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Cyber & Information Security Overview for Employees (Individual)
While community banks are diligent in their management of cybercrimes, mitigating sophisticated cyber threats can be challenging. It is up to bank employees to understand their role in protecting...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Sale of Nondeposit Investments (PLM-230)
Applies to all retail sales of nondeposit products, including marketing and promotional activities. Covers objectives, scope, responsibility, minimum standards, program management, setting and...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Commercial Lending (PLL-079)
Covers the bank's approach to commercial/business loans, including credit types, interest rates, pricing, borrower information requirements, legal lending limits, credit criteria, collateral,...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Merchant Services (PLL-233)
Guides the bank in managing its relationship with Visa/MasterCard merchants. Topics include management of risk, capital adequacy, merchant approval processes, pricing, and fraud monitoring.
ICBA Community Bank Briefing: The GENIUS Act, Payment Stablecoins, and What All This Means for Community Banks
As the regulatory environment around digital assets continues to evolve, ICBA has taken an active role in shaping legislation establishing a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. ICBA is...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Pandemic Policy (PLM-253)
This may be used as a stand alone policy or incorporated into your Business Continuity Policy. Contains guidance from The Interagency Statement on Pandemic Planning. Includes sample Pandemic Plan.
Payments 101: Part 2 - ACH & Wire Transfers (Individual)
In the United States there are many ways we pay our bills and each other. The Automated Clearing House (ACH) is generally seen as a consumer product but is used by companies as well. Wire transfers...
Bank Policies & Procedures: E-Sign Act Policy
The E-Sign Act provides a general rule of validity for electronic records and signatures for transactions in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce. E-Sign allows the use of electronic records...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Reg Z Suite (PLC-114)
This suite of policies includes Lending Advertising Policy, Closed-End Consumer Non-Real Estate Loans Policy, Consumer Closed-end Real Estate Loan Policy, HELOC and Other Open End Products Policy,...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Environmental Risk & Liability (PLL-081)
Covers the bank's approach to commercial/business loans, including credit types, interest rates, pricing, borrower information requirements, legal lending limits, credit criteria, collateral,...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Risk Management Policy (PLM-228)
Provides the overall framework for the supervision, management, operation, and control of the bank’s risk management program. Includes duties and responsibilities of the risk management committee...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Reg CC: Expedite Funds Availability (PLC-107)
Establishes internal procedures to address proper funds availability, disclosure, collection of checks, return of unpaid checks, and payment of interest on deposited funds.
IT Security: It Begins With You (Individual)
This course is designed for all employees who use computers and other devices to access their organizations’ systems. Learn about the main ways that cybercriminals use people to compromise systems,...
Digital Transformation Demystified - Part 3: Building or Perfecting a Digital Transformation Plan (MP4)
Organizational change requires buy-in from all parts of the business—from bank directors to senior management to bank staff. This session will address how to strategize, prioritize, and allocate...
Fair Housing Act for Banks (Individual)
The Act was originally adopted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and it was subsequently broadened in 1988 to prohibit discrimination when renting or buying a home, acquiring a mortgage,...
IT Security: Corporate Account Takeover (Individual)
This course is designed for all employees who use computers and other electronic devices in the course of their work. Employees learn to recognize Corporate Account Takeover (CATO) attacks and take...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Investment (PLM-098)
Covers the delegation of investment authority and accountability, the definition of acceptable types of investments, and how to maximize the bank's profitability while meeting the local...
Telephone Consumer Protection Act
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act was signed in 1991. It was enacted to protect consumers from unwanted calls commonly called “robocalls”. The TCPA places restrictions on the use of the...
Introduction to Consumer Lending (Individual)
Consumer credit is an important element of the United States economy. A consumer’s ability to borrow money easily allows a well-managed economy to function more efficiently and stimulates economic...
Cyber & Information Security Overview for Senior Management & Directors (Individual)
Building and operating an information security program at your organization can be challenging. Building and operating an information security program at your organization can be challenging. This...
