Webinar

Wednesday, April 15, 2026
1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT

$149 for scheduled event PLUS playback without expiration

Description

Too often, financial institutions’ BSA/Compliance and Business Line Departments are at odds with each other because of their respective goals and objectives.  Cannabis banking is a high risk area for BSA/compliance teams, where attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness are critical. The BSA Officer’s independent authority is also critical to a well-functioning BSA team.

However, Business Line Departments are under pressure to deliver products and services to cannabis businesses quickly, efficiently and in a cost-effective manner, particularly now in this very competitive environment.

Key Takeaways:

  • The BSA Officer’s independent role and authority in onboarding CRB’s and BSA filings

  • Understanding and accepting your financial institution’s risk appetite

  • Understanding that what other financial institutions do may not necessarily right for your financial institution

  • The need to maintain open lines of communication between your financial institution’s departments

  • Adopting efficiencies without cutting corners

 Please join Chris Van Dyck from Cogent Law as he presents on how these competing interests can be reconciled.

Instructor(s)

Chris Van Dyck

Partner - Cogent Law Group

Chris Van Dyck, a partner at the Cogent Law Group, has been involved in the cannabis banking space for close to ten years, first as a financial regulatory attorney and then as general counsel and BSA officer at a financial institution. During his time as a regulatory attorney, he worked closely with financial institutions regulated by his office on compliance issues, including cannabis banking when the FinCEN guidance was issued in 2014. For the last nine years, he has focused his attention on developing a cannabis banking program, ensuring that it meets all regulatory expectations. During his tenure, the cannabis banking program at his financial institution grew extensively and became a significant revenue source.