Virtual events for the fall

Cornerstone Webinars for Small CUs

Cornerstone hosts an array of webinars for credit unions with assets under $100 million. Small credit union leaders and staff will find informational topics that appeal to their job function as well as the jobs they’d like to have. To learn more, visit the Cornerstone League website.

2022 Small CU Q4 Hot Topics Call - Oct. 20

This one-hour virtual session begins at 10 a.m. CT on Oct. 20 and will focus on digital transformation in the payments industry with an emphasis on industry initiatives for faster payments. Your presenter, Catalyst Corporate’s Glenn Wheeler, will identify stakeholders who face opportunities and challenges as the industry develops the technology needed for instant payments. This session will also identify significant-use cases that provide incentives for payments to move instantly and efficiently from one party to another.

Are You Managing Cybersecurity, Or Is Cybersecurity Managing You? - Oct. 25     

Join Cornerstone Resources Senior Certified Security Analyst Michael Salyer on Oct. 25 for a one-hour webinar at 2 p.m. CT to receive guidance on managing cybersecurity, including: 

• Evaluating management’s ability to recognize, assess, monitor, and manage information systems and technology-related risks. 
• Assessing whether the credit union has sufficient expertise to adequately plan, direct, and manage information systems and technology operations. 

• Determining whether the board of directors has adopted and implemented adequate information systems and technology-related policies and procedures. 
• Evaluating the adequacy of internal information systems and technology controls and oversight to safeguard member information. 
  

Watch for more info coming soon!

Current Expected Credit Losses: CECL Pain Points - Nov. 2

In this one-hour virtual session that begins at 2 p.m. CT on Nov. 2, Cornerstone Resources Financial Auditor Pamela Blevins will impart guidance on the purpose of CECL and how to best prepare for implementation. Discussion will include: 

• Methodologies and how to ensure you are on target and compliant with CECL requirements. 
• How to ensure all assumptions are “reasonable.”  
• How to properly document assumptions and data points.  

• What your auditors and examiners will focus on in their review.  
• Ensuring credit unions have a successful implementation and will pass audits and
• examinations. 

Watch for more info coming soon!

ALM Webinar Workshops - Nov. 8–9 and Nov. 15–16

The ALM Webinar Workshops are a series of four webinars that will be delivered over a two-week period in a two-day format. The content of each series has been developed to act as standalone virtual workshops, or you can attend all consecutively.

Series I (Webinars 1–2) will equip attendees with foundational concepts, including the goals of ALM and best practices. You’ll identify how to manage earnings and spread, how to monitor the credit union's financial condition, discuss the 13 key ratios, and review the impact factors for each ratio.

Series II (Webinars 3–4) will explore advanced topics of ALM, including interest rate risk, measurement of GAP, elements of an ALM policy and an investment policy, liquidity analysis, and procedures for an asset/liability committee (ALCO).

To participate in all four webinars, please register for Series I and Series II. The webinars will be recorded, and registrants will have access to them for 45 days.