Regulatory Accounting and Operational Auditing (Individual)
Regulatory accounting and operational auditing are integral elements of the role of the internal auditor. In this module, we will introduce you to these concepts by discussing bank financial...
IT Security: Password Security Awareness (Individual)
This course explores the importance of having strong passwords, how and why hackers access accounts and systems, the consequences of these security breaches as well as both good and bad password...
Bank Policies & Procedures: I.T Asset Lifecycle Policy (PLM-330)
Establishes lifecycles for the hardware and software that is used within the bank as defined by the manufacturer or determined by the bank, identified by the manufacturer's plans for providing...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Reg B: Equal Credit Opportunity (PLC-118)
Provides guidance for lenders on the requirements of this regulation as well as prescreening, the interview and application process, credit evaluation, action notifications, signature policy, and...
White Paper: Cultivating the Strategic Value of Credit Card Rewards Programs
Given the increasing popularity of credit card rewards programs, ICBA Bancard and TCM Bank, N.A., dove into the landscape to explore the latest trends, developments, and opportunities for community...
Credit Boot Camp Part 5 - Cash Flow Based Loan Structure MP4
Every loan request originates from a cash shortfall, and it must be repaid through a self-liquidating asset. Too often, bankers default to standard loan structures based solely on policy, without...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Quality Control System (PLL-226)
Sets the guidelines for establishing a quality control system. Covers the purpose and scope of a quality control system, system operation, investigation, and policy review.
Ethics for Bankers (Individual)
A bank’s reputation for integrity is perhaps its most valuable asset and is determined by the conduct of its Directors, Officers and employees. Bank employees must strive to avoid situations that...
Managing a Remote Workforce (Individual)
In times of crisis, employees are sometimes required to work from home. The transition from the traditional workplace to a remote environment is not easy. This course explores the challenges of...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Interest Rate Risk (PLM-095)
Establishes the guidelines to ensure that the bank is managed to recognize, measure, and control interest rate risk by setting risk limits, strategies, and reporting formats. Updated to reflect the...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Real Estate Settlement Procedure (PLC-122)
Establishes internal procedures to ensure proper compliance with the act, such as disclosures, escrow accounts, mortgage servicing transfers, and error resolution.
Demystifying AI: Regulatory Environment (MP4)
Before getting started with AI, understand the regulatory environment for banks adopting this new technology. When you implement AI in your business you will have to adhere to new and emerging...
ICBA Audit Certificate Program (Individual)
The ICBA Education Auditing Certificate program equips internal auditors with the knowledge and tools needed to successfully conduct and perform the internal audit function in their bank. This...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Reg P: Consumer Privacy Policy (PLC-200)
Addresses the collection, use, and retention of customer information, including maintenance of accurate information, limiting employee access, protection via security procedures, maintaining...
SAFE Act Training for MLOs (Individual)
The Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (SAFE Act) mandates a nationwide licensing and registration system for residential mortgage loan originators as well as the development of...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Disposal Consumer/Customer Info (PLM-232)
Sets forth the bank’s systems and policies regarding the destruction of customer and consumer information. Defines various bank records and outlines steps to destroy information contained in them....
Bank Policies & Procedures: Loan Workout Policy (PLL-286)
Establishes an appropriate practice for renewing and restructuring troubled credits. Addresses the requirements that are appropriate for the complexity of the bank’s loans and that are consistent...
Regulation CC: Funds Availability Act - Overview (Individual)
Regulation CC, also known as the Expedited Funds Availability Act, establishes the basic rights, liabilities, and responsibilities financial institutes have regarding the availability of deposited...
Bank Policies & Procedures: CAN SPAM Policy (PLM-338)
Outlines the specific procedures when initiating electronic mail messages to any recipient with the primary purpose of communicating a commercial message, primarily emails whose purpose is to...
Bank Policies & Procedures: Funds Management (PLM-097)
Designed to ensure that the bank is managed to provide adequate liquidity and a satisfactory and consistent level of profit within suitable interest rate risk constraints.