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Observation vs. Perception: Improving Your Ability to Pick Up on Suspicious Activity
Situational awareness is a developed skill and a major part of crime prevention. Enhance your awareness and observation skills to become more mindful of your surroundings. Learn how perception can...
Regulatory Hot Topics 2025
Review the top regulatory issues that banks across the country are currently encountering, with predictions on the issues that regulators are most likely to focus on in 2025.? The presentation will...
Capital Planning
As regulatory expectations increase and financial pressures mount, creating and maintaining a robust capital plan is more important than ever. This session will provide an in-depth look at the...
Building a Better Community Bank Board
Financial institutions must build and maintain high-performing boards to drive success and navigate complex challenges. Focused on key corporate governance issues, emerging trends, and how to...
Characteristics of Strong Risk Assessments and Tools to Monitor and Report Results
Financial Institutions provide great value to the American economy. But that value comes with risks. Risk Assessments are at the core of a strong Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program....
Community Bank Capital Raising Simplified
The current and prospective banking environment has many community banks considering capital raising alternatives. If your bank is in this position, it is important that your board understands all...
Community Bank Compensation Issues
The most prominent competitive advantage for community banks is their ability to provide better, more personal service than larger institutions. This requires community banks to have a top-notch...
Community Bank Capital Raising Simplified
Is your bank considering raising capital? With the current banking environment, it is important that your board understands all available options. This session will explore various capital raising...
Community Bank Director Guide to Compliance Issues
The demands on community bank directors have increased exponentially in recent years. Without question, the most difficult challenge for community bank directors (most of whom are not career...
Community Bank Overview of Insurance Issues
At its core, community banking is risk management. In addition to community banks' commitment to risk management on a day-to-day basis, it is important that community banks utilize insurance to...
Creating the Right Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program for YOUR Community Bank
Are you in the process of establishing your bank’s first ERM Program or seeking to streamline your existing one? You’re not alone. Risk Management is at the heart of banking and every bank has to...
Designing an Effective BCP Testing Program
There is often confusion as to how to develop a multi-year BCP testing program. Organizations are overwhelmed with putting a program in place. Using your Business Impact Analysis can define what...
Early Identification of Distressed Credit Relationships (2024)
Post-pandemic portfolios have performed admirably, with minimal troubled credits, late payments, and charge-offs. Despite fair economic conditions, it's important to remember that bad loans often...
Eight Habits of Successful Bank Managers
Many leaders struggle to develop and apply essential management skills, hindering their ability to drive business success. This session offers a checklist of important management tips to improve...
ESOPs 101
This insightful dive into Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) will explore their strategic role in the banking sector. Participants will gain an understanding of how banks can sponsor ESOPs to...
Estate Planning with Bank Stock
The transfer of bank or bank holding company stock as part of a shareholder's estate planning process can involve several potential regulatory, corporate, and tax issues. Banks and bank holding...
Keys to Being a Great Outside Bank Director
Many outside community bank directors seek a clearer understanding of what it takes to be a great outside director. The question "What makes a great outside director?" is simple, while the answer...
Liquidity 2.0: Emerging Strategies and Best Practices
Two years after bank failures shook the industry, liquidity management remains a top priority — especially as interest rates stay elevated. Having a robust collateral management strategy and...
Managing Business Resilience in an Increasingly Decentralized World
Almost every organization is increasingly relying on vendors, service providers, SaaS and cloud solutions, and other third parties to execute their operational strategies. Accordingly, the focus of...
Ensuring Your Next Strategic Planning Session is Not B.S. (Boring Stuff)
Is your community bank actively engaged in a formal strategic planning process? If not, it should be. If it is but feels like total B. S., it's time for a change! Strategic planning is a critical...
Examining the Biggest Risks in the Bank: Liquidity and Lending
The regulators have shifted their approach to liquidity and interest rate sensitivity. Administrative actions have proliferated. Even the banks avoiding such fate are seeing Matters Requiring...
Facing First Amendment Auditors: Who Are They? What Do They Want? How Should You Respond?
First Amendment auditors are individuals who enter city or public property to record your employees, officials, and operations, often under the claim of testing your knowledge of First Amendment...
Family-Owned and Closely-Held Bank Strategies
Many of the community banks in the United States can be considered family or closely held institutions. These institutions have a unique set of challenges and opportunities. This presentation will...
Navigating Today's M&A Environment
Over the past 18 months, the community bank mergers and acquisitions environment has faced significant changes. This has led many community bankers to question the current state of the market and...
Navigating Your Next Regulatory Examination
The regulatory examination environment is getting much tougher. Many community banks across the country are experiencing examinations that present unexpected circumstances and adverse findings....
Reviewing the Corporate Governance “Best Practice” for Banks and Bank Holding Companies
In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape—marked by interest rate volatility, persistent inflation, heightened cybersecurity risks, and the rise of AI—strong corporate governance is more...
State of Fintech
Federal regulators have been particularly vocal over the past 18 months regarding bank-fintech relationships. This session will provide valuable insights into the evolving world of Fintechs,...
Strategic Planning in 2024: Strategies for a Shifting Economic and Regulatory Environment
Strategic planning in banking is constantly evolving in today's economic and regulatory landscape. Discover key elements of strategic planning in an environment where the only thing certain is...
Strategies for Succession Planning and Talent Management
Companies across all industries are striving to attract and retain top talent while achieving their strategic goals. To succeed, leaders must prioritize succession planning and integrate it into...
Vendor Management Program – How Model Risk Fits In
As financial institutions increasingly rely on third-party providers, the associated risks also grow. This educational session will guide you in developing an effective Vendor Management Program...
What Is Your Deposit Study Missing?
The banking industry is facing continued deposit pressure after recent Federal Reserve rate hikes. The outflow of low-cost deposits and changes in deposit mix have hurt margins and raised concerns...
BSA Hot Topics
As regulatory scrutiny increases, staying up to date on the Bank Secrecy Act's latest trends and critical issues is essential for compliance. This overview highlights valuable insights from recent...
Brokered Deposits (2025)
Brokered deposits are a key funding source for community banks, helping diversify their funding mix. This session will cover the legal framework for brokered deposits, including the FDIC's proposed...
Bring Your Shoes – How to Lead by Maximizing Talent (2024)
Successful leaders surround themselves with talented individuals that complement their strengths. But as a leader, how do you find them? Complementary talent doesn't just show up. It has to be...
Brokered Deposits and Core Funding
Brokered deposits provide an important source of funding for community banks. Recent changes to FDIC rules and guidance have offered clarity in certain areas of the brokered deposit regulatory...
BSA Hot Topics
Staying up to date on the Bank Secrecy Act's latest trends and critical issues is essential for compliance. This session highlights valuable insights from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
Action Planning for Liquidity Management through Uncertainty & Volatility for Banks
In response to the 2023 bank failures and tightening liquidity conditions, the focus on liquidity and risk management has intensified. It is a crucial time to explore how proactive financial...
All Things Taxes
Banks experience challenges in raising capital, ensuring shareholder liquidity, and managing board and ownership succession. These challenges are compounded by volatile tax laws, including the...
Credit Analyst Institute
Master the necessary financial analysis skills needed by today's credit analysts and the additional expertise vital to a community bank's overall lending success. Through group discussion, case...
Introduction to Call Report Seminar
In an ever-changing regulatory and accounting environment, it is important that call report preparers and reviewers remain up to date. Attend this seminar for a detailed discussion of each call...