In collaboration with ICBA’s education department, ICBA Education, certification programs, seminars, online training, and a host of resources are now available on our website, making it easier for you to find needed education. The new Affiliate Education Program will ensure that collectively, we put community banks in contact with the training tools necessary to grow bankers’ knowledge and skills.
Additionally, the program will also support IBANYS for every ICBA training course, seminar, event registration and resource purchased, ICBA will donate 10 percent of eligible purchases to IBANYS.
Let’s all win by increasing knowledge, improving efficiency, and investing in our employees while working together to uplift the industry we love—community banking!
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About Certification Programs
ICBA certification programs are designed to raise the standards of professionalism in the industry and give consumers a consistent stamp of approval to look for when selecting a banker.
To make this happen, respected members of the ICBA certification board establish baseline criteria in several areas of specialization. Then, experienced, nationally recognized instructors create training programs that target the needs of community banks based on those criteria. Finally, competency testing is measured after completion and a certification designation is granted. Annual continuing professional education is then required to ensure participants remain current.
ICBA Education is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: nasbaregistry.org.
Audit Certification (CCBIA)
Designation: Certified Community Bank Internal Auditor (CCBIA)
Requirements: Audit Institute; (30) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
This program is designed to provide tools and step-by-step procedures to establish and maintain an effective internal audit function within a community bank. Areas covered include auditing basics, internal auditing working papers, auditing liabilities and other activities, auditing assets and bank information systems auditing.
Bank Security Certification (CCBSO)
Designation: Certified Community Bank Security Officer (CCBSO)
Requirement: Bank Security Institute; (15) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
This program is designed to provide the Security Officer, regardless of the location or size of the bank, with critical information to meet regulatory requirements and provide strategic and tactical methods of security, robbery and fraud prevention and risk management.
Bank Security Institute Information
BSA/AML Certification (CBAP)
Designation: Certified BSA/AML Professional (CBAP)
Requirement: BSA/AML Institute; (20) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
The formal requirements for financial institution compliance under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) continue to be significant. This program covers all primary requirements of regulation and delivers guidance on best practice expectations in each area.
Commercial Lending Certification (CCLO)
Designation: Certified Commercial Loan Officer (CCLO)
Requirement: Commercial Lending Institute; (15) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
Loans are the most significant risk in most bank portfolios. This program assists in developing the necessary credit skills to maintain and manage a commercial credit portfolio as well as the analytical processes needed to reach a conclusion about the borrower’s repayment ability.
Commercial Lending Institute Information
Compliance Certification (CCBCO)
Designation: Certified Community Bank Compliance Officer (CCBCO)
Requirement: Compliance Institute; (30) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
The Compliance Institute is a comprehensive learning experience that covers the areas of regulatory compliance a community bank Compliance Officer is responsible for. This program covers: Developing a Compliance Program, Lending, Deposit and Operations Compliance.
Compliance Institute Information
Consumer Lending Certification (CCBCL)
Designation: Certified Community Bank Consumer Lender (CCBCL)
Requirement: Consumer Lending Institute; (15) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
Consumer lending presents a unique set of challenges by combining credit risk process with regulatory process. This program addresses the consumer lending decision and making sense of each step by covering the application process, financial statement analysis, credit analysis, loan structure, compliance, documentation procedures and closing.
Consumer Lending Institute Information
Credit Analyst Certification (CCBCA)
Designation: Certified Community Bank Credit Analyst (CCBCA)
Requirement: Credit Analyst Institute; (15) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
The role of a credit analyst has evolved into a critical function in today’s community banks. This program focuses on the necessary financial analysis skills needed by today’s credit analysts and addresses the additional expertise vital to a community bank’s overall lending success.
Credit Analyst Institute Information
New – Data & Analytics Certification (CCBDA)
Designation: CCBDA – Certified Community Bank Data Analyst
Requirement: ICBA’s Data & Analytics Institute; (15) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
Participants of ICBA’s Data & Analytics Institute will gain the skills to turn data into actionable strategies that drive business growth and improve decision-making.
