Built by a BSA practitioner, not a marketer
Who do you call when something looks off?
Not a formal request. Not a committee. Just someone who gets it. Signal is where senior BSA and fraud officers go when they need someone who's already been in the room.
Exam pressure. A growing backlog. A fraud typology nobody else in the building has seen yet. You catch the pattern, you carry the judgment call, and you make it alone.
Who's on the other side
Led by someone who's actually sat in the room.
Luisa Franco, CAFP. She's navigated consent orders, sat across from examiners, and briefed boards when things went wrong. Signal isn't theory. It's what she wishes existed when she was doing this alone.
Honestly, the examiners weren't my biggest headache. Getting my own team to write SARs the same way was. Signal gave me a framework. A few weeks in, our narratives finally stopped reading like they came from five different banks.
What Signal is
Not a newsletter. Not a webinar. Not a forum.
A private mentorship community for senior BSA and fraud professionals. Small, vetted, and built for the conversations you can't have anywhere else — including the AML overhaul nobody's seen the final version of yet, and the fraud-BSA conversation that rarely gets both sides in the same room.
The Resource Vault
Real documents. Real engagements.
Not generic downloads. The working templates and frameworks Luisa built and refined across banks, credit unions and fintechs — the same ones members pull up the night before an exam or a board meeting. Founding members get the full vault.
Playbook
The BSA Officer Playbook
A practitioner's guide to running a program that holds up.
Risk Assessment
BSA/AML Risk Assessment Template
Scoring workbook — build it, document it, defend it.
Risk Assessment
BSA/AML Risk Assessment Guide
Building, documenting and defending your risk assessment.
Exam Prep
BSA/AML Exam Readiness Checklist
Walk into the exam with every answer already organized.
SAR
SAR Mastery Guide
Writing, filing and program strength in one guide.
Fraud
Fraud Typology
The patterns showing up right now, in one quick reference.
Fraud
Fraud Program Framework
A fraud program that stands on its own — and feeds BSA.
Always growing
New templates added regularly
The vault grows as Luisa builds. Members get everything new.
Who it's for
A room of peers. Not a room of pitches.
There's no application and no interview. Just a clear sense of who this is for — and a room that stays small on purpose, so the people beside you carry the same weight you do.
Signal is for
- ✓BSA Officers, AML Officers and Deputy BSA Officers
- ✓Fraud leaders who own investigations, strategy or the fraud-BSA handoff
- ✓Compliance and financial crimes leaders at banks, credit unions and fintechs
- ✓Practitioners who carry the judgment call — and sign their name to it
Signal is not for
- ✕Vendors, software sales and solution providers
- ✕Recruiters and lead generation of any kind
- ✕Consultants looking to prospect members
- ✕Anyone looking for an entry-level course
That includes the person running it. Luisa leads Signal as a practitioner and mentor, not as a consultant prospecting for clients. She's in the room with you, not selling to it.
Developing your team? Members may sponsor a direct report they're actively grooming for leadership. Sponsored seats are kept few, so the room stays senior.
Confidentiality first
We talk patterns. Never cases.
You know the rules better than anyone. Signal is built around them, so you can get real help without putting your program, your institution or yourself at risk.
No SAR disclosure
Members never share whether a SAR was filed, or any SAR content. Ever.
No customer data
No names, account details or identifying facts. Scenarios are discussed in the abstract.
Chatham House Rule
You know who's in the room. Nothing said leaves it: no quoting, no screenshots, no attribution. Counterparties and examiners are never named.
Moderated by Luisa
Posts that cross the line are removed. Repeat issues end membership.
For the manager conversation
We'll make the business case for you.
Most members expense Signal as professional development. The Justification Kit gives you a ready-to-use business case, the numbers, and a draft email your manager can approve in 60 seconds.
Quick math
Signal costs 0.75 hours of consulting a month.
Based on the $299/mo founding rate.
Founding phase · closing soon
Founding member offer
One consent order costs your institution millions. The first 25 members set the tone and lock in a rate that never changes.
2 of 25 founding spots claimed. 23 remain at the $299/mo rate.
Practitioner Plus
Includes one private 60-minute session with Luisa monthly · limited availability
Cancel anytime. No long-term contract. Need an invoice? luisa@lfprisksolutions.com
Before you join
The questions senior officers ask first.
What happens if you don't join?
Nothing dramatic. You go back to navigating exams alone, writing SARs with no one to sanity-check your narratives. Signal doesn't promise to make the job easy. It promises you won't have to figure it out alone.
Not ready yet?
Get the Justification Kit and Signal updates. No pressure.