Webinars

Community Banker University and employment law firm Jackson Lewis have teamed to offer ICBA members a complimentary, three-part webinar series that explores workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion. Recorded Oct. 21-28, 2021

The rules and regulations governing IRAs, HSAs, and other tax favored savings accounts are constantly evolving. This can prove to  be challenging to keep up with. Rely on our industry experts to bring you up to date on recently proposed legislation and regulatory changes that may affect your organization and your clients.

Many community bank holding companies use share repurchase transactions as the primary avenue of liquidity for their common stock. These types of transactions have  myriad considerations, including those related to program structure, pricing, funding, regulatory, and corporate approvals.

Many community banks are contemplating the future of digital assets and the role they will play in the financial services industry. The various possibilities and issues related to virtual currencies, non-fungible tokens, and other digital assets are endless.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act regulates how, when, and why banks can communicate with their customers and generate new customers. Discuss common marketing pitfalls faced by banks and learn how banks can structure their marketing programs to reach new and existing customers in a compliant manner. Recorded April 26, 2022.

A brief overview of the risks of agriculture lending which includes assessing farm management, review of the market impacts, what to look for on the balance sheet and schedule F as well as a quick run down of the various loan structures to be used. Recorded March 17, 2022.

Knock out your annual training requirements in one 90-minute webinar! This webinar is for seasoned bankers and senior staff. You’ve trained for years in these areas, now let us walk you through this refresher to meet all the annual requirements that will have you back in your routine in just 90 minutes. 

In light of latent asset quality concerns and stock market valuations that have hammered the financial services sector, Bank M&A has slowed significantly. Moreover, COVID has dramatically increased the transformation to digital banking. Recorded March 29, 2022.

Banking as a Service is increasingly becoming the hot topic of banking. This webinar is designed to provide community bankers with a primer on Banking as a Service and what it can provide to bank customers. Recorded Oct. 27, 2021.

Attend this two-part webinar series to better understand what Banking as a Service is and how your bank can implement this new technology to maximize customer value and bank revenue. Recorded Oct. 27 - Nov. 3, 2021.

Community banks looking to offer a diverse product and service line to customers, can benefit from learning more about successful implementation of BaaS. Recorded Nov. 3, 2021.

Businesses in high risk industries, including fintechs, digital asset custodians, cryptocurrency miners, payments companies, and other non-bank financial companies are increasingly seeking customized bank solutions and partnerships. Recorded Oct. 20, 2021

Welcome to banking! There is hardly a vocation that touches more lives than the finance industry. To fully realize what we do, one needs to understand the banking industry.

Organizations should constantly strive to build a better board. But how do you do that in an evolving environment? Get a refresher on basic corporate governance and structure for bank boards and key tactics and strategies to improve board operations and improve overall shareholder value. Recorded Sept. 22, 2021.

Brokered deposits provide an important source of funding for community banks.  Recent changes to FDIC rules and guidance have offered clarity in certain areas of the brokered deposit regulatory regime while creating uncertainties in other areas. 

Further details will be available 30 days prior to the webinar date.

Recorded Date: November 29, 2023

During this one-hour webinar, your presenters, Kristen Ritter and Clint Jay from TIB Consulting Solutions, will provide a regulatory update and share common issues that have been creeping up in examination findings so that you can anticipate possible areas of concern and improve your procedures and controls. Recorded May 12, 2022.

During this 60 minute webinar, your presenters, Kristen Ritter and Clint Jay from TIB Consulting Solutions, will provide regulatory updates and share common issues that regularly come up. Recorded Nov. 1, 2022.

Leadership development and succession planning place a high priority on any company’s ability to develop talent within their organization. We continue to hear stories from managers about the gap between Baby Boomers and Millennials. Recorded  March 30, 2023.

ICBA Members: $219
Non-Members: $319

In this quick "lunch and learn" video, Deborah Phillips, Senior Vice President, Payments & Technology Policy, ICBA and Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, ICBA Bancard breaks down the what, why, and how of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) with Scott Broughton, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Client Engagement, ICBA Bancard.

The most intricate and challenging lending you can do is commercial and industrial. Learn about the various industries you will work with, the types of loans that you will use, how to analyze financial statements for key credit risk indicators, how to properly structure a loan, plus solidifying the relationship after the closing. 

The key is not to be an order taker, but rather add value to your borrower’s business and build a relationship which is mutually beneficial. Recorded July 19.

As banks risk rate clients, banks are also being risk rated under the CAMELS system. Understanding how the examiners will be reviewing bank performance is important for bankers to prepare for their next exam.