Information Technology Certification (CCBTO)
Designation: Certified Community Bank Technology Officer (CCBTO)
Requirement: Community Bank IT Institute; (30) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
Information technology solutions continue to evolve. This creates opportunities for community banks to increase efficiency, improve service capabilities and better safeguard customers. This program addresses today’s community bank needs for managing and maximizing technology investments and shows IT managers and officers the solutions they can utilize to help strengthen existing IT capabilities, develop operational efficiencies and business continuity solutions, and more.
New – Marketing Certification (CCBMS)
Designation: CCBMS – Certified Community Bank Marketing Strategist
Requirement: ICBA’s Marketing Institute; (15) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
Participants of ICBA’s Marketing Institute will gain the skills and solutions to help strengthen
existing marketing capabilities and develop new approaches.
Enterprise Risk Management Certification (CCBRS)
Designation: Certified Community Bank Risk Specialist (CCBRS)
Requirement: Enterprise Risk Management Institute; (15) Continuing Professional Education credits required every two years.
Participants of ICBA’s Enterprise Risk Management Institute will enrich and affirm their knowledge of the risk components that influence a bank’s function and soundness.
This certification program focuses on strategies surrounding bank governance, credit risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, compliance risk, and legal risk. The program includes comprehensive dialogue that brings all risk elements together to reveal the necessary components of a successful enterprise risk management (ERM) framework.
Identifying and Addressing Distressed Loans Seminar
APR 1, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Build a pro-active mindset in identifying concerning trends that left unaddressed could lead to a bank loss. A past due payment is not an early warning sign. It is an indication that you have already missed the opportunity to assist your client.
Identifying and Addressing Distressed Loans Seminar
Commercial Loan Processor Seminar
APR 2, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Move through each step of the credit approval process—from prospecting to post close monitoring. Gain an understanding of the required information for the loan request and how the information is used, basic analysis to assist in pre-qualification, documentation, and learn the various types of loans and their use.
Commercial Loan Processor Seminar
Fraud Seminar
APR 8 – APR 10, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Join ICBA Education and fraud industry experts for a fast-moving seminar that will prepare you to identify and protect your bank’s reputation and assets. Benefit from the interactive format and expert instruction and leave with essential knowledge and tools that you can implement immediately.
Loan Review Seminar
APR 22 – APR 23, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
The loan review process is critical to the success of any community bank. This process must be structured and requires policies and procedures to ensure timely identification of problem credits, asset quality, and accuracy. The process must also include well-defined classification guidelines to ensure consistent loan ratings.
Advanced Loan Review Seminar
APR 25- APR 26, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
This advanced session builds on the materials presented in the Loan Review Seminar to take your analysis skills to the next level. Learn about the common loan level challenges, such as the intricacies of computing global cash flows for businesses and their guarantors.
FDICIA Seminar
APR 29 – APR 30, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA) was enacted in 1991 to implement regulatory changes that assist in ensuring safety and soundness of financial institutions. Bankers should understand the requirements if their institution is approaching the $500 million or $1 billion thresholds considering crucial planning and realistic timelines.
Agricultural Credit Analysis Seminar
APR 30, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
This seminar is designed to meet the needs of agricultural lenders by identifying market issues and providing the tools to assess the borrower’s ability to navigate challenging times.
Agricultural Credit Analysis Seminar
Financial Statement Analysis Seminar
MAY 6, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Assessing creditworthiness of a borrower is about information. This course focuses on the critical issues arising through preparation of financial statements by the borrower, the role of accountants, the calculation of key ratios, and the use of financial statements in the credit decision process.
Financial Statement Analysis Seminar
Cash Flow Analysis Seminar
MAY 7, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Only cash can repay loans. To effectively conduct a complete credit analysis, the sources, and uses of cash in the business must be understood. Ground yourself in the mechanics of constructing business cash flow statements and their use of credit analysis.
Call Report Seminar
Introduction to Call Report Seminar
MAY 13, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
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 report schedule as well as the real-life challenges of completing an accurate call report.
Introduction to Call Report Seminar
Advanced Call Report Seminar
MAY 14, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
The regulatory reporting burden faced by community banks today is stronger than ever. As the complexity of the call report and Federal Reserve reports continue to increase, even experienced bankers often have questions about the nuances of these filings.
