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The Independent Community Bankers of America has one mission: to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish.
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New from ICBA Education: Digital Assets Webinar Series
This five-part webinar series equips community bankers with a fundamental understanding of digital assets, from basic concepts to strategic implications.
Comprehensive Individual Education
We provide community bankers with premier and industry-specific education for every career stage. Our proven, comprehensive curriculum of best-in-class education is offered through multiple delivery channels to fit the needs and busy schedules of today’s community bankers.
Contact us at education@icba.org or 800-422-7285.
Bank-wide subscriptions
Unlimited Webinar Pass
The ICBA Education Unlimited Webinar Pass allows your organization to access more than 80 live webinars and more than 150 on-demand webinars during the 12-month subscription — all for one price plus applicable state sales tax.
ICBA Bank Director Program
The ICBA Bank Director Program provides exclusive director-related training, tailored to meet the needs of your board and delivered through bi-monthly newsletters, online training, a governance helpline and preferred pricing on resources and events.
Online Training
ICBA Education offers a variety of online course plans with courses that build knowledge and a strong foundation within key areas of the banking industry and professional development. If you’re looking for more information about our online course options, please feel free to request a demo below.
Professional Development Planner
Help employees explore careers and position them for growth at your community bank with ICBA Education’s Professional Development Planner.
Policies and Resources
Help employees explore careers and position them for growth at your community bank with ICBA Education’s Professional Development Planner.
Upcoming education events
Consumer Lending Institute
Make informed credit decisions by developing your ability to evaluate a consumer loan request. This program covers the application process, financial statement analysis, credit analysis, loan structure, compliance, documentation procedures, and closing.
To earn the Certified Community Bank Consumer Lender (CCBCL) certification, you will be required to attend this program in its entirety, complete all assignments, and achieve a passing score on the certification exam. If you decide to enroll in the certification testing after you register for the class, please contact an ICBA Education representative at 800-422-7285.
Learning Objectives:
- Consumer banking overview, lending application and underwriting
- Consumer underwriting-tax returns, scoring and credit analysis
- Credit report analysis
- Consumer lending-structure, documentation, pricing, compliance and collections
- Consumer products-direct lending, indirect lending and deposit
- Portfolio management-credit quality issues
ICBA Bank Director Forum - Session 2
Offered quarterly in half-day sessions, each of the ICBA Bank Directors Forums will cover a unique topic, such as cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, corporate governance and more. No two sessions will be the same.
Register for all four Bank Director Forums and save $200!
Data and Analytics Institute
In today's fast-paced business world, quickly analyzing large data sets is essential, especially in banking. With vast amounts of data at our fingertips, we can generate insights to guide decision-making. Best of all, effective data analytics can often be achieved using tools like Microsoft Excel that you likely already have.
We’ll launch your data analytics journey, starting with foundational concepts and data strategy building on those basics. Then, we’ll move into more in-depth analysis, including ways to build routines for automated data analysis. We will work through real-life examples, which will include items such as evaluating loan information, general ledger detail, employee expense reimbursements, and more.
The course will focus heavily on using Excel for data analysis, including functions like pivot tables, Power Query, and Power Pivot. Excel familiarity is recommended but no advanced Excel skills are required. We will begin with the basics and build up your proficiency throughout the 2.5 days.
Participants should come equipped with a laptop for hands-on exercises. We recommend having Excel’s Get & Transform tools (Power Query and Power Pivot) enabled.
To earn the Certified Community Bank Data Analyst (CCBDA) certification, you will be required to attend this program in its entirety, complete all assignments, and achieve a passing score on the certification exam. If you decide to enroll in the certification testing after you register for the class, please contact an ICBA Education representative at 800-422-7285.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the components of a data strategy and how to identify useful data.
- Execute data analysis effectively within your bank.
- Utilize the functionalities available in the Microsoft suite of products for comprehensive data analysis.
Upcoming Webinars
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