Bank marketing has undergone radical changes in the past several decades and the financial services …

Hosted by the WBA Marketing Committee

These Marketing Peer Groups were developed to provide an in…

Hosted by the WBA Marketing Committee

These Marketing Peer Groups were developed to provide an in…

Hosted by the WBA Marketing Committee

These Marketing Peer Groups were developed to provide an in…

Hosted by the WBA Marketing Committee

These Marketing Peer Groups were developed to provide an in…

This presentation takes a recipe card approach to helping bankers identify the critical ingredients …

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Are You Looking for a Needle in a Haystack?
How to Improve Your Search for Sales …

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Call Centers create a competitive advantage for organizations that learn to create…

In today's ever-changing, turbulent banking environment, it is important for bankers—espec…

Since 1945, the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (GSB) has helped d…

Join WBA and your fellow bankers as we meet face-to-face with legislators and their staff to illustr…

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What is a Remote Deposit Capture Program? Do you need to enhance yours to ensure y…

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Are you creating your first ERM Program for your bank? Do you want to ensure your …

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This is for Part 1 only. 

There are numerous compliance requirements when …

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During this webinar we will look at the examination hot spots for 2019. Risk asses…

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This webinar was developed by a lawyer who has been teaching loan documentation …

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Every day in your branches situations occur which are considered "suspicious&…

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Designed by experienced CFOs especially for financial managers, this week-long s…

KEY INFORMATION SECURITY STRATEGIES

Online bank fraud has been described as an epidemic, with num…

Flood CMP... those eight letters can cause alarm! Examiners are inspecting flood procedures wit…

Focusing on Consumer & Mortgage Lending 

The WBA Lending Boot Camp will be held May 14-1…

This three-day school is designed to provide bankers with the necessary tools to develop, implement,…

This three-day school was developed as an intermediate-level school. Case studies, in-class work, cl…

This three-day school curriculum is designed to provide bankers with a basic understanding of the pr…

An Intense Focus on Succeeding at Managing Others

You don’t master the art of supervision t…

This school has been designed to get your personal bankers up to speed quickly by providing them wit…

HSAs are one of the fastest growing products currently offered by financial organizations. Whether y…

This course is perfect for individuals who are comfortable with HSAs and are looking to further enha…

WBA Community Bankers for Compliance Program - Session II

Quarter 2 Topic: RESPA – Regulati…

Presented by Total Training Solutions, the Bank Trainers Conference and Expo is an annual educationa…

What is the cost of a bad hire? Reduced productivity, decreased morale, management frustrations and …

This webinar is a combination of tips on being a mentor as well as a mentee and strategies you can u…

As “surge deposits” become a thing of the past bankers across the country are observing …

In today’s working world, people are expected to work closely with others who represent differ…

Although internal controls seem to be a simple concept, many organizations struggle to implement eff…

This interactive session will include a review and update of the most important areas of employment …

Whether you are an acquisition away from the $500 million asset size level, or the $1 Billion asset …

This seminar will begin with a brief overview of Commercial and Industrial (C&I) loan products i…

Whether you realize it or not, as an HR professional, you are negotiating all day long, every single…

With financial institutions increasingly relying on third-party providers to offer their products an…

Simply introducing a referral program doesn’t guarantee success. In order to be successful, re…

The popularity of trusts is growing. But it certainly has been a slow process. As few as 25 yea…

Banks are at risk when opening and closing a safe deposit box, as well as when allowing access to a …

Attend this webinar to review the basics of commercial real estate including types of properties and…

The quick solutions to resolving audit and exam findings is to add another approval, verification, o…

Making a bad or wrong hire can be a costly mistake. The problem is we often make hiring decisio…

When notified of a malware infection on a bank or customer system, it is the digital equivalent of b…

What should the bank do and not do when a good loan turns into a bad loan and the payments are sever…

Attend this proactive seminar and receive a thorough overview of commercial lending loan documentati…

Whether your financial organization is just entering the HSA marketplace or looking to enhance its c…

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Financial institutions are required to complete transactions for customers involvi…

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This is for Part 2 only. 

There are numerous compliance requirements …

Mobile banking usage by consumers has become a common process for Americans and an expected offering…

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This program is an A-Z on account ownership and documentation. We will go from sin…

When a bank enters into a lending arrangement with a borrower, or some time thereafter, the bank may…

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Seventy-two percent (72%) of U.S. companies use some form of financing when acquir…

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What?
Every month the federal financial institution regulatory agencies publi…

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In this unique webinar, Anne Lolley will provide an overview of federal compliance…

This 5 part webinar series will be held on May 9, 16, 23, 30 and June 6.

