Melissa D. Blaser, CPA, CRCM, CAMS, CFSA, CFIRS
Partner
Melissa Blaser leads the regulatory compliance and Bank Secrecy Act practice for the firm. She assists financial institutions in navigating the complex requirements included within consumer federal bank regulations. Melissa has 25 years of experience in regulatory compliance, internal audit, and public accounting for the financial services industry within a Bank environment and within a public accounting/consulting firm.
Certifications
- Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist
- Certified Financial Services Auditor
- Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist
- Certified Public Accountant
Professional memberships and activities
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) - Member
- Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) - Member
- Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) - Member
- Institute of Certified Bankers (ICB) - Member
- Trainer for financial institution and industry groups including the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), Illinois Bankers Association (IBA), Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA), Bankers Administration Institute (BAI) and Accounting CPE Network (ACPEN)
- Leader of regular meetings and coordinator of annual workshops for compliance professionals' associations
Areas of Focus
- New regulations and other regulatory matters implementation consulting
- Risk-based compliance monitoring and audit plans development and implementation
- Risk assessments
- Co-source engagements coaching
- Fair lending comparative file analysis and assessments
- BSA investigations and look-backs
- Community Reinvestment Act performance assessment and consulting
- HMDA reviews and refilings
- Audits and monitoring engagements covering all consumer federal regulations
- Regulatory compliance consent order assistance and consulting
Education
Rockford College- Bachelor of science degree in accountancy
Recent Insights
Articles
What Does Your HMDA Data Tell Your Regulators?
Apr 26, 2019
Why Wait Until Your Next Exam to Assess Your Community Reinvestment Act Performance?
Apr 24, 2018
Have You Considered Your Redlining Risk Recently?
Jun 19, 2017
Don’t Lose Sleep Over Your HMDA LAR
Mar 01, 2017
What's Next on the Horizon - Military Lending Act
Mar 01, 2016
Diagnosing the Fair Lending Health of Your HMDA-LAR
Jan 01, 2016
Blogs
The HMDA Treadmill
Feb 02, 2017
Is There a FastPass to HMDA?
Jan 11, 2017
Thank You for Your Service
Apr 13, 2016
Webinars
HMDA – Make sure you get it right!
Dec 16, 2020
Fair Lending Examiner Expectation for Your Fair Lending Program
Feb 19, 2019
TRID Clarifications, Corrections, and Technical Amendments Webinar
Jul 26, 2018
Countdown to New HMDA Webinar
Dec 14, 2017
How the Expansion of the Military Lending Act will Impact You
Aug 17, 2016