Melissa Correa
Mercadien Announces Executive Promotions; Names Three New Partners
Princeton, NJ & Philadelphia, PA – Mercadien is pleased to announce several promotions within the firm’s corporate leadership team. Ms. Melissa Correa, CRCM, a member of the Financial Institutions Services Group, was promoted to managing director of The Mercadien Group and principal in Mercadien, P.C., CPAs (the official titles of firm partners). Melissa has been…
7 Ways to Enhance Your Compliance Function
Ensuring your bank’s compliance function is effective and meeting expectations is of the utmost importance to regulators. This is evident through the design of the examination process and creation of a standalone regulatory agency focused on consumer compliance, in addition to an increasing number of regulatory changes and enforcement actions in recent years. With that…
Mercadien Announces Executive Promotions; Names Three New Partners
Princeton, NJ & Philadelphia, PA – The Mercadien Group is pleased to announce several promotions within the firm’s corporate leadership team. Ms. Bjondina Karpuzi, CPA, PSA, a member of the Private Company and Advisory Services Groups, was promoted to managing director of The Mercadien Group and principal in Mercadien, P.C., CPAs (the official titles of…
Risks You Haven’t Thought of: How Climate Change is Presenting New Challenges for Lenders
In the Fourth Quarter of 2021, President Biden presented his administration’s “roadmap for climate change,” identifying how government agencies would strengthen infrastructure in response to worsening climate conditions. This was a key position during the Biden campaign, and its persisting emphasis has brought the world of banking to an inflection point. Climate Plan B impacts…
Mercadien Announces Executive Promotions; Several Associates Promoted to Director
Mercadien is pleased to announce several promotions within the firm’s corporate leadership team. Three professionals were promoted to the level of Director: Ms. Melissa Correa, CRCM, a member of the Financial Institutions Services Group and resident of Oklahoma City, OK; Mr. Matthew Daly, CPA, a member of both the Government Services and Audit and Assurance…
Mercadien Webinar Replay: Common Audit Findings in PPP & Other Pandemic Relief Programs
Melissa Correa, CRCM, Manager & David Healey, Supervising Senior Associate of Mercadien’s Financial Institutions Services Group presented a webinar Common Audit Findings in PPP & Other Pandemic Relief Programs on Tuesday, November 17th. During the webinar, they went over: Audit pitfalls as it relates to pandemic relief activities & the impact on risk management How to…
How CRA & HMDA Disclosures May Lend Help To Your Institution
It’s that time of year again, when financial institutions are working diligently to prepare and validate their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) filings prior to the March 1 deadline. However, if this is the first time that your financial institution is accumulating or looking at this data, you may already…
Combating Insider Abuse: An Ethical Epidemic
Unfortunately for financial institutions, there are universal business truths that do not go away with time, trends or wishful thinking. Insider abuse is one of those truths, as it is a topic that many banks have dealt with in the past or may deal with in the future. The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that…