Infinex Financial Group

Full-service Brokerage Firm
Infinex Financial Group offers retail investment and insurance programs, financial planning services, full service brokerage capabilities, and access to a wide range of products and services.

Contact
Steve Amarante
President & CEO
538 Preston Avenue
Meriden, CT 06450
Phone: (203) 599-6000
Phone: (800) 218-2827
Fax: (203) 599-6001
www.infinexgroup.com

Center For Financial Training

Employee Training and Education
CFT provides professional training and development for entry-level through mid-management employees.

Contact
Mike Meakem
President & CEO
33 Broadway
2nd Floor
P.O. Box 969
Norwich, CT 06360
Phone: (800) 795-5242
Fax: (860) 823-1410
www.cftnow.org

ABA Insurance Services

BFS Group

Executive Benefits
As an endorsed provider for the CBA, BFS Group is setting the standard as the industry’s leading professional in assisting banks in all facets related to Bank Owned Life Insurance (“BOLI”), as well as executive/director compensation benefit plans. Our consultative approach to education, evaluation, implementation, along with regulatory compliance is unmatched.

For over two decades, banks have turned to our documented expertise and process to assist them in enhancing earnings through the implementation of an effective BOLI plan. BFS Group continues to demonstrate extraordinary customer service with a proactive approach to all aspects associated with BOLI and Benefit Compensation strategies.

Contact
Arnie Winick
Regional Managing Director
411 South State Street
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone: (267) 291-2130
Phone: (800) 877-2377
Fax: (215) 550-6941
www.bfsgroup.com

Harland Clarke

Check Printing and Marketing Solutions

Harland Clarke is the leading provider of check printing services. Additionally, Harland Clarke provides a variety of marketing solutions geared specifically for financial institutions. These programs can help in the areas of new customer acquisition, retention of profitable customers, maximization of fees and interest income per customer and operational efficiency.

Local Representation
Maryann Dazkevich
Phone: (860) 561-5559

MassMutual Retirement Services

Retirement Services

MassMutual services include Define Contribution, Define Benefit and Non-Qualified Plans and will help to meet the retirement savings needs of CBA member banks and their employees.
 

Contact
Sarah Elliott
Managing Director
100 Bright Meadow Boulevard
Enfield, CT  06082
Phone: (860) 922-8745
www.massmutual.com

Compliance Alliance

Compliance
Connecticut Bankers Association and 27 other state banking associations have united to create Compliance Alliance, a unique and innovative compliance service created exclusively by bankers for bankers.  Powered by a team of Attorneys, Compliance Specialists and Ex-Regulators, Compliance Alliance is uniquely positioned to provide you with the support necessary to bring efficiency and ease to your compliance department. Membership offers three main areas of support including downloadable documents, a compliance hotline and review services. Compliance Alliance members receive unlimited access to all products and services for one annual fee.

Contact
Sara Baker
Membership Development
(512) 776-0713
www.compliancealliance.com

Office Depot

Office Products
Office Depot is the world’s leader in office supplies and an industry leader in every distribution channel, from e-commerce, contract delivery, retail stores, and catalogs.  CBA members can now access the Office Depot national group purchasing program, bringing you tremendous buying power and exclusive discounts on the office products you use every day.  In fact, current participants of the program have saved an average of 20-30 percent over their prior office product costs.

Member Banks and Associate members can register here.

Employees of Member Banks and Associate Members can register here.

Contact
Jayson Douthwright
Territory Development Representative
Phone: (860) 307-9058
www.officedepot.com

WolfPac

Risk Management Program
WolfPAC Integrated Risk Management® is a secure, web-based enterprise risk management solution used to automate the identification of risks, threats, and control gaps. WolfPAC® keeps institutions safe and sound, and maximizes the outcomes of strategic initiatives. Developed by financial professionals in 2004, WolfPAC® provides tools to review and assess information technology, privacy, vendor, compliance, and other enterprise-wide risk assessments. Quarterly methodology updates are designed to align with emerging compliance and examination standards. A robust suite of reports allows an institution’s management to analyze their control gaps in relation to known threats, and benchmark risk profiles against peers.

Contact
Bharat Nair
Product & Technology Strategy
99 High Street
21st Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 439-9700
Fax: (617) 423-6629
www.wolfpacsolutions.com

Affinion Group

Relationship Banking Strategies
Affinion Group is a dynamic global leader in the membership, insurance and loyalty marketing businesses.

Contact
Misha Bleymaier-Farrish
100 Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
Phone: (615) 764-2492
Fax: (615) 764-5492
www.affiniongroup.com

Lexis Nexis

Employment Screening Solutions

LexisNexis® Employment Screening Solutions helps give your bank confidence that your bank is making sound staffing decisions. LexisNexis Employment Screening Solutions helps financial institutions stay compliant and protect their reputations by identifying risk associated with the individuals you screen. LexisNexis Employment Screening Solutions leads the industry with the most advanced technology and comprehensive data solutions, so you can make the right decisions quickly about who you hire—contractors and employees. User-friendly screening solutions support LexisNexis service excellence, compliance updates, and best practices that allow you to manage workflow efficiencies more effectively and maximize the value of your investment.  Co-endorsed with the ABA.

Contact
Shari Hubbert
Marketing Manager, Screening Solutions
Phone: (360) 651-6182
www.lexisnexis.com

Confirmation.com

Online Audit Confirmation and Credit Inquiry Service

Confirmation.com, an Inc. 500 business, is the world's largest processor of electronic audit confirmations. As a FREE service for financial institutions, Confirmation.com is an online solution that simplifies audit confirmation and credit inquiry requests. For audit confirmation requests, Confimation.com streamlines confirmation workflow, centralizes responses, and archives responses electronically. This award-winning solution allows your bank to control the audit confirmation process end-to-end, reducing the opportunity for confirmation fraud.  Co-endorsed with the ABA.

Contact
Dave Malone
Capital Confirmation, Inc.
214 Centerview Drive, Suite 265
Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: (888) 716-3577
www.confirmation.com

Global Vision

Anti-Money Laundering Software
PATRIOT Officer is a comprehensive rule-based BSA/AML/ATF solution that uses Dynamic Multidimensional Risk-Weighted Suspicious Activities Detector and knowledge-based artificial intelligence to identify suspicious activity. PATRIOT Officer automates the BSA/AML/ATF process of monitoring, detecting, investigating, regulatory report filing and recordkeeping. The technology that drives PATRIOT Officer adaptively integrates rules, risks and knowledge from hundreds of dimensions to monitor each client and each group of related clients and detects suspicious activities with high resolution and accurate results.  Co-endorsed with the ABA.

Contact
Catherine Lew
9301 Oakdale Avenue
Suite 100
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Phone: (818) 998-7851
Fax: (818) 998-1758
www.gv-systems.com

UPS

Overnight Delivery Services Program
UPS offers special shipping rates to financial institutions on overnight and international delivery services. UPS provides reliable overnight and international service to virtually anywhere in the world.  Co-endorsed with the ABA.

Contact
UPS National Association Hotline
Phone: (800) 325-7000
www.savewithups.com/ababankers