Luann Kohlman, AAP, APRP

Luann Kohlman, AAP, APRP

Senior Risk Consultant

As a senior risk consultant, Luann uses her years of electronic payment experience to assist financial institutions in completing their annual ACH audits and BSA exams. She calls upon her ACH expertise to provide risk mitigation training and guidance to SHAZAM participants.

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  Become an AAP or APRP in 2023

  posted by Luann Kohlman, AAP, APRP on Thursday, April 20, 2023

  Do you eat, sleep and breathe ACH and work with electronic payments daily? If so, take the next step and pursue the Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) or the Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) credential.

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  Green Book to the rescue to make sense of tax season

  posted by Luann Kohlman, AAP, APRP on Wednesday, March 2, 2022

  As a financial institution, it's not up to you to play detective and find out where rejected tax refunds are supposed to go. If you're not already aware, let me introduce you to a little decision-making reference guide called the Green Book, a comprehensive guide for financial institutions that receive ACH payments from and send payments to the federal government.

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  National Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) Recognition Day!

  posted by Luann Kohlman, AAP, APRP on Wednesday, September 15, 2021

  Tuesday, September 21 is a special day for APRPs, it's National Accredited Payments Risk Professional Recognition Day!

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  Join us as we celebrate National AAP Recognition Day and welcome new AAPs

  posted by Luann Kohlman, AAP, APRP on Monday, February 8, 2021

  Each year on the second Tuesday of February, Nacha® and the payments associations celebrate the accomplishments of AAPs across the country. The AAP credential is the standard of excellence in ACH payments competency. If you have AAPs on your staff, do something special for them today.

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  Compliance help has arrived. Check out our podcast and hear the scoop about Nacha and Reg E error resolution requirements

  posted by Luann Kohlman, AAP, APRP on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

  60 days from statement date or 60 days from settlement date? Does it sometimes seem like the Nacha operating rules for error resolution of ACH conflict with the Reg E requirements? It can be hard to determine which rules apply and which 60-day rule to follow. Wonder no more.

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  COVID-19 circumstances push limits of the Bank Secrecy Act. Let a SHAZAM Secure BSA expert complete your next exam.

  posted by Luann Kohlman, AAP, APRP on Wednesday, November 11, 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic has increased workloads with the implementation of the coronavirus relief bill (CARES Act), which included stimulus checks, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program, and increased unemployment payments. All these things have strained institutions' Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) programs, leaving one to wonder, “Is my institution compliant?” Ahead of your next BSA exam, you may want to enlist the help of a SHAZAM BSA expert.