Webinars
Webinars
Webinars, offered through Western Bankers Association, are an extensive suite of online webinar training that enable bankers to enjoy flexible and cost-effective education across all critical areas of banking. Webinar topics such as payments, retail banking, compliance, finance, lending, technology, HR, M&A, compensation, directors issues and more, are covered in a comprehensive, and easily accessible format.
Benefits of Webinars
Educational webinars address timely issues facing independent bank professionals. From the convenience of your desk, these 60-minute webinars provide you with a cost-effective way to stay abreast of industry information and trends affecting banks, as well as provide the bank with a low-cost option to effectively train and educate their directors.
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Webinar Program Coordinator
Montana Townsend
(916) 438-4427
mtownsend@westernbankers.com
Universal Banker Series
The role, look, and feel of the bank branch will continue to evolve. Ensure your executive leadership and teams are prepared for the transitions branches will experience in the near future. Join WBA, in partnership with Extraco Consulting, for a full 5 part Online Certification series discussing the concept and duties of the Universal Banker.
Who Should Attend: Operations Administrator, Operations Manager, Training & Development Manager, Training Coordinator
Cybersecurity Best Practices for Risk Management and Compliance
Financial institutions must demonstrate they have a viable strategy for managing governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) which is no easy task, especially in today’s regulatory environment. Additionally, financial institutions also must align GRC mandates with cybersecurity strategies in order to truly be effective. In this webinar, learn best practices on how to align GRC frameworks with cybersecurity strategies, gain an integrated view of compliance and risk across generally siloed business units, and understand the risk imposed by employees when it comes to both compliance and cybersecurity.
Who Should Attend: Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Technology Risk Officer, Risk Officer, Compliance Officer
Universal Banker: Processes
Explore the streamline processes that allows the most efficient yet customer-centric lobby experience. See how Extraco improved efficiency throughout an organization and built a stronger culture of teamwork and how banks can do the same.
Who Should Attend: Operations Administrator, Operations Manager, Branch Manager, Training & Development Manager, Training Coordinator, Universal Banker
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Student Loan and College Savings Benefits: The 401(k) for the Millennial Generation
Today, a bachelor’s or advanced degree is the price of admission for employment; however, the skyrocketing cost of education is putting that education out of reach and creating a workforce that is burdened with $1.5 trillion in student loan debt. Increasingly, employers are turning to student loan and college savings benefits to bring financial wellness to employees as a way of differentiating themselves. This session will discuss how innovative banks are recruiting and retaining talent by addressing their employees’ most pressing financial needs.
Who Should Attend: Human Resources Director, Training & Development Manager, Training Coordinator, Talent Engagement Specialist
Beyond 2020: People, Process, Technology
Consumers need financial institutions to support the successful completion of their financial journeys. With consumers facing a myriad of choice with respect to bank selection, how does a financial institution insert itself into the center of each relationship? How does it become part of everyday transactions? This webinar will highlight the key challenges financial institutions face, provide anecdotal case studies from around the world, and provide the right questions to ask to define the roadmap for success.
Who Should Attend: Technology Officer, Digital Strategy Officer, Product Developer, E-Channel Manager, Mobile Product Manager, Marketing Officer
How to Get Better ROI From Your FS-ISAC Threat Feeds
FS-ISAC provides valuable threat intelligence feeds, but often these feeds are difficult to use efficiently, easily, and in a proactive manner to block threats—especially for banks with limited security staff and time. In this webinar, learn about how threat intelligence gateways consume, automate, and operationalize FS-ISAC threat feeds in a low-touch/no-touch manner. By automating FS-ISAC threat feeds, banks get a better return on their FS-ISAC membership, while improving network security, aligning to NIST standards, improving security operations, and reducing the workload on security staff and existing security tools.
Who Should Attend: Chief Risk Officer, Technology Risk Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Compliance Officer
Community Bank Capital Raising Simplified
It is important that the board understands all of the available capital raising alternatives in order to add additional capital to the bank. This webinar will cover from both a business and legal perspective each of the various capital raising alternatives that are available to community banks, including bank stock loans and subordinated debt, the sale of common stock, the sale of preferred stock and the sale of other “equity-like” instruments. This presentation should not be missed by any community bank that is considering raising additional capital.
