Risk Management Blog

The next best thing. We’re always looking for it. What is it? Look at Fintech and its explosive impact on the lending community for a real time example of an industry being flooded with a river of what’s next. Same is true in the service industry community. What’s the next best thing? Who’s got it? How can I get it? Check out the FCS Compliance Control Program, an integrated lender-law firm portfolio management service that… >> READ MORE

Getting organized, eliminating clutter, consolidating and streamlining. We’ve all heard these buzz words, we’ve all worked towards accomplishing them. When something pops up that helps us do these things, we take advantage. Every little time saver helps as life around us gets faster and faster. Here at FCS it’s the same. As a service company, we’re committed to constantly striving to help our customers increase efficiencies while… >> READ MORE

In its June 5 Sunday edition, the Sacramento Bee published the investigative article Intrigue, offshore connections to Sacramento in ‘Panama Papers’ leak (see quotes below from the article). While First Corporate Solutions (FCS) is featured as a Sacramento-based service company, the investigation’s focus centers on the shortcomings and lack of transparency in the US corporate law system. It also confirms that FCS has done nothing wrong,… >> READ MORE

So you’ve determined for your UCC and lien searches who to search, what to search, and where to search. You’ve placed your order or performed the search yourself and it has been completed. The search results are in hand and now you must interpret what you’ve found. Are all search result reports the same? No, they are not. UCC search reports vary in appearance and contain different information depending on the data source. This reference… >> READ MORE

You’ve done all your due diligence. You’ve qualified your debtor, all your ducks are lined up. Now you just need to file your UCC and/or corporate documents. It’s just a technicality, right? The heavy lifting is done. And then your filing gets rejected! What happened? Well it could be any of a number of things depending on the filing office you’re interacting with, but one things for sure:  rejected filing cost secured parties… >> READ MORE

You’ve probably been there. You’re performing your due diligence to qualify the credit worthiness of some new prospects, you’re doing your lien searches, your credit checks, your court research including bankruptcy, and if your prospects are entities, also your business entity research—what’s the exact legal name, are they in good standing, who are the officers, etc. To do all of this research, you have to go to this state’s… >> READ MORE

To perfect a security interest with a UCC filing, the simple act of filing your lien is not enough. You have to do it correctly. There are specific guidelines to follow, including how to determine the specific debtor name or names to include on your UCC. But these specific naming guidelines are not extended to others who also file liens in the public record, others like the IRS and State taxing agencies, or even individuals filing judgment… >> READ MORE

When filing UCCs, you’re looking to perfect your security interest while avoiding rejections, but things can go wrong. You can follow proper procedures and still things can go wrong resulting in rejected filings, security interests that are not perfected, and more. Nevertheless, of course you should follow proper procedures. To learn more about them, check out this 30-minute webinar An Insider’s Guide To Avoiding UCC Filing Mistakes.… >> READ MORE

Is your UCC portfolio growing? Are your UCC management processes growing with it? Are your current UCC solutions able to scale to support your success? For example, have you ever missed the window for filing a UCC3 Continuation, and thus lost your perfected security interest? Are you still managing your UCC portfolio from a spreadsheet? Are you still filing direct with Secretary of States which require you to understand and navigate each… >> READ MORE

Are you a Bulk Sale Escrow Officer? Then this blog post is for you! We’ve been supporting Escrow Officers handling bulk sales for close to a quarter century, and over that period we’ve learned more than just a few things from our friends in the industry, and in our next couple of blog posts we share some of tips we’ve learned. Tip #1: Search an individual seller’s name at any and all addresses Because individual business owners… >> READ MORE