FDIC Offers Free Nationwide Telephone Seminars for Bank Officers, Employees

Feb 22 - The FDIC will conduct 15 free telephone seminars on deposit insurance coverage for bank officers and employees between March 20, 2013, and Dec. 3, 2013. Eleven sessions, titled "FDIC Comprehensive Seminar on Deposit Insurance Coverage for Bankers," will provide an overview of the rules for determining deposit insurance coverage for all account ownership categories. Four separate sessions, titled "FDIC Seminar on Revocable Trust Accounts for Bankers," will focus primarily on the rules and coverage for formal revocable trust accountholders whose trust deposits at one bank exceed $1,250,000.

Highlights:

• The FDIC will conduct 15 free telephone seminars on deposit insurance coverage for bank officers and employees between March 20, 2013, and Dec. 3, 2013.
• The FDIC is offering 11 sessions of the comprehensive seminar. These sessions will provide participants with an overview of the rules for determining deposit insurance coverage for all account ownership categories, along with an introduction to the different deposit insurance tools and resources available from the FDIC.
• The FDIC is offering four sessions of the revocable trust seminar. These seminars will focus primarily on the rules and coverage for formal revocable trust accountholders whose trust deposits at one bank exceed $1,250,000.
• The comprehensive seminar will consist of a 90-minute audio presentation, and the revocable trust seminar will consist of a 45-minute audio presentation. Each seminar will link to a slide presentation and be followed by a question-and-answer period with FDIC subject matter experts.
• Advance registration is required for each session.
• Participants are strongly encouraged to have a copy of the slides with them during the audio presentation.

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