Who Should Attend: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Bank Counsel
Driving Results with Your Bank’s Data
As the race for core customers, core deposits, and expanded customer relationships intensifies, it is imperative to have financial institutions positioned for growth. In the age of analytics and informed decision-making, banks have a largely untapped source of internal data. Given this wealth of information, why aren’t more organizations utilizing it to improve results? During this session, explore specific and actionable strategies to use internal data to: grow core customers, increase core deposits, and deepen customer relationships.
Who Should Attend: Chief Operating Officer, Chief Information Officer, Senior Retail Banking Officer, Relationship Manager
Profit Is Not a Dirty Word—How to Assess a Borrower’s Operating Performance from Its Profit and Loss Statement
This webinar is designed to show bankers, lenders, and credit professionals how to evaluate a borrower’s operating performance—revenue generation, productivity, efficiency, and profitability–as they analyze the information disclosed in the income statement. Learn how to identify the critical elements of the profit and loss statement and their roles in driving a business borrower’s operating performance. Attendees will also gain a better understanding of the importance of how to judge a borrower’s operating performance trends and results against industry averages.
Who Should Attend: Commercial Loan Officer, Credit Analyst, Business Development Officer
Problem Asset Management
Credit markets are softening leading to increased problem loans and increased need to manage those loans. In this webinar, participants will be lead through an easily implementable process to manage problem loans, complete with step-by-step instructions, after first understanding what causes problem loans, and what warning signs are visible prior to being a problem. Lending activity is focused on originating loans; however, some of those loans go bad. The process discussed permits those “bad” loans to be returned to “good.”
Who Should Attend: Commercial Loan Officer, Consumer Loan Officer, Credit Analyst, Loan Review Officer, Junior Loan Officer
Universal Banker: Technology & Physical Spaces
In today’s banking industry, brick and mortar banks are struggling. Banks must ensure they are offering what their customers are asking for while creating efficiency. In this webinar, learn how Extraco Banks enabled a successful Universal Banker model through strategic technology usage and less space.
Who Should Attend: Operations Administrator, Operations Manager, Training & Development Manager, Training Coordinator, Universal Banker
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Vendor Management Fundamentals for Bankers
Bankers are using vendors at an increasing rate, while examiners’ vendor management expectations are rising even faster. In this webinar, participants will learn the evolution of examiner expectations, hear some examples of other banks’ pitfalls, and take away some practical tips for managing service providers who affect execution of consumer compliance requirements. The content and Q&A will provide bankers with practical tools that can reduce third party, consumer compliance risks.
Who Should Attend: Compliance Officer, Risk Officer, Vendor Management Officer, Operations Director, Chief Operations Officer, Senior Vice President, Vice President
Board of Director Compensation and Committee Best Practices
Evaluate trends in board of director compensation and discover best practices for a bank’s compensation committee to consider. In this webinar, explore a general breakdown of the various components included in the total director compensation package including retainers, per meeting fees, committee fees, and chair fees. In addition, learn about compensation committee best practices including developing a committee charter, creating a calendar, composition of the committee, expertise needed for committee participation, and determining meeting agendas.
Who Should Attend: Chief Executive Officer, HR Director, Compensation Committee Members
UCA Cash Flow
This 90-minute webinar will explore different cash flow methods and will help participants understand how a company repays its loans from cash flow. The differences between EBITDA and UCA cash flows will be discussed, including a historical view of why cash flow has become so important for lenders; tools will be provided to effectively evaluate a borrower’s financial strength and ability to repay its loans, and the impact to a borrower’s ability to repay from industry, business, and management risk issues will be assessed. As loans are intended to be repaid from cash flow, it is important to understand the various ways cash flow can be calculated, and this webinar provides the roadmap for a reasoned approach in which to conduct this analysis.
Who Should Attend: Commercial Loan Officer, Consumer Loan Officer, Credit Coordinator, Credit Analyst, Junior Loan Officer
Break Down the Silos: Turn ALCO Into a Profit Center Through a Collaborative Focus
As short rates have continued to rise, it has not been uncommon to find critical ALCO discussions taking place in silos – smaller groups isolating themselves from the team making decisions without all of the information. Additionally, many institutions are utilizing external resources to provide guidance in particular areas of need (i.e. deposit product strategy, investment advisory, loan pricing, etc.), yet that advice is of singular focus, hence the “silo” approach. During this webinar, gain valuable insights through discussion and case studies of how detrimental these silos can be to the bottom line and the success many institutions are having by promoting a collaborative culture at ALCO.
Who Should Attend: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Board Member, ALM Analyst, Balance Sheet Strategy Analyst, ALCO Committee Member