At ICBA Securities, we provide community bankers the tools to grow their investments.

Powered by our exclusive broker/dealer The Baker Group, ICBA Securities connects community bankers to investment portfolio and balance sheet management tools, as well as education resources.

Learn How ICBA Securities Can Help Your Community Bank

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Upcoming Events

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Research - Best Practices for Community Banks

Move beyond guesswork with this session on effective research methodologies. Learn how to conduct customer and employee surveys, trade area research, and more to gain reliable insights. Discover how quality information can shape decisions, enhance experiences, and build a thriving bank culture. Empower your management team with the tools to lead confidently.

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to conduct customer and employee surveys, trade area research, and other methods to gather reliable insights.
Use quality information to shape organizational choices, enhance customer and employee experiences, and strengthen bank culture.
Equip management teams with research-driven tools.

Duration: 60-minutes

Presented live and recorded on 05/27/26.

May 27, 2026 |

Webinar

Marketing Data and Analytics

ThinkTECH Alumni Showcase Webinar

Experience demonstrations of the latest solutions from several of our ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator companies from previous years. Learn about how these companies are helping community banks flourish and see how our companies continue to evolve to meet your bank’s needs.

Thanks to the continued support of ICBA member banks, these companies have enhanced and expanded their products and services to better meet the needs of today’s community banks.

Posh:

Posh is building the AI agentic workforce for financial institutions—improving customer service while transforming employees into “super agents” through AI assistants and continuous learning from real interactions. Trusted by 125+ financial institutions with 250+ deployments, its purpose-built platform spans voice, digital, training, and knowledge channels to drive self-service, employee enablement, and operational efficiency at scale.

Agent IQ :

Agent IQ provides an AI-powered relationship banking platform that helps financial institutions grow by turning digital interactions into lasting relationships. By combining intelligent engagement with responsible AI, Agent IQ enables banks and credit unions to scale human connection, improve efficiency, and deliver trusted digital experiences.

LemonadeLXP:

LemonadeLXP is an AI-powered, all-in-one learning and knowledge platform for community banks. It accelerates staff training, frontline enablement, and customer education by delivering instant, accurate information in the flow of work—combining learning, content, and support in one powerful platform.

Don’t miss this chance to witness the impact of collaboration and innovation in action.

Duration: 90-minutes

Presented live and recorded on 5/28/26.

May 28, 2026 |

Webinar

Innovation Fintech

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

Jun 2–Jun 4, 2026 |

Institute

Consumer Lending Lending

ICBA Securities Overview

ICBA Securities Corporation (ICBA Securities) was founded in 1989. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the ICBA, the nation’s largest trade association for community banks.

ICBA Securities has a commitment to return its profits to the industry. It does so in the form of royalties, sponsorships, or dividends. It has reinvested over $50 million back to its affiliated state/regional partners or to support advocacy at ICBA.

Endorsements

We are proud to be endorsed by 34 state community banking associations.

ICBA Securities provides investment portfolio and balance sheet management tools through The Baker Group, our exclusively endorsed broker/dealer.

About The Baker Group

Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Oklahoma City, The Baker Group is one of the nation’s largest independently owned broker/dealer, specializing in investment portfolio management, interest rate risk management, balance sheet strategies and education for community banks nationwide. The firm is committed to providing honest, insightful, and client-focused solutions to help community banks manage balance sheet risks and achieve high performance.

Education Opportunities Through ICBA Securities, powered by The Baker Group

Through The Baker Group, ICBA Securities provides an education platform tailored to the needs of community banks. Representatives from The Baker Group attend and speak at numerous state community banking conferences, seminars and meetings, conducting an average of 50 educational events per year.

ICBA Securities and The Baker Group also offer speakers who can cover a range of topics pertinent to community bank audiences. See below for a summary of the topics currently available:

Note: The speaking calendar may fill up early and therefore speaking requests cannot be guaranteed. Please note that all speaking requests are filled as resources are available.

Speaking Opportunities

2026 Economic Overview and Fed Policy Outlook

With the Federal Reserve delivering a total of 175 basis points of rate cuts starting in late 2024 and resuming in late 2025, the Fed now faces inflation above 2% and a slow labor market.

The Fed is divided between those that see employment as the greatest risk and those that see inflation as the greatest risk. In this presentation, we will take a look at the macroeconomic environment, including the key data points the Federal Reserve monitors to set monetary policy.

Investment Portfolio Strategies for Today’s Rate Environment

In today’s dynamic rate environment, a disciplined investment process is more critical than ever. With the yield curve steepening in 2025, driven by the Fed cutting interest rates 100 basis points in the later part of 2024 and an additional 75 basis points in late 2025, community banks have a unique opportunity to optimize their portfolios.

This session explores current investment trends and proven strategies to build a portfolio that enhances net interest margins while aligning with your bank’s broader asset/liability management objectives.

State of the Industry and Regulatory Hot Topics

Since the pandemic, the banking industry and regulatory landscape have been anything but stagnant. An aggressive rising rate environment set the state for declining margins and bank performance alongside liquidity challenges.

More recently, Fed rate cuts have allowed banks to reduce cost of funds, increase asset yields and see margin expansion. This session will examine the most recent community banking trends using the latest call report data as well as a dive into the hot topics from the regulatory agencies.

Playbook for the 2026 Rate Landscape

There is a relative consensus that we are nearing the end of the rate-cutting period begun in 2024. Whether there are zero, two or four rate cuts this year, the likely terminal rate for Fed Funds will be higher than historical norms.

This has myriad implications for community banks, both balance sheet and income statement. We will provide an update on the market expectations and suggest some strategies to take advantage of the likely shape of the yield curve.

Today’s Liquidity Management Best Practices

Liquidity risk management remains a top priority for regulators and a critical focus area for banks. This session examines best practices related to Liquidity Risk Management including liquidity cash flow forecasting, liquidity stress testing, and contingency funding planning. In addition, the discussion will cover current liquidity trends and pressing hot topics in today's banking landscape.

Asset/Liability Management in Today’s Environment

In 2022, the Federal Reserve launched an aggressive tightening cycle to combat post-pandemic inflation, reshaping the economic landscape.

As we move through 2026, the banking industry faces fresh challenges amid stabilizing yet elevated interest rates, policy shifts, and growing concerns about a potential economic slowdown.

Senior management continues to navigate an environment marked by elevated interest rates and the looming threat of an economic downturn. This session will examine and discuss all these concerns and present strategies to better prepare your institution for the uncertainty ahead.

Today’s Interest Rate Risk Management Best Practices

Interest rate risk management has transformed over the years from a mere compliance exercise into a sophisticated, dynamic, and ongoing process.

This session explores the best practices in Interest Rate Risk Management including key assumption development and documentation, back testing, and sensitivity testing of critical assumptions.

Participants will also gain insights into prevailing interest rate risk trends and emerging hot topics shaping the current environment.

Board of Directors: Demystifying Your Bank’s Investment Portfolio

In an era of heightened regulatory scrutiny, board members are required to have a better understanding of their bank’s investment portfolio.

This session will dive into the following: bond basics, why banks have investment portfolios, regulatory expectations of the bond portfolio, basic bond accounting treatment, and types of bonds owned by community banks and board reporting.

Board of Directors: Interest Rate Risk Management 101

Effective board oversight is the cornerstone of sound risk management. The board is responsible for overseeing the bank’s interest rate risk management program.

This session will educate board members on the basics of interest rate risk including interest rate modeling concepts, key modeling assumptions and the regulatory expectations of a sound interest rate risk program.