Recorded Nov. 17, 2021.

Inflation has dramatically changed stress testing. Liquidity, cost of funding, cap rates, appraisal evaluations, and other factors are changing the way capital adequacy is tested. Explore how banks think about such matters as well as what capital planning looks like today.

ICBA has brought together a panel of industry experts from the Federal Reserve and the Bank for International Settlements to define CBDC and provide sought after answers. Recorded Oct. 26, 2021.

We know that people are writing less checks. However, did you know that checks continue to be the most common way financial crimes are committed? Join us for this 60-minute webinar to hear about the most recent trends in check fraud and what steps you can take to help prevent your institution from falling victim to financial crimes.

This webinar will begin with a review of “commercial real estate” including types of properties and demand/supply in the “current” market. The session will then cover the entire “loan process” by which a commercial real estate (CRE) loan is marketed, underwritten, approved, documented, “closed,” and monitored.

When it comes to lending on commercial real estate, rent rolls and cash flow are just the tip of the iceberg. With the real estate market undergoing significant upheaval, whether it's owner-occupied, investment, or development, it's essential to know what to look for in terms of credit risk. This webinar aims to help you avoid headaches and losses in the future.

Community banks are well accustomed to operating subject to an ever-evolving set of standards imposed by their regulatory agencies. One area that has undergone significant changes is the expenses incurred by community banks. 

Reg. O is an insider abuse regulation which draws significant regulatory attention and scrutiny in the best of times. Economic concerns related to inflation and high interest rates, among other matters, will increase the regulatory attention and scrutiny on these issues.

Recorded May 23, 2022.

Has your institution kept pace with recent and upcoming regulatory changes? During this 60 minute webinar, you'll review recent and upcoming rule changes in the areas of consumer compliance, as well as discuss the regulatory environment and what may be to come. Recorded Aug. 2, 2022.

What is the difference between having satisfied customers or customers who are loyal? Examine industry surveys to explore the level of satisfaction that exists between financial institutions and the clients they serve.

For many community banks, there is a total lack of liquidity in the ownership of shares. As a result, many stockholders who desire to sell their shares are unable to do so. Likewise, many boards and management fail to recognize the importance of finding ways to create liquidity through appropriately designed stock repurchase programs or other mechanisms. This session focuses on stockholder liquidity needs and how bank boards and management can address and resolve them.

Are you creating your first ERM Program for your bank? Do you want to ensure your current program is complete yet keep it simple? If yes to either question this webinar is for you!

To properly assess the risks associated with loan repayment, we need to understand how the business has performed over the past several periods. This is called trending. The data needed for this process is several years of financial statements, also known as the borrower’s story about how they have managed their business activities.

The risks of a line of credit are not in the financial statements, but in the reasons for how the financial statements appear. We receive an excessive quantity of numbers in financial statements. However, it is actually the events that produce the numbers that contain the risks.

In assessing a line of credit loan request the banker must understand where the repayment is coming from. This requires identifying the cause of the cash shortfall as well as the characteristics of the self-liquidating asset that will repay the loan.

A term loan request requires multiple layers of analysis by the banker to properly assess the repayment viability of the borrower. It is more than just adherence to credit policy. Understanding that today’s loan is repaid with tomorrow’s cash is critical. This requires a keen recognition of how the self-liquidating asset should work.

Bankers are not order takers. We add value by solving our clients' problems. Fully analyzing the loan request and recognizing that each request starts with a cash shortfall is crucial.

Managing credit risk does not stop at closing, it is only beginning. By staying close to your client, inspecting what you expect and working to solve their problems, you will enhance the relationship.

Learn the framework for assessing and managing credit risk. Throughout this newly updated six-part series, we address financial statement analysis, qualitative analysis, cash flow, proper credit structure, and discuss best practices for managing the credit risk of your credit portfolio.

An introductory primer on understanding the income statement and balance sheet of a commercial enterprise looking at four industries.

Rent rolls and cash flow are just the start in the risk of lending on commercial real estate. Whether it is owner occupied, investment or development, knowing what to look for will in terms of risk, will assist in avoiding headaches and losses in the future.

In this level-setting session, Jackson Lewis attorneys unpack the meaning of diversity, inclusion, and bias. We will focus on both conscious and unconscious bias, reviewing various types of biases, as well as strategies for interrupting them. Recorded Oct. 14, 2021.

Jackson Lewis attorneys cover strategic planning relating to diversity, equity, and inclusions initiatives. Recorded Oct. 21, 2021.

