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◆ Template guides

Our risk templates, explained.

Practitioner-grade guides for each major template — the questions examiners ask, who needs it, and the order to build it in. Read first. Buy the matching template when you're ready to ship.

◆ Deep-dive buying guides

Start here if you need help choosing or evaluating a template.

These four guides are the deeper decision pages. They do not replace the full catalog — they are the highest-intent guide pages for template categories that need extra explanation.

◆ AI Risk

AI Risk Assessment Template Guide

How to build an AI risk assessment template for financial services: model inventory fields, risk scoring, vendor due diligence, and governance evidence.

Use this guide if

Use this if a bank partner, auditor, customer, or regulator asked how your team governs AI use.

Matching template

AI Risk Assessment Template & Guide — $59. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Operational Risk

RCSA Template Guide

A practical guide to building an RCSA template: risk statements, controls, testing evidence, ratings, owners, issues, and reporting outputs.

Use this guide if

Use this if you need to map risks, controls, owners, ratings, evidence, and issue remediation in one place.

Matching template

RCSA (Risk & Control Self-Assessment) — $69. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Third-Party Risk

Vendor Due Diligence Questionnaire Guide

How to structure a third-party risk questionnaire for financial services vendors: tiering, SOC reports, BCP, AI use, subcontractors, data, and evidence.

Use this guide if

Use this if you need vendor due diligence questions, evidence requests, and approval conditions for third-party reviews.

Matching template

Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Kit — $69. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Business Continuity

Business Continuity Plan Template Guide

How to build a business continuity plan template for financial services teams: BIA fields, recovery objectives, dependencies, tabletop tests, and examiner evidence.

Use this guide if

Use this if you need BIA, RTO/RPO, dependency, tabletop, and continuity evidence for a customer, partner, auditor, or examiner.

Matching template

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) Kit — $79. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Liquidity Risk

Contingency Funding Plan Template Guide (Banks)

How to build a Contingency Funding Plan template for chartered banks: HQLA buffer, cash flow projection, trigger framework, stress scenarios, activation playbook, and the evidence examiners actually ask for post-2023.

Use this guide if

Use this if your CFP needs to survive an OCC, FDIC, state, or Federal Reserve exam under the 2023 Interagency Addendum operational-readiness standard.

Matching template

Contingency Funding Plan — Banks — $79. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Liquidity Risk

Contingency Funding Plan Template Guide (Fintechs)

How to build a Contingency Funding Plan template for sponsor-bank fintechs: corporate-vs-FBO segregation, daily FBO reconciliation, runway-based triggers, sponsor coordination, and Synapse-illustrative stress scenarios.

Use this guide if

Use this if your fintech operates on a sponsor-bank model (FBO accounts, BIN sponsorship, BaaS program) and your sponsor bank has started asking about liquidity stress planning — or you want to share a CFP proactively during program reviews.

Matching template

Contingency Funding Plan — Fintechs — $79. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Acceptable Use & Customer Risk

Fintech Customer Acceptable Use Policy Template Guide

How to build a fintech Acceptable Use Policy: sales intake questionnaire, three-tier customer classification (Prohibited / Restricted / Permitted), bank-partner alignment matrix, exception memo, and post-approval monitoring triggers.

Use this guide if

Use this if your sponsor bank, an examiner, or your CCO asked how you evaluate high-risk customers without creating sales-vs-compliance arguments on every deal.

Matching template

Fintech Customer AUP Kit — $79. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ AI Risk

Generative AI Acceptable Use Policy Template Guide

How to build a Generative AI Acceptable Use Policy for employees: data classification × tool tier matrix, approved tool list, pre-approved use cases, low-touch employee intake form, vendor due diligence, detection, and AI incident response.

Use this guide if

Use this if your employees are already using ChatGPT or Copilot and you need a structured framework that isn't a ban — covering data classification, approved tools, prohibited uses, and incident response.

Matching template

GenAI Employee AUP Kit — $79. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Operational Risk

KRI Library Template Guide

How to build a Key Risk Indicator (KRI) library: metric definitions, calculation formulas, green/amber/red thresholds, data sources, owners, and escalation triggers — with real examples.

