Crowe LLP

Crowe Knows Banking - and How to Help Banks Address Today's Challenges Banks must respond to an evolving regulatory climate, anticipate fast-changing competitive pressures, and address rising stakeholder expectations - all while managing risk and long-term strategic issues. In this complex environment, banking executives need experienced service providers with demonstrated records of success to help them address their industry's challenges. With more than 50 years of banking industry experience, Crowe Horwath LLP is recognized as a leading provider of audit, tax, advisory, risk, and performance services. In fact, financial institutions are our largest area of focus. We have an experienced team of more than 800 professionals focused on financial institutions. Crowe Understands the Banking Industry and What Matters to Banks Today Serves more than 1,800 financial services clients Works with more than half of the top 100 U.S. banks Serves approximately 500 audit, 600 risk, and 700 tax clients 400 financial services clients have been with Crowe for 10+ years 50 bank clients have been with Crowe for 20+ years 9 out of 10 Crowe banking specialists stay with Crowe and return to their client year to year Performs more U.S. bank holding company audits than any other U.S. firm Maintains relationships in leading organizations, including the American Bankers Association (ABA), Bank Director, the Financial Managers Society Inc., and SNL Financial LC With a centralized organizational structure and nationwide presence, Crowe is able to call on specialized talent and experienced people from anywhere in the firm to help meet clients' needs. That means specialized expertise is available to help your bank with today's most pressing challenges, including: Developing an effective anti-money-laundering program Navigating the challenges of regulatory reform Providing guidance on the development of road maps and pre-implementation plans for credit impairment and the CECL Framework Helping banking audit committees to be more effective Managing model risk Reviewing policies and procedures around allowance for loan and lease losses Maximizing value from a merger or acquisition Assessing and optimizing stress-testing frameworks In addition to benefiting from extensive experience and deep industry expertise, our approach emphasizes direct senior-level involvement in each project.