Costly Audit Delays (And How to Prevent It)

Costly Audit Delays (And How to Prevent It)

SUMMARY:  Poor documentation can lead to costly audit delays, fines, and compliance risks, but with strategic support, organizations can turn this vulnerability into a strength, ensuring efficiency and regulatory success.   How Poor Documentation Could Lead to...
Deep Dive into SBA Fraud Prevention Initiatives (AI) Pt. 1

Deep Dive into SBA Fraud Prevention Initiatives (AI) Pt. 1

SUMMARY:   AI and data analytics have become indispensable in SBA’s fraud prevention toolkit. They allow SBA to scrutinize 100% of applications (something not feasible manually) and do so in milliseconds, effectively stopping many fraudulent loans in their tracks...
Balancing Fraud Prevention and Effective Loan Processing Pt. 2

Balancing Fraud Prevention and Effective Loan Processing Pt. 2

SUMMARY:  SBA’s fraud prevention and efficiency efforts are not ad hoc – they are guided by a lattice of laws and policies. Emergency statutes can tilt the balance toward speed (as seen in 2020), whereas oversight laws like PIIA and the directives of OIG/GAO push for...
Balancing Fraud Prevention and Effective Loan Processing Pt.1

Balancing Fraud Prevention and Effective Loan Processing Pt.1

SUMMARY:  SBA’s challenge is to erect strong fraud defenses that operate with speed and precision – filtering out bad actors with minimal friction for good actors. The pandemic experience laid bare the consequences of too little upfront control, but it also...