Commercial Real Estate Lending Seminar
Jun 17, 2025| LIVESTREAM EVENT
Real estate lending is often the most difficult type of lending to do correctly. There are numerous challenges in financing real estate, not the least of which is understanding the various types of real estate and the embedded risk. This seminar walks through underwriting and structure of construction financing, investment real estate, owner occupied real estate, multifamily, residential development, as well as specialty use.
Commercial Real Estate Lending Seminar
Analyzing Your Bank’s Financial Statement
Jun 18, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Understanding the financial performance of your bank is crucial in leading a high performing organization. This course assesses how the marketplace is affecting the bank and how bank management is in turn responding. One must understand this relationship to create accurate financial statements.
Analyzing Your Bank’s Financial Statement Seminar
Community Bank Human Resources Seminar
JUN 24 – JUN 25, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Today’s modern workplace is transforming the role of the community bank human resources (HR) professional. People management and responsible administration is key for all HR professionals. Whether you are a seasoned HR professional, or you have recently taken on the role, gain the necessary information to handle the most important legal and emerging issues at your bank. Review critical HR requirements that all community bank HR professionals must know. Leave with practical advice, guidance, and key strategies to ensure effective and compliant management of employee and employer requirements.
Community Bank Human Resources Seminar
Vendor Management Seminar
JULY 29 – JULY 30, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
This seminar will assist community banks in navigating the critical considerations needed to effectively implement a sound vendor management program.
Agricultural Credit Analysis Seminar
JULY 31, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
This seminar is designed to meet the needs of agricultural lenders by identifying market issues and providing the tools to assess the borrower’s ability to navigate challenging times.
Agricultural Credit Analysis Seminar
Identifying and Addressing Distressed Loans Seminar
AUG 5, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Build a pro-active mindset in identifying concerning trends that left unaddressed could lead to a bank loss. A past due payment is not an early warning sign. It is an indication that you have already missed the opportunity to assist your client.
Identifying and Addressing Distressed Loans Seminar
CFO Forum
AUG 26 – AUG 27, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Many high-performing banks have initiated a fundamental shift in the CFO role making the CFO a critical strategic business partner across the financial institution. Such evolution has encouraged the transformation of the CFO from solely traditional tax functions to now include analysis of big data, technology systems, and efficiency strategies. The CFO Forum tackles the top issues CFOs face today, including emerging tax and accounting strategies, CECL implementation, deposit funding sources, risk management, cybersecurity and much more. Be prepared to build your CFO network with networking opportunities and peer-to-peer collaboration throughout the event.
Fraud Seminar
SEPT 9 – SEPT 11, 2025 | LIVESTREAM EVENT
Join ICBA Education and fraud expert Barry Thompson for a fast-moving seminar that will prepare you to identify and protect your bank’s reputation and assets. Benefit from the interactive format and expert instruction and leave with essential knowledge and tools that you can implement immediately.
Annual Current Issues Certification Conference
Annual Current Issues Certification Conference
sep 22 – sep 25, 2025 | in-person, bloomington, mn
This four-day live-streamed conference focuses on key issues and trends related to auditing, BSA/AML, regulatory compliance, security, and fraud, and offers the very latest information, tools, best practices, and training to assure that you are up-to-date and compliant. Attend one day or all four!
Annual Current Issues Certification Conference
ICBA LEAD FWD Summit
DATES: TBD | INPERSON EVENT, LOCATION TBD
The ICBA LEAD FWD Summit is the only national leadership conference for the community banking industry and delivers powerful learning for leaders at every level. By focusing on the principles of leadership, the latest technical banking innovations, and the role of advocacy, we prepare community bankers like you to own the future.
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Auditing IT General Controls Seminar
OCT 2 – OCT 3, 2025 | LIVESTREAM
Banks conduct audits on an ongoing basis to monitor their bank’s internal controls and ensure adequacy and compliance with their bank’s policies and procedures. The audit scope should include an in-depth review of IT and information security controls and operating procedures that help protect the institution from losses. Join us for this session as we cover the areas of auditing business risks, technical environment auditing, auditing the human element and overall governance.
