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

For general information email us: info@icbasecurities.com
Reach us by phone at 866-843-4222

Upcoming Events

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BSA/AML Institute

The formal requirements for financial institution compliance under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) are significant. With the regulatory agencies committing to tougher and more inclusive BSA/AML examinations, it is important to make certain your BSA/AML program is appropriate for your institution's risk exposure.

Gain in-depth knowledge, resources, and peer networks to effectively manage your BSA/AML function or audit this function properly. This comprehensive training covers the primary requirements of each segment of the regulation and offers guidance on best practice expectations in each area.

To earn the Certified BSA/AML Professional (CBAP) 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:

Review Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering program requirements, including emerging trends and industry observations.
Analyze traditional financial recordkeeping elements of currency transactions, monetary instrument sales, and funds transfers.
Take a comprehensive look at the CTR and SAR forms, including filing scenarios and dynamic “should you file” discussions.
Study Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements including the Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership requirements.
Discuss high-risk customer monitoring tactics-including an in-depth look at account ownership expectations, enhanced account review, and OFAC compliance.
Review key suspicious activity monitoring program components.
Identify techniques to improve your BSA risk assessment to address all business lines and risk exposures at various levels within your bank.

Aug 11–Aug 13, 2026 |

Institute

Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Act (BSA/AML) Compliance

What’s the Next Chapter for Your Bank Webinar

Community bank boards and executive management need to be prepared for what is coming next. This session provides practical insights on evolving technology and how to position your organization, along with key corporate governance and strategic planning considerations that can impact your future direction and long-term value.

Learning Objectives:

Understand key trends shaping what comes next for community banks.
Recognize how technology evolution may impact their bank and how to prepare for it.
Identify core governance and strategic planning issues affecting board and management decision-making.

Duration: 60-minutes

Presented live and recorded on 08/11/26.

Aug 11, 2026 |

Webinar

Governance Innovation

Analyzing Your Bank’s Financial Statement Seminar

Understanding the financial performance of your bank is crucial in leading a high performing organization. This seminar assesses how the marketplace is affecting the bank and how bank management is in turn responding. One must understand this relationship to create accurate financial statements.

By understanding the linkage between the bank balance sheet and income statement, monitoring key measurements in the bank as well as the decisions that management is making in response to the economic marketplace, we can effectively assess the strengths and weaknesses in our bank.

Once these interrelationships are understood, participants will walk through the CAMELS Rating to predict where their bank may score. Lastly, we will look at a way to create future budgets using the starting point of the Return on Assets.

This is a foundational class that does require experience in understanding financial statements, particularly experience in reviewing income statements, balance sheets and basic ratio analysis. It is most helpful for those either in bank management, on a bank board or aspiring to future leadership roles in the bank.

Learning Objectives:

Complete a pre-session assignment that reviews your bank's financial statements to get a feel for the condition of the bank.
Discuss the existing marketplace, and the impacts they are currently seeing, as well as management's approaches to addressing the impacts.
Review the Balance Sheet and Income Statement of a bank to build an expectation of the interrelationships that exist in financial institution statements.
Measure and set key financial statement ratios to assess the condition of the bank as well as to understand what decisions will be required to improve the performance of the bank.
Apply information from the financial statements to build a CAMELS Rating for your bank
Be exposed to building an annual budget with an ROA Tree model.

Aug 12, 2026 |

Seminar

Accounting/Finance

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.