Case Study: First Southern Bank achieves more efficient compliance management with Continuity

First Southern Bank Relies on Continuity’s Compliance Core to Ensure Regulatory Compliance and Help Drive Growth

First Southern Bank, a 15-branch community bank in southern Illinois, needed a better way to handle regulatory compliance after its compliance officer retired, leaving a critical gap in limited resources. The bank turned to Continuity and its Compliance Core™ platform to help manage difficult and constantly changing compliance requirements.

Continuity implemented a centralized compliance platform that combines automation, regulatory expertise, advisory support, and auditing services. The result was more consistent policies and procedures across the bank’s dispersed operations, access for all 170 employees to current policies, and measurable efficiency gains including a 20% reduction in audit and exam preparation time and savings equal to one mid-management FTE.

First Southern Bank

Kristina Scott

Chief Risk Officer