Use this guide if

Use this if your board, bank partner, or examiner asked for risk metrics and you're manually pulling numbers each month — or guessing at thresholds.

Matching template

KRI Library (132 Key Risk Indicators) — $49. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Compliance Strategy

Issues Management Tracker Template Guide

How to build an issues management tracker for risk and compliance findings: severity ratings, action plans, owners, target dates, second-line review, aging, and escalation — from intake to validated closure.

Use this guide if

Use this if you're managing exam findings, audit issues, or self-identified gaps in a spreadsheet with no status, ownership, or aging visibility — and your risk committee keeps asking what's overdue.

Matching template

Issues Management Tracker & Template — $49. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Operational Risk

Operational Loss Event Tracking Template Guide

How to build an operational loss event log: Basel loss categories, gross vs. net loss, near-miss tracking, root cause analysis, escalation tiers, and the loss data evidence examiners ask for.

Use this guide if

Use this if your bank partner or examiner asked whether you track operational losses and near-misses — and the honest answer is a folder of incident emails.

Matching template

Loss Monitoring & Event Tracking Kit — $59. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Compliance Strategy

Enterprise Risk Management Framework Guide

How to build an Enterprise Risk Management Framework: program charter, governance bodies, risk appetite, three lines of defense, a 10-dimension maturity assessment, and the quarterly board risk report.

Use this guide if

Use this if a bank partner, regulator, or your board asked to see your documented ERM framework and what you have is a risk register and some policies with nothing connecting them.

Matching template

Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) — $79. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Operational Risk

Financial Risk Management Template Guide

How to build a financial risk management template for fintechs: credit risk dashboard with delinquency benchmarks, liquidity monitor with runway formulas, concentration limits, and a board-approvable risk appetite statement.

Use this guide if

Use this if your risk committee asks for financial risk metrics monthly and you're rebuilding them by hand each time — or your board needs a risk appetite statement with real thresholds, not placeholder text.

Matching template

Financial Risk Management Kit — $59. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Operational Risk

New Product Risk Assessment Template Guide

How to run a New Product Risk Assessment: 12-category risk questionnaire, 4x4 impact and likelihood scoring, a 58-item pre-launch checklist, and the sign-off flow your risk committee and bank partner expect before go-live.

Use this guide if

Use this if you're launching a new product — BNPL, embedded finance, instant payments, stablecoins — and your bank partner or risk committee wants a formal risk assessment before go-live.

Matching template

New Product Risk Assessment — $59. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Data Privacy

Data Privacy Compliance Template Guide

How to build a data privacy compliance template: data inventory and mapping fields, legal basis, retention, consumer rights request tracking, and the state-law applicability work that makes it defensible.

Use this guide if

Use this if consumers are submitting data rights requests, a bank partner asked for your privacy documentation, or you need to figure out which state privacy laws actually apply to you.

Matching template

Data Privacy Compliance Kit — $69. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Incident Response

Incident Response Plan Template Guide

How to build an Incident Response Plan template: incident log fields, severity classification, phase-by-phase response checklist, breach notification tracking across states, and post-incident lessons learned.

Use this guide if

Use this if your incident response plan is untested, your bank partner asked about tabletop exercises, or you do not know your breach notification deadlines off the top of your head.

Matching template

Incident Response & Breach Notification Kit — $69. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Compliance Strategy

SOC 2 Compliance Checklist Guide

How to build a SOC 2 compliance checklist: Trust Services Criteria control fields, the evidence auditors actually request, an evidence tracker, and a month-by-month audit preparation timeline.

Use this guide if

Use this if a customer deal is contingent on SOC 2, you are preparing for your first audit, and you need to know exactly which controls auditors test and what evidence they ask for.

Matching template

SOC 2 Compliance Checklist — $79. Editable files and any included guide materials are emailed after checkout.

◆ Complete template index

All templates and resources.

Every downloadable template is listed here, grouped by the problem it solves. If a full guide exists, use it for evaluation; otherwise go straight to the product page.

AI, model risk, and governance

Use these when a bank partner, customer, examiner, or internal committee asks how AI and model-like systems are governed.

