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Community Bank Cryptocurrency Primer Workshop

While cryptocurrency has been around since 2009, community banks are continuing to be affected by this $2.8 trillion market activity. It is essential for community banks, no matter the size, to understand the crypto economy, the illicit typologies, and have open-source tools in hand to investigate when needed.

Upcoming
Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Presented by Lauren Sparks
3 CRCM Credits
$450.00 or 4 Tokens

Includes: Live Access, 30 Days OnDemand Playback, Presenter Materials and Handouts

  • Auditing
  • BSA
  • Compliance
  • Deposit
  • Fraud
  • General Compliance
  • Lending
  • Reporting
  • Risk Management/Legal
  • Technology/Security
  • Bank Legal Counsel
  • Bank Secrecy Act Officer/BSA Specialist
  • Compliance Officer
  • Deposit Operations Manager/Specialist
  • Internal Auditor
  • Privacy Officer/Information Security Professional
  • Private Banker
  • Risk Manager

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Join us for this special 2.5-hour workshop for community institutions to learn more about cryptocurrency including its legal, and its illegal, impacts around us. We all want, and need, to hear about scams and to understand red flags that might present themselves in the institution’s due diligence and monitoring.

Attend this session to obtain baseline info on crypto, uses, scams, and tools to identify and research suspicious activity. Limited spots available!

What You'll Learn

  • Crypto overview
  • Case studies on current scams
  • Red flags for potential crypto scams
  • Strategies for routing information throughout the institution
  • Deeper dive investigation using public domain information
  • The importance of law enforcement networks
  • Discussion with fellow colleagues yielding ideas/tips/tools

Who Should Attend

This session is ideal for anyone with hands-on responsibilities for fraud and AML at your institution. AML management will be able to contextualize cryptocurrency in current risk management and for future strategies. This can include the AML team, fraud team, personal bankers dealing with scam victims, deposit operations, compliance officers, and auditors.

Lauren Sparks

Instructor Bio

With a career spanning 40+ years as a community banker and banking regulatory and risk management consultant, Lauren Sparks is an accomplished advocate for community banks and women’s financial services leadership. In her early banking career, Ms. Sparks held positions that ranged from teller to Investment Officer, Loan Officer, and Cashier. Ms. Sparks moved to bank consulting firms at a local level, and then to a national level where as a Director she specialized in troubled banks and fintech. In 2009, Ms. Sparks formed 3PR, Inc., a woman-owned consulting firm specializing in community banks and financial institutions. 3PR serves more than 40 community banks at any given time and has had experience as a preferred vendor for one of the world’s largest software providers.

Ms. Sparks edited the Reference Guide for Regulatory Compliance Manual for the American Bankers’ Association for 10 years. Ms. Sparks is a founder of the Houston chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Association (ACAMS) and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), and an Accredited ACH Processional (AAP).

Continuing Education Credit Information

Community Bank Cryptocurrency Primer Workshop has been approved for 3 CRCM credits. This statement is not an endorsement of this program or its sponsor. Credits are redeemable for both Live and OnDemand viewing. For questions on certificates, please email support@oncourselearning.com. Certification holders must report these credits at https://aba.csod.com.

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