Explore various approaches community banks may use to appropriately build and implement personnel metrics to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. Recorded Oct. 28, 2021.

During this webinar bankers will learn about the different customer channels available and their associated risks, potential third-party partners, and costs to the business. 

Organizational change requires buy-in from all parts of the business—from bank directors to senior management to bank staff. 

Digital transformation often requires the assistance of outside vendors to achieve goals that lead to organization efficiency, increased revenue, and customer satisfaction. 

Challenges will likely arise during your bank’s digital transformation process. This final webinar of the series will address potential obstacles to progress, roadblocks or stumbling blocks for community banks, and proven problem-solving techniques community banks can use to overcome these challenges during their digital transformation journeys.

What does digital transformation look like at community banks? And how can it be leveraged for improved customer interactions and performance? It requires an exploration of how your customers interact with your bank and finding new and innovative solutions to improve their experience with your brand.

What is digital transformation? This session delves into integrating digital technology into all areas of the business, changing how a bank operates and delivers value to customers. 

Domestic abuse is not a crime that can  be ignored by the victim’s employer. Employers must recognize that personal, real-life problems affect job performance and job performance affects the bottom line. Nearly 1/3 of women in this country claim to have been the victims of physical or sexual abuse. 

Nearly every sales, marketing, or promotion idea in banking today is influenced by emerging technologies and regulatory compliance. This places specific demands on how advertising, promotions, and relationship development activities are deployed by financial institutions. 

Strategic planning is an essential aspect of every community bank’s operations. Its importance becomes more apparent when community banks face challenges such as the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and present economic struggles.

Elder Fraud is projected to be  one of the biggest growing segments of crime in our country! Criminals know who to target and have found ways to get close to control and exploit their victims. Learn how your bank can serve as the last line of defense to protect the criminals’ target, your account holders!   

This webinar answers common questions such as: What is Fair Banking? Is it the same as Fair Lending? What does it have to do with Marketing? Learn more about Fair Banking or what some call “Fair and Responsible Banking.”

The FedNow Service is a new instant payment service from Federal Reserve that will enable financial institutions of every size, and in every community across the U.S., to provide safe and efficient instant payment services in real time, around the clock, every day of the year.

Financial crimes threaten the safety and soundness of our community banks nation-wide. In some cases, these crimes threaten the security and safety of the nation. Recorded July 13, 2022

Financial crimes threaten the safety and soundness of our community banks nation-wide. In some cases, these crimes threaten the security and safety of the nation. Recorded July 13, 2022

Financial crimes threaten the safety and soundness of our community banks nation-wide. In some cases, these crimes threaten the security and safety of the nation. Recorded July 28, 2022

Topics covered: Crime Statistics, Working from Home Safeguards, Working from the Office Issues, New Banking Environment, COVID Fraud Developments, Risk & Vulnerability Assessments, Physical Security Assessments. Recorded April 27, 2022.

It's clear a different set of dynamics are in play from the recent past as we approach year-end. Between market losses on the bond portfolio, uncertainty about deposit availability and margin compression, bankers are thinking about strategies for the fourth quarter. We will discuss some popular plays run by community banks in 2022, with an eye toward improving future periods. Recorded Oct. 13, 2022.

The National Labor Relations Board’s renewed interest in employee handbooks and related policies requires employers to be more vigilant than ever.  In this program, we will examine core policies that all institutions should include in their employee manuals, as well as those that may raise a red flag and approaches to avoid potential liability.

Recorded: July 28, 2021

If you are one of thousands of community bankers concerned about the CFPB’s proposed rule on Small Business Loan Data Collection (Section 1071), now is the time to voice your opinion! To make certain your voice is heard, join ICBA regulatory experts for this briefing to learn tips on how to tailor your letter. Recorded: Dec. 9, 2021

Faster payments are happening. Don’t get left behind. Hear from several faster payment solutions during this quick-hitting, 90-minute session to learn how they can help your bank keep pace with the competition.

ICBA Members: Free to ICBA Members

Every company, regardless of industry, is trying to figure out how to attract and retain the right talent. Organizations are also striving to achieve their goals and fulfill the vision described in their strategic plan. But how do you achieve all — attracting and retaining talent while achieving your objectives and fulfilling your vision?

Further details will be available 30 days prior to the webinar date.

The aftermath of the pandemic, new and emerging technologies, evolving consumer preferences and other market shifts highlight the need for community banks to develop a strategic plan that is fluid.