Template

$59

AI Risk Assessment Template & Guide

Comprehensive AI model governance and risk assessment templates for financial services teams.

★ Free

Free

AI Risk Assessment Guide (Free)

A free introductory guide to AI risk assessment for financial services teams.

★ Free

Free

Threat Modeling for Agentic Payments (Free)

A 20,000-word whitepaper on threat modeling for AI-powered autonomous payment systems in financial services.

Enterprise risk, controls, and indicators

Use these to build the core risk program: risk inventory, RCSA, KRIs, issues, loss events, and governance.

★ Free

Free

Risk Register — Fintech Edition (Free)

141 pre-populated fintech risks across 21 categories. ISO 31000 structure. Ready to use in a week.

Template

$69

RCSA (Risk & Control Self-Assessment)

141 pre-populated fintech risks with control assessments, questionnaire framework, and testing calendar.

Template

$49

KRI Library (132 Key Risk Indicators)

132 KRIs with thresholds, data sources, and escalation triggers pre-built for financial services.

Template

$49

Issues Management Tracker & Template

End-to-end issues tracking and remediation management for risk and compliance teams.

Template

$59

Financial Risk Management Kit

Credit risk, liquidity, concentration, and capital adequacy templates built for fintechs.

Template

$59

Loss Monitoring & Event Tracking Kit

Basel-aligned operational loss event tracking and root cause analysis for financial services.

Template

$79

Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF)

Complete ERM documentation: risk appetite, 3 Lines of Defense, committee charter, and board reporting.

Third-party, vendor, and product risk

Use these for vendor diligence, TPRM evidence, new product approvals, and launch-risk reviews.

Template

$69

Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Kit

Complete vendor risk management lifecycle from initial due diligence to ongoing oversight.

Template

$59

New Product Risk Assessment

Structured risk review process for new products, services, and business initiatives.

Privacy, incident response, and resilience

Use these for privacy obligations, breach response, business continuity, disaster recovery, and control evidence.

Template

$69

Data Privacy Compliance Kit

Multi-state privacy compliance templates covering 19 state laws plus GLBA and CCPA.

Template

$69

Incident Response & Breach Notification Kit

Step-by-step incident response playbooks and breach notification templates for all 50 states.

Template

$79

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) Kit

BCP and DR templates with BIA, recovery procedures, and a standalone tabletop exercise kit.

Template

$79

SOC 2 Compliance Checklist

151 controls mapped to AICPA Trust Services Criteria with evidence collection guidance.

Bundles

Use these when you need a packaged program rather than one standalone template.

Bundle

$399

Complete GRC Library

Every template in the library — all 18 products at deep discount off individual prices.

Other templates and resources

Additional RiskTemplates resources that do not fit neatly into the main themes above.

★ Free

Free

Issues Management Guide (Free)

A free introductory guide to building an effective issues management process.

Template

$79

Contingency Funding Plan — Banks

Examiner-ready contingency funding plan for chartered banks built to the 2023 Interagency Addendum.

Template

$79

Contingency Funding Plan — Fintechs

Contingency funding plan for sponsor-bank fintechs — FBO reconciliation, runway-based triggers, post-Synapse stress scenarios.

Template

$79

Fintech Customer AUP Kit

Acceptable Use Policy framework for fintech compliance teams evaluating high-risk customers and merchants.

Template

$79

GenAI Employee AUP Kit

Generative AI Acceptable Use Policy for governing employee use of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and AI tools.

Template

$79

AML/BSA Risk Assessment Template (Fintech Edition)

32 pre-populated fintech risk factors in the FFIEC exam manual structure, with customer risk rating methodology, five-pillar control inventory, and board dashboard.

Bundle

$149

GRC Starter Kit

Everything a new compliance hire needs to build their first risk program — 6 products at 46% off.

Bundle

$169

Compliance Essentials

Multi-domain compliance coverage: data privacy, incident response, BCP/DR, and SOC 2 — 43% off.

Bundle

$199

Operational Risk Program

Build a complete ORM program: ERM framework, RCSA, loss monitoring, financial risk, KRIs, and the Contingency Funding Plan for chartered banks.

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