CUNA announced a new option to earn the CUERME designation virtually. CUNA Enterprise Risk Management Certification eSchool will consist of seven sessions held on Mondays and Thursdays from February 1-22, except on Presidents Day (February 15).

The new CUNA Certified Credit Union Supervisory Committee Member eSchool provides a convenient and affordable way to learn credit union supervisory committee roles and responsibilities, and those who complete it will earn their Certified Credit Union Supervisory Committee designation.

Compliance personnel seeking to earn their Credit Union Compliance Expert (CUCE) designation can get the training they need January 26 through March 11, at CUNA Regulatory Compliance Certification eSchool: Introduction. The eSchool consists of 10 virtual two-hour class sessions.

Credit unions can learn more about the issue of human trafficking and how to spot the warning signs during a webinar hosted by NCUA and presented in partnership with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations unit.

CUNA offices in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wis. will be closed Monday, January 18 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. There will be no Daily email. The Daily will resume Tuesday, January 19. 

American Heritage CU culminated its annual holiday season of giving with a variety of donations including canned goods, hot meals, toys, essentials, and monetary donations to organizations and not-for-profits within its community.

St. Cloud Financial Credit Union created and launched a community driven initiative to help those in need as well as local businesses this holiday season. Those partnerships include providing 2,700 meals to the staff of the COVID unit at St. Cloud Hospital.

CUNA Business Lending Virtual Roundtable will be held February 9 and 10, 2021. Credit union business and commercial lenders will discuss the pandemic’s impact on the economy and, in turn, on new loan generation for credit unions.

CUNA announces its new CUNA Agile Marketing eSchool to guide credit union marketers on methods to grow their credit unions with nimble and effective teams. The four-session eSchool will take place Feb. 3-24, 2021

Dupaco Community CU received the SBA’s Impact Award for being the top-ranked PPP lender among Iowa’s credit unions. Dupaco lent out nearly $30 million to 654 small businesses with an average loan size of $45,000. Nearly half were for $10,000 or less.