Recent Federal Reserve testimony to Congress focused on the “I” word: Inflation. It clearly is on the minds of consumers, producers, policy makers, investors, and economists. But how does it affect community banks?

In this 90-minute webinar, you will learn how to switch perspectives from having a Business Continuity Plan to an ongoing Business Continuity Management (BCM) system and how to integrate it into your Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program. Recorded July 28, 2022.

Learn how to switch from having a static Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to an ongoing dynamic Business Continuity Management (BCM) system and how to integrate it into your Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program. 

How prepared is your financial institution for internal theft and fraud? Review what every Security Officer should know to combat internal fraud. Discover where the internal thief will spend the stolen funds and how they keep their stealing from being found. 

Commercial lending is one of the most challenging aspects of banking. You must have a good understanding of your borrower, the reason for the financing request, as well as how to accurately assess the repayment source. Explore various industries that you will work with, sources of cash shortfall, analyzing financial statements, using the right structure, negotiations as well as after closing monitoring. 

This webinar covers the basics of consumer lending including the consumer loan function, marketing consumer loans, and making consumer lending decisions based on the five Cs of credit- capacity, capital, collateral, conditions, and character.

New to IRAs? Prepare to build a foundation of the most common IRA transactions and rules. Learn the fundamentals of Traditional and Roth IRAs from contributions and distributions to portability—including the rules associated with rollovers between employer plans and IRAs.

Further details will be available 30 days prior to the webinar date.

Recorded October 17, 2023.

Recorded April 12, 2022

During this 60 minute webinar, your presenter, Doc Bodine from Gerrish Smith Tuck,  will review regulatory expectations for community bank directors with regard to the regulatory knowledge they are expected to have, plus strategies and approaches to achieve regulatory compliance.  

In today’s fast-paced merger and acquisition environment, it’s best to be on your “A” game to prepare for nuances we haven’t seen in the past. This upbeat webinar covers common mistakes that both buyers and sellers make—specifically in community bank M&A transactions, as distinguished from big bank transactions. Recorded May 4, 2022

Many community bank common stocks do not have true market liquidity, which is the ability of the shareholder to convert their shares to cash at a fair price in a timely manner.

Many institutions invested heavily in developing and implementing a new, compliant reserve methodology. These new models are more complex than their predecessors by not only having more quantitative calculations and assumptions, but also requiring more education and oversight by management.

Every bank has three essential assets they should be managing. Like any asset within the organization, proactive management of each asset generates superior results. Among these essential assets we find a mix of employees, relationships, and the bank’s trade area reputation: all the ingredients necessary to attract and retain customers. 

From remote work policies to higher salaries and demands for social justice work, the workplace has radically evolved since the pandemic. Join Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys for a discussion on why employees are leaving their jobs, what employers can do to recruit and retain talent, and how to plan for potential RIFs.

Discover negotiation strategies that will lead to success and influence in your job. These skills can easily transfer to other areas of your life. Learn how to strategically ask for what you want; prioritize what you want before asking; be clear as to why you want/need what you are asking for; and successfully close a negotiation. 

While the RTP® network from The Clearing House has been live for 4 years, most community banks are either just starting, or preparing to start their instant payments journey. Recorded Nov. 2, 2021.

Increasing adoption/volume/use cases on the RTP network, the upcoming launch of the FedNow℠ Service, and customer demand are all fueling the need for community banks to ensure they have a plan and roadmap for implementing instant payments. Recorded Nov. 2-17, 2021.

Navigating tax returns has never been enjoyable. The complexity of the various forms, the flow of information, as well as the size of many borrowers' returns can be intimidating. This webinar will assist you in understanding the core information you need to accurately assess the cash income of your borrower. 

Peer-2-peer electronic funds transfer apps, such as Zelle and Venmo, were already gaining in popularity before the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to social distancing measures required by COVID-19, usage of these apps exploded exponentially, creating opportunities for bad actors to defraud consumers.

Regulation E protects consumers from unauthorized electronic funds transfers (EFTs). The regulation establishes the rights and liabilities of consumers and financial institutions regarding these unauthorized EFTs.

Attend ICBA’s Quarterly Regulatory Compliance Webinars for the very latest regulatory compliance guidance, upcoming deadlines, resources, and more.

Attend the ICBA’s Quarterly Regulatory Compliance Webinars for the very latest regulatory compliance guidance, upcoming deadlines, resources, and more.

Attend the ICBA’s Quarterly Regulatory Compliance Webinars for the very latest regulatory compliance guidance, upcoming deadlines, resources, and more.

