Learn the Dos and Donts of Opening Business Bank Accounts

• OVERVIEW

Whether you are dealing with a sole proprietorship or a corporation, financial institutions need to learn how to open and properly document a business bank account regardless if it is a corporation, or if it's a sole proprietorship. Financial institutions are responsible for executing their customer identification procedures for such accounts, including obtaining information regarding signing privileges and obtaining the appropriate documentation for these customers.

• LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Understanding of different types of legal business entities
• Appropriate customer identification procedures
• Appropriate customer documentation
• Opening account procedure
• Death of an owner

• WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

This webinar will provide an understanding of the different legal forms of businesses and the filing requirements for each form of business. Discussions will include proper handling of changing signatures on all the various business accounts plus the handling of checks with regard to these types of accounts.

• AREAS COVERED
• Different types of business legal structures
• General procedures for opening business bank accounts
• How to open more advanced types of business accounts
• How to open accounts for out-of-state businesses
• How to check your customer's information on the secretary of state's website
• How to change signers for all different types of business accounts
• Do's and don'ts of the use of white out
• What happens at the death of the account owner

• WHO WILL BENEFIT?
• Compliance Officers
• New Account opening officers
• Personal Bankers
• Tellers