Webinars

Having an understanding of endorsements and handling checks is crucial to making sound check cashing decisions. A check is a unique type of contract where ownership can be transferred by way of the endorsement on the back of the item.

Today’s financial institutions must have sound Compliance Management Systems (CMS). From making sure everyone is following policies and procedures to training staff to tracking, understanding, and implementing new regulations and predicting the impact of proposed rules, it’s a never-ending exercise in organization and education. That’s why federal regulators require financial institutions to have a CMS. While each agency has its own definition of a CMS, it all boils down to one simple concept: how a financial institution manages consumer compliance risk.

The business case for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is stronger than ever. This webinar will provide bankers a comprehensive review of the moral, economic and financial rationale for strategic investments in DEI policies, practices and programs.

Every month, the federal financial institution regulatory agencies publish lists of enforcement actions taken against financial institutions. Enforcement actions can include civil monetary penalties, consent decrees, and cease and desist orders, just to name a few. This course will discuss those penalties, and how to keep you off of the list.

This webinar is an orientation for those of you who have joined our industry.

There are many types of business accounts with many different ways to do business at banking today. It can be challenging to determine who is authorized to open, close and transact business when dealing with so many business entities.

Financial reporting is often rife with repetitive tasks and carries the risk of misstated numbers. In this webcast, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, will show you ways to create an utilize financial reporting templates, both as workbooks and worksheets, that you can use as clean slates. You'll also see how to create financial reports from a general ledger report by way of using pivot tables. You can then filter the pivot table with both the Slicer and Timeline features. Each month you'll simply save over the existing general ledger report and your spreadsheet-based reports will update automatically.

Security versus Convenience is the battle that every organization faces when leveraging technology today. If you lean too heavily on Security, performing routine business functions may become inefficient and frustrating. If you lean too heavily on Convenience, you risk exposing your network and data to hackers. To make matters worse, you need to have a separation between IT Operations (who is managing your technology) and Information Security (IS) Operations (who is making sure you are secure).