RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

ANTICIPATED DURATION: 60 MINUTES

Join us for this webinar on Compliance with the Truth in Savings Act (TISA) under NCUA Part 707. This regulation plays a crucial role in ensuring credit unions provide clear, accurate, and transparent information regarding deposit accounts, helping consumers make informed decisions and avoid misunderstandings.

This session will cover the essential elements of the Truth in Savings Act, including the required disclosures, advertising rules, and annual reporting obligations. Whether you are a credit union compliance officer, legal professional, or banking services manager, this webinar will help you stay on top of your TISA obligations and reduce the risk of non-compliance.

Key topics include:

• An overview of the Truth in Savings Act (TISA) and NCUA Part 707
• Detailed requirements for disclosures on deposit accounts, including annual percentage yields (APYs), fees, and terms
• Advertising rules: What’s required and what’s prohibited
• The role of periodic statements and required disclosures for specific types of accounts (e.g., savings, checking, certificates of deposit)
• Best practices for accurate reporting and avoiding common compliance mistakes
• Penalties for non-compliance and strategies to ensure ongoing adherence to TISA regulations

Our ViClarity expert will guide you through the complex landscape of TISA, providing actionable insights and practical steps to enhance your compliance program. You’ll leave with a solid understanding of your obligations and how to implement them effectively within your credit union.

This training may assist your credit union in meeting the recommendations and requirements noted in the following citation:

NCUA 12 CFR 707

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT:

Crystal Streeper has over 15 years of experience in the financial industry, specializing in credit union operations, lending, and compliance. Currently a Compliance officer with ViClarity, Crystal provides state and regulatory compliance assistance and training to our affiliated credit union leagues and partners with various credit unions nationwide.

ViClarity (formerly PolicyWorks) serves credit unions by assisting them in maintaining regulatory compliance, soundness, and overall strength. With its comprehensive features in technology, compliance, audit, and risk management, ViClarity is a pivotal resource for credit unions seeking excellence in their operations.

Delivery Method: This is an on-demand e-learning program requiring learners to interact and actively engage throughout the training.  

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RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
DURATION: 85 MINUTES

Handling Federal payments can be challenging. This webinar will focus on enrollments, ACH payment processing, Death Notification Entries (DNE), and reclamations. We will reference the Green Book, a comprehensive guide for financial institutions that receive ACH payments from the federal Government.

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT:

Jim Petkovits is Vice President of Education for Wespay and has over eighteen years of payments experience. Jim is responsible for developing and providing education and training to Wespay members through in-person workshops, webinars and in-house training. Prior to joining Wespay, Jim was the ACH Education and Training Manager for the Northwest Clearing House Association (NWCHA) since 2001, and a Customer Service Manager for Bank of America’s ACH Regional Processing Center in Seattle. Jim holds both an Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) and National Check Professional (NCP) accreditation.

As an innovative payments association, Wespay is dedicated to guiding members through the ever-evolving payments industry with education, information, advisory and advocacy services. Our dedicated team partners with financial institutions, fintech companies, third-party payment providers and organizations that supply payment services related to operations and compliance, risk management and fraud, as well as payments strategy and planning.

As a Direct Member of Nacha, Wespay is a specially recognized and licensed provider of ACH education, publications, and support. Wespay is directly engaged in the Nacha rulemaking process, the Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) Program and the Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) Program. Additionally, Wespay is partnered with ECCHO, as a designated Educational Partner for the National Check Professional (NCP) accreditation program.

Delivery Method: This training is available as an on-demand webinar, organized into chapters. Learners can choose to watch individual chapters or complete the entire program. Unlimited testing is provided as the last chapter. 

Expiry note: eTrain reserves the right to expire program links that may include information no longer valid such as regulation and rule changes. In most cases, we will expire a program no more than 4 weeks prior to an updated version being released. Expired programs will still appear in your My Account details area with EXPIRED and the year of the release in the title field. However, you will not be able to view the training or access the handouts.

RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
ANTICIPATED DURATION: 60 MINUTES

This session covers steps to prepare employees and managers to respond appropriately to an active shooter incident. It covers concepts endorsed by the US Department of Homeland Security and what to expect when law enforcement responds.

Including:

• What actions to take to prevent active shooter incidents
• What actions to take to prepare for an active shooter incident
• What action to take when confronted with an active shooter
• What action to take to assist responding law enforcement officials
• How to recognize potential workplace violence indicators
• How to managing the consequences of an active shooter incident

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT:

Branch Walton is an Associate Dean of Student Services at Henley Putnam University, an on-line university specializing in intelligence, protection management, terrorism and counter-terrorism studies.  He is also currently active in training program development, management, and/or instruction for: the Miami Police Academy (Florida), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, University of Findley, Eastern Kentucky University, South American Theft Group Intelligence Network, Miami Dade College, Broward County TRIAD, and South Florida INFRAGARD.

Branch has more than 40 years of experience in federal law enforcement, private security, and instruction.  He retired from the United States Secret Service after a 21-year career.  Assignments included Special Agent-in-Charge of a field office; instructor and Assistant Agent-in-Charge of the Office of Training; investigative and protective assignments at three field offices; and security details for Presidents Nixon, Carter, and Reagan.  Criminal investigative experience includes threat assessments as well as the investigation of and supervision of counterfeit cases. Prior to his USSS service, Branch was a commissioned officer in the U. S. Marine Corps and a special agent with the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Following his career with the Secret Service, Branch served as a Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee representative with a U.S. Attorney’s Office,  Director of Corporate Security for Cummins Engine Company, Chief of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Management Institute, as a criminal justice instructor at Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, and as President of the National Association for Bank Security-Profit Protection, LLC, a company specializing in security and compliance training for the banking industry.

Working through Thompson Consulting Group, LLC, Branch is a well-known speaker and author on workplace violence, executive protection, identity theft, school safety, and other security topics.  He continues to instruct at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Counter Terrorism Division and the Department of Homeland Security in the fields of physical and operations security.  He is a past or current adjunct faculty member of the criminal justice department of six universities.  Branch has authored numerous articles, two books, book chapters, and has consulted on several workplace violence training videos.

Thompson Consulting Group, LLC provides consultative training services for financial institutions that are looking for experts with actual industry experience. With our firm, you learn to handle real-world issues using methods based on practical solutions for the community institution — unlike security firms or computer penetration companies, which only know our industry from the outside. We provide training, risk management advisory services, banking expos, community programs, and physical risk assessments.

Delivery Method: This training is available as an on-demand webinar, organized into chapters. Learners can choose to watch individual chapters or complete the entire program. Unlimited testing is provided as the last chapter.
Expiry note: eTrain reserves the right to expire program links that may include information no longer valid such as regulation and rule changes. In most cases, we will expire a program no more than 4 weeks prior to an updated version being released. Expired programs will still appear in your My Account details area with EXPIRED and the year of the release in the title field. However, you will not be able to view the training or access the handouts.