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Conduct Background Check Protocol

1 December 2021

The ABA’s Conduct Background Check Protocol was established in June 2017 to assist subscribing ABA member banks when hiring to find out better information about a job applicant’s past employment history and conduct record. This is designed to create more consistency in hiring so individuals with poor conduct records can’t move from one job to the next in the banking industry undetected.

The CBC Protocol has since been updated.

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