Designed for bankers new…

Originally, you wrote your CIP in 2003. Is it time to change? If you have any of the questions below…

The ACH Basics and Overview is designed as an introduction to ACH processing. You will gain a broad …

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Everything a commercial loan officer should know about the core commercial loan do…

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In today’s shifting political landscape, the questions is, can we comply? Wi…

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Opening Accounts for Marijuana Related Businesses: CIP, CDD, Risk and Monitoring

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Do you know how the term "application" is defined in all of the lending …

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Loan information on the Call Report provides critical credit information for regul…

In our very competitive industry, people are looking for ease when it comes to service. This has cau…

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The BSA/AML Interagency Exam manual addresses lending within its coverage and a …

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Financial Institutions provide great value to the American economy. But that value…

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In recent years, financial institutions have seen a significant amount of new guid…

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Banks continue to deal with commercial real estate (CRE) loans as a major portion …

WBA's Trust Conference is an all-encompassing event that concentrates on updating its attendees …

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First the Regulators rolled out the Cyber Assessment Tool (CAT), then one year lat…

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The Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (“ALLL”), represents one of th…

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The art of audit report writing demands far more than simply listing the four elem…

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Financial institutions are required to complete transactions for customers who hav…

Join your emerging leader banking peers from all around Wisconsin for one and a half days of network…

Today’s environment requires everyone to take more responsibility for protecting personal and …

Rates are rising. Asset liability management strategies used for the last several years may not work…

This one-day summit will discuss key issues regarding leadership and management of community banks f…

The agriculture industry is now in its seventh year of an economic reset. This has placed a higher p…

This one-day summit will discuss key issues regarding the leadership and management of community ban…

Getting escrow compliance right is very important to the borrower, your institution, and examiners. …

This webinar will address troubled debt restructuring (TDR) accounting, including regulatory guidanc…

With Call Reports, everything begins with the balance sheet Schedule RC and income statement Schedul…

In 2018, almost 978,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs) were filed by depository institutions &nd…

BSA examiners are digging deeper and asking more questions about the lending function. Could a BSA e…

Credit memo, loan approval, credit request, loan presentation, etc. – regardless of the vernac…

Do you have any “lost” borrowers? It is a well-known fact within collections that there …

Managing dual control and cash limits is a critical responsibility in any business, but even more so…

2019 brings new cybersecurity challenges and opportunities. This program will address the overlappin…

While ACH payment risk can’t be eliminated, strategies can be implemented to limit it. Using r…

No lender likes to do repossessions, but it may be the only way to collect on a loan. Making a mista…

Understanding bank ratios is critical to evaluating and improving your bank’s performance &nda…

Commercial loans carry the most risk and technical requirements, and therefore they receive the most…

An important fair lending component that is often overlooked is how to properly extend credit to act…

ACH payments are usually automated. Therefore, when manual intervention is needed, it often leads to…

As of Feb. 1, 2019, financial institutions must use the BSA suspicious activity report (SAR) to repo…

Are you ready to advance your career by earning a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) cre…

Planned by Wisconsin Bank HR Professionals for Wisconsin Bank HR Professionals!

The 2019 WBA Huma…

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Ratios are a key component of the credit analysis process as a variety of differen…

The FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment process is here to stay. At a minimum, most regulators are requir…

Data does not move us to make business decisions; its underlying value does. We create specific goal…

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If you are responsible for ACH Sales, you’ll want to make sure that you know…

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Excel expert David H. Ringstrom, CPA, focuses on the basics of using Excel pivot t…

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Commercial and industrial (C&I) lenders know that non-financial factors such a…

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Being a notary public is a responsibility assumed by many financial institution em…

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Financial institution executives spend considerable time thinking about strategies…

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What questions should your Bank ask about compensation below the CEO and top execu…

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Financial Projections are an overlooked but important component of the credit proc…

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Keeping up with changes and deadlines in the compliance area gets more complex eve…

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During this program, we will look at the professionals who help the criminal enter…

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Join David Dickinson from Banker’s Compliance Consulting for a two-hour webi…

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This webinar will first take you through a basic review of what is ERM and the bas…

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Community Banks are often faced with construction loan requests that are underwr…

What would happen if you were called upon to give a deposition on a signature card for an account yo…

WHAT?
Since December 29, 1987 banks have been required to develop and deliver Adjustable Rate Mortg…

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Why do we make handling checks so hard? These simple do’s and don’ts w…

Retention and management of records is more complicated than just deciding what to keep and for how …

When it comes to information and cyber security the responsibility falls at several levels including…

WBA Association Health Plan Improvements

There are new advantages to using an Association Health …

The​ law has long permitted the use of disparate impact analysis to prove discrimination, which mean…

Operations staff must have effective, ongoing training to meet several critical BSA requirements. Th…

How do you maintain your credentials for managing, auditing or implementing the portion of your inst…

Dormant accounts and unclaimed property pose unique, and often complicated, problems for financial i…

Financial institutions continue to struggle with residential construction loans. The CFPB has had di…

In the last ten years, the number of bank charters in the US has decreased by nearly 3,000. Despite …

HR’s recordkeeping function is crucial to their role as a strategic business partner. Not…

Reporting accurate information on Schedule RC-C and other loan-related schedules is one of the bigge…

According to a recent survey, annual ACH and debit card usage increased by 6% and 10% respectiv…

In today’s lending environment, your institution must be able to merge traditional collection …

This course will provide an overview of Regulation E and how it relates to the specific payments (e.…

Do you know that a trust is a separate legal entity from the grantor and trustee? Many individuals t…

The ultimate responsibility for BSA compliance lies with the board of directors. They must understan…

The Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) has been in place since 2006. Com…

This seminar was planned to help you and your bank keep up with the latest in IT Risk Management and…

Although an RDFI’s role in the ACH Network is to primarily follow the ODFI’s instruction…