Cost:

Members: $95
Non-members: $125

Join CCA and your financial services colleagues for a hot breakfast and a timely program covering significant federal and Illinois regulatory developments affecting financial institutions. Attendees will gain valuable insights into emerging regulatory expectations, legislative developments, and industry trends, while also participating in a professional development session designed to strengthen communication, influence, and relationship-building skills.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, network, and connect with fellow compliance, risk, audit, legal, and financial services professionals. Space is limited, so register early to reserve your spot.

The session has been approved for 3 CRCM and CERP credits.

You can also send questions in advance and we will pose them to the regulatory agencies, please send them to: Speaker Questions.

Hot breakfast is included. This will be a live event with no virtual option.

Location: Northern Trust Building

Speakers & Topics:

John Geiringer, Partner, Barack Ferrazzano
Federal Regulatory Landscape – Making Sense of the Changes
Federal regulatory expectations for financial institutions have shifted more dramatically, and more rapidly, than at any point in recent memory. This session examines the drivers behind that shift, offers practical guidance for navigating the current landscape, and outlines strategies for the future.

Carolyn Settanni, EVP and General Counsel, Illinois Bankers Association
Illinois Regulatory Developments and Emerging Issues
Stay ahead of the latest developments affecting Illinois financial institutions, including the delayed Interchange Fee Prohibition Act and new Illinois laws on charitable organization beneficiaries, mandated reporting of elder financial exploitation, junk fees, and hemp. We’ll also cover the revised Illinois CRA rules, the state and federal divide on disparate impact, the legislative and regulatory focus on fees and consumer protection, and other emerging state regulatory and compliance issues.

Dr. Christine Platt, Program Director for Communication Arts & Sciences in the College of Information, Business, and Technology, Dominican University
Leading Through Influence: Communication Skills for Compliance and Risk Professionals

Compliance and risk professionals hold critical accountability without having direct line-authority over the operational teams executing the work. To succeed, professionals must communicate complex regulatory and risk-related matters to a wide spectrum of stakeholders—including executive leadership, business unit leaders, IT teams, legal counsel, external regulators, and even customers. Technical accuracy alone is rarely enough; driving organizational action requires moving from authority to nuanced influence.

This interactive, fast-paced one-hour session translates fundamental principles from intergroup communication, risk and crisis communication, and the Transactional Communication Model into actionable strategies for everyday compliance leadership. Participants will examine why communication breaks down across organizational “subcultures” and learn how to reframe high-stakes compliance mandates into operational enablers.

Through a real-world scenario focused on navigating complex regulatory change within a financial institution, attendees will work in small groups to break down the competing goals, noise, and hidden incentives of key internal and external stakeholder spheres. Participants will walk away with practical tools to craft tailored messages, deliver difficult news with confidence, reduce friction, and build lasting consensus across their organization..

Registration and Breakfast begins at 8:00 am
Session runs from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees are advised to arrive before 8:30 a.m.

Parking is at a premium for Northern Trust CCA events, if you are not taking public transportation, consider use of a parking app such as SpotHero (not an endorsement) to reserve your spot ahead of time.

Last day of registration is 5:00pm CT on August 26, 2026

As a reminder, CCA no longer accepts cash or checks as payment for meetings or membership dues. Payment is only accepted in advance by debit or credit card via our website. Registration for meetings or membership will not be considered complete without prepayment. CCA is no longer able to invoice for events and entry will be denied if payment has not been received. Payment can be made in advance using a debit or credit card via CCAs PayPal page. Failure to pay in advance may result in removal of registration for the event.

Speakers and Topics may be subject to change.

This session is not to be recorded electronically without written permission from the Chicagoland Compliance Association and all speakers. materials and opinions shared from the speakers are not necessarily those of the organization they represent and therefore, unless otherwise indicated, should be assumed personal and not indicative of any implied liability or accountability back to the respective organization.

Reservation cancellations received by the CCA after the registration deadline of 5:00pm on August 26, 2026 will not receive a refund. If you choose to cancel you will not be entitled to a refund for the third-party processing charges incurred for the payment method used.

If after registering you do not see the “Thank You” page or you do not receive a confirmation email within two days, then your registration has not been received. Please email the CCA.

In order to receive Member Pricing for this event, your institution must have paid your Membership Dues for 2026. If you are unsure if your institution is a CCA member, please check the Membership Listing on our website. 

Please verify if your organization is a member by going to the Membership Listing at the link above. We have had an inordinate number of organizations paying nonmember pricing when they are members. 

Registration has closed for this event.