Auditing IT General Controls Seminar
Community Bank Treasury Management Seminar
OCT 16, 2025 | LIVESTREAM SEMINAR
Community banks seek ways to boost core deposits and non-interest income and Treasury Management is the key. Learn how your bank’s business teams can collaborate to sell business products and services to meet this goal.
Community Bank Treasury Management Seminar
Annual Current Issues Certification Conference
oct 20 – oct 23, 2025 | LIVESTREAM
This four-day live-streamed conference focuses on key issues and trends related to auditing, BSA/AML, regulatory compliance, security, and fraud, and offers the very latest information, tools, best practices, and training to assure that you are up-to-date and compliant. Attend one day or all four!
Annual Current Issues Certification Conference
Enhancing Organizational Value Conference
TBD | IN-PERSON EVENT, TBD
This new conference focuses on strategies for community banks to create value. It covers topics like stock liquidity, capital raising and deployment alternatives, succession planning, employee attraction and retention, mergers and acquisitions, equity and equity-like compensation and similar strategic initiatives.
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Bank Director Bible-PDF
The Bank Directors’ Bible (4th Edition, 2023) provides industry best practices, insights into issues encountered by community bank directors in today’s environment and how to effectively serve on community bank boards of all sizes.
Bank Director Bible (icba.org)
Bank Director Glossary
Bank Director Glossary contains more than 200 pages of customary terms used by regulators, executive officers, industry consultants, and attorneys including the latest financial regulations and industry terminology every director needs to understand.
Bank Director Glossary (icba.org)
The Ultimate Guide for Bank Directors
The Ultimate Guide for Bank Directors provides bank directors with the knowledge and insight necessary for performing their fiduciary responsibilities conscientiously and effectively. This is a must read for every board member or bank executive aspiring to become a director.
Bank Policies
Alleviate the tedious task of developing bank policies from scratch. These policies provide a quick reference with thorough, easy-to-read instructions to guide your bank through the policy development or revision process.
There are over 100 policies available, covering everything from compliance to lending and social media. Policies are provided in an editable Word document, so you can quickly customize these policies to work for your bank.
Resources – Bank Policies (icba.org)
BSA/AML Training Series
Staff training is a core requirement of a satisfactory Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program. Examiners specifically look for BSA/AML training by job category when measuring the effectiveness of a bank’s program.
The BSA/AML Video Training Series – Updated in 2023 features 5 different presentations customized to provide job specific training for every member of your bank staff including Senior Management and Directors. This live action series contains fresh content, best practices, the latest hot topics in BSA/AML, and is everything your bank needs to comply with the annual training requirements.
BSA/AML Video Training Series (icba.org)
Compliance Desk Book & Bulletin Service
The ICBA Compliance Deskbook is the industry’s premier resource for compliance information. Find everything in one spot! Access regulations, important dates, agency guidance, questionnaires, and other resources in one place. You’ll also receive notifications on the latest updates to existing regulations and new regulations.
Compliance Deskbook and Bulletin Service (icba.org)
Standard Plan
The Standard Plan gives your bank access to the full catalog of over 450 online courses. The system allows for individual or group enrollment into an individual course or multiple courses at one time.
You can generate course activity reports that can be downloaded into Excel to provide to auditors and examiners. The bank may enroll an unlimited number of employees into the system for one low price.
Subscription runs from Jan. 1 – Dec. 31. Price is prorated at time of purchase.
Custom Plan
The Custom Plan provides all the courses and functionality of the Standard Plan, and includes these additional features:
- Insert your bank’s own policies and procedures into many banking related courses.
- Track in-house training sessions and third-party training.
- Filter online course results through a dashboard.
Subscription runs from Jan. 1 – Dec. 31. Price is prorated at time of purchase.
Learn more about our Standard and Custom Course plans at: Online Course Plans
Individual Courses
Interested in a specific topic? Individual courses can be purchased a la carte. Course access is granted only to the purchaser and is available for 365 days from the date of purchase.
Find your Course at: Individual Online Courses