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Northwest Conference Series 2025 - Virtual
Hot topic virtual conferences. One registration for everyone in your bank.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
at 8:00 AM (PDT)
to Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM (PDT)
* Registration open until 4/29/25 at 11:00 AM (PST)
Event Details
Northwest Conference Series 2025 - Virtual
Join us virtually for the CBW Conference Series 2025. Four half-day virtual sessions spread throughout the year. One registration covers everyone in your bank all year long. Save $300 by purchasing the entire series. Single conference is $325.
We’ve got something for everybody in your bank: economics, fintech, advocacy, fraud, and more. One registration for everyone in the bank!
8:00am - 11:00 am via zoom on the following dates
April 29
June 10
August 12
October 21
Agenda
| April 29 | |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Rethinking Your TCR Strategy. New Trends & Increased Savings - Scott Fieber, Cook Solutions Group Teller cash recyclers are a modern-day necessity in bank branches. Due to the large amount of cash banks handle, they need a reliable method to count it that doesn't rely on bankers manually counting it by hand. Teller cash recyclers automate both counting and sorting for cash. However, newer cash recyclers are also arriving on the market, with improved cassette technology, security features and more. What's on the horizon for TCRs? |
| 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Navigating the Shoals of Rate, Liquidity, & Political/Regulatory Risk - John Biestman & Joe Cwiklinski, FHLB Des Moines IRR, mechanics of FHLB liquidity access, the role of collateral and testing with the Fed, and a brief update on current state of affairs. |
| 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | DFI Update - Charlie Clark & Roberta Hollinshead |
| 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Fraudster's Toolbox: Targeting the Elderly - Patrick Dix, Shazam The elderly are a top target for scam artists and financial crimes against this population are becoming more rampant in the age of social media. Find out the different ways fraudsters target these vulnerable citizens using spam and tech support scams, law enforcement and IRS scams, grandparent and romance scams, in addition to phone call scams. Learn how to recognize unusual account activity and use the provided tools to educate your senior cardholders. |
| June 10 | |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Is Your Leadership Style Holding Young Leaders Back? - Jackie Rollow, Shazam |
| 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Community Banks are in Position A for 2025 - Jim Reber, ICBA Securities After the longest-on-record pause between the last interest rate hike and the first cut, community banks had ample time to prepare for a secular falling rate environment, which the Fed projects will be lasting for two years. With credit quality still holding in very well, this could be a market that bodes well for community bank profitability and performance. We will look at some important metrics of industry health and identify some relative strengths and weaknesses. |
| August 12 | |
| 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Creating Value in an M&A Environment - Philip Smith, Gerrish Smith Tuck Financial institutions want to create value for their stakeholders. For some that means buying other banks, for others it may be considering a transaction, but for most it’s about staying independent and creating value every day. We’ll discuss the M&A environment and how to position your bank to create value without being a buyer or a seller. We’ll look at how the consolidation that is occurring impacts the broader strategies for financial institutions. |
