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Three Courses Added To ACE Credit Transfer Recommendation List

CFT is pleased to announce that the following 3.00 credit courses have been added to the American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) list:  Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, and Real Estate Finance.  For the complete list of twenty-two courses currently receiving the ACE Credit Recommendation, please visit our website:  http://cftacs.org/college-credit-2/american-council-on-education-ace/. The [...]

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Top Ten Frequently Asked Questions for 2011

Frequently Asked Questions for 2011 CFT answers the top ten most frequently asked questions from the past year: 1.              Is membership required to take a CFT course or seminar? CFT is a century old non-profit company and does not have a membership.  CFT courses and seminars are open to everyone. 2.              How does an Online [...]

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Employee Learning Week Raffle Winner!

Congratulations to Laura Tashjian, Training and Development Manager, Newtown Savings Bank, the winner of a Kindle Fire in CFT’s Employee Learning Week raffle.  CFT has provided employee learning opportunities to the financial services industry for over 100 years, and we look forward to education thousands of bankers in 2012.  Check out the upcoming schedule of [...]

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Compliance School Reaches New Heights

A record number of students (nearly 100) from the financial services industry attended the 25th Annual CFT Federal Compliance School (held Nov. 7-10) in St. Louis, MO. Experienced Compliance Officers, and those beginning in the field, attended the 4-day School from various parts of the country. More states than ever were represented this year including Alabama, Arkansas, [...]

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In Search of Tomorrow’s Banking Leaders

It’s easy to identify the banking leaders of today – they already occupy the C-Suites – the CEO, CFO, CLO, CMO and CIO.  But who are the up-and-coming bankers, the top financiers for the next decade?  Who are the New Leaders in Banking?  One way to find out: they’re going to be at BankWorld. The Connecticut [...]

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Visit CFT Booth at BankWorld 2011

CFT is pleased to announce that financial institution employees can attend BankWorld free of charge by Clicking Here to access the CFT BankWorld registration protal. You are also encouraged to spread the word to other bankers whom you believe would be interested in attending BankWorld. They are also invited as CFT’s guest and should register [...]

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Safe Deposit Vault Becomes Playroom

Author:  David P. McGuinn, President, Safe Deposit Specialists