During this 60-minute webinar, examine the current regulatory priorities in safety and soundness. The speaker will describe how to mitigate risk associated with those priorities and stay ahead of regulatory hot buttons in exams and in transactions.

Gain an overview of the bank regulatory and supervisory highlights from 2022 and some predictions on what might be in store for 2023. Topics that will be covered include CRA reform, digital assets, rising interest rates, turnover at the regulatory agencies, sanctions, and bank partnerships.

Learning Objectives:

• Outline the bank regulatory and supervisory highlights from 2022.

• Predict what’s in store for 2023 on topics such as CRA Reform, and rising interest rates.
  

Your financial institution can unknowingly be making itself an easier target for robbers!  In this session, we review the steps and procedures financial institutions should enact to help protect staff and the public.  Learn how robbers case your institution, the specific steps you can take to reduce your chances of robbery, and actions not to take that may exacerbate the situation. 

This program cover all the necessary steps your staff needs to sustain a safe workplace in your financial institution. Protect your people, prevent vulnerability, and reassure your customers that their money is safe.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the procedures you should enact to help protect staff and the public.

• Understand what not to do in the case of a robbery.

• Learn how robbers are preparing for the robbery.
  

SECURE 2.0 contains significant changes for retirement plans, plan sponsors, and retirement plan providers. Review key provisions, identify what’s most relevant to your financial institution, and discover optimal timing of when your organization should be ready for change.

Your institution is unique so your strategic plan should be unique as well. Too often, executives and directors will construct a strategic plan from old plans, use strategies that no longer work, or just brainstorm based on emotion or intuition. November 29, 2022

The aftermath of the pandemic, new and emerging technologies, evolving consumer preferences and other market shifts highlight the need for community banks to develop a strategic plan that is fluid.

Every company, regardless of industry, is trying to figure out how to attract and retain the right talent. Organizations are also striving to achieve their goals and fulfill the vision described in their strategic plan. But how do you achieve all — attracting and retaining talent while achieving your objectives and fulfilling your vision?

Over the last decade, one of the most significant challenges facing community banks has been attracting and retaining new directors and banking talent.

This program cover all the necessary steps your staff needs to sustain a safe workplace in your financial institution. Protect your people, prevent vulnerability, and reassure your customers that their money is safe.

If your organization has become a bit complacent and resistant to change, maybe now is the perfect time to reenergize and reinvigorate your culture with the spark of entrepreneurialism. This executive briefing is designed to help bank leaders recognize the many opportunities that exist today for organizational improvement and innovation, inspiring employees to think and behave more like owners so your bank can truly own and control its destiny.

Global cash flow analysis is a growing requirement in the commercial lending segment.  The hardest part of accurately calculating a borrower’s cash flow is the assessment of the tax returns.

Building an accurate income assessment of a multiple entity borrower has always been challenging. Determining the cash generated by individual businesses while also understanding the condition of each borrower's holdings can be a struggle even with complete information.

Prepare employees and managers to respond appropriately to an active shooter incident. Review concepts endorsed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and learn what to expect when law enforcement responds.

The Federal Reserve has embarked on the most aggressive efforts to fight inflation since the early 1980s. After more than a decade of expansionary monetary (and fiscal) policy, banks have been whipsawed. In effect, the Federal Reserve has sprung a liquidity trap.

Recorded Sept. 29, 2021

Review the primary Treasury Management services available in the market. Learn about strategies to offer the right Treasury Management services your business customers need, based on the value these services provide to businesses. 

This session will explore how banks are implementing digital banking and financial solutions for their customer base, and how some banks are providing “Banking as a Service” to fintech.  We will discuss how banks are implementing both digital banking and “banking-as-a-service” initiatives (strategy, operations, legal/regulatory issues, staffing) and related regulatory and compliance issues.  This session will also touch on what advantages there are for both banks and fintech partners in a platform bank “Banking-as-a-Service” model for simple DDA, payments and lending products.

This webinar introduces the attendee to the relationships that exist in the UCA cash flow model, picks out where the cash in the firm has been pooling, and assesses managements strengths and weakness in controlling cash.

Learn how to develop a simple yet comprehensive Vendor Management Program based on best practices from the FFIEC IT Examination Handbook. Go beyond the basics, with a step-by-step analysis of guidance outlined in the OCC SR Letter 11-7 on Model Risk Management to understand how Vendor Management and Model Risk Management fit within your overall Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program.

Early identification of weakening credits is critical to managing credit risk. This overview defines the attributes of a declining credit, assists in determining exit or rehab as well as a brief look at action plans.