Resolve to learn? 2018 Webinar Series offers discounts on timely topics


If learning is one of your resolutions for the New Year, one of the Maine CU League's training partners, CU Webinar Network, is offering a special deal on some of the hottest webinar series happening in 2018.  Through a special offer, credit unions can get 6 webinars for the price of 5 or 10% off 4-part series in one of the following topics: compliance; consumer debt; cyber; IRA; new accounts; call report; director; and marketing.

The 6-part Compliance Series covers these topics:

  • Job-Specific Compliance Training for the Frontline
  • Compliance Rules All Staff Must Know: Red Flags for Identity Theft, Bribery, Privacy & Ethical Considerations
  • Job-Specific Compliance Training for Lenders
  • Regulatory Requirements for the Board & Senior Management
  • Job-Specific Compliance Training for Deposit Operations
  • Robbery Preparedness: Requirements & Proven Strategies


For registration information regarding the Compliance Series, please click here.

The 6-part Consumer Debt Series will tackle these subjects:

  • Credit Reporting & Delinquent Accounts: Disputes, Revisions, Recent Guidance & More
  • Managing Chapter 7 & 13 Consumer Bankruptcies: Special Rules, Cramdowns & Risks
  • Real Estate Loan Workouts, Deeds in Lieu, Short Sales, Foreclosures, Deficiency Judgments & Receiverships
  • Reducing Consumer Loan & Collection Losses: Workouts, Forbearance, Restructuring & More
  • Maximizing Recoveries on Charged-Off Loans
  • Proper Repossession, Notice & Sale of Non-Real Estate Collateral


For registration information about the Consumer Debt Series, please click here.

The 6-part Cyber Series topics are:

  • Emerging Technologies 2018: What Are They & Do They Matter?
  • FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool: Issues & Answers
  • Beginning IT Officer Training
  • Expanding & Improving Your Required IT Risk Assessment Program
  • Cyber Threats: Prevention, Detection & Response
  • Compliance Questions & Issues in Deploying Mobile Remote Deposit Capture


Get started on the cyber series training by clicking here.

The 6-part IRA Series topics include:

  • 2018 IRA & HSA Update & Hot Topics
  • IRA Overview: Traditional & Roth IRA & SEP Plans
  • Current IRA Issues, Including Divorce, IRS Levies, Bankruptcies & Creditor Claims
  • Understanding IRA Beneficiary Designations, Death Distributions & Required Minimum Distributions
  • IRA Conversions, Recharacterizations & Excess Contributions
  • Top 10 IRA Rollover Mistakes

Click here to register for the IRA Series.

The 6-part New Accounts Series topics are:

  • Opening Consumer Accounts: Regulations, CDD & Documentation
  • Opening Deposit Accounts for Nonprofit Organizations
  • Opening Business Accounts: Entities, Documentation, Authority & Regulatory Requirements
  • Opening Trust Accounts: Compliance, Documentation, Signing Authority & Deposit Insurance Issues
  • Opening Minor Accounts: Signature Cards, Access, Ownership
  • Opening Accounts for Nonresident Aliens

New Account Series registration can be done by clicking here.

The 4-part Call Report Series topics covered are:

  • Recent Call Report Changes & Top 10 Errors
  • Call Report Advanced Lending Schedules
  • Call Reports & Financial Statements & Schedules B-E
  • Auditing Call Reports

Click here to register for the Call Report series.


The 4-part Director Series topics are:

  • Directors' Role & Responsibilities When a Data Breach Occurs
  • Overseeing Credit Union Performance: The Role of Audit
  • Assessing Credit Risk for Directors
  • Board Governance Essentials

Registration for the Director Series is by clicking here.


The 4-part Marketing Series topics include:

  • Advertising Compliance for Electronic, Website, TV & Radio Promotions
  • Developing, Maintaining & Sustaining Brand Loyalty
  • Advertising & the New Media Mix: What's Right for Your Credit Union?
  • Measuring the ROI of Your Digital Marketing Strategy


Click here to register for the Marketing Series.


"These are some of the most-frequently asked for topics and subjects by credit unions.  This offer can enable credit unions to train their staff on a variety of important issues and topics, and save some money at the same time," remarked Cheryl Lancaster, Executive VP of Member Services for the Maine CU League.