslie Nicely is a Senior Vice President for Gettechnical Inc. brings with her a wealth of practical banking experience. Her 30+ years include various positions with a local community bank including teller, teller supervisor, new accounts, lending, Branch Administration Officer, BSA/AML Officer and Security Officer and more. She graduated from the Virginia Bankers Association School of Bank Management. Her experience includes management, operations, lending compliance, fraud management, training, security and customer service. Her down-to-earth approach to training and her technical expertise makes her a real asset to our industry.
Registration
Registration ends 9/21/2026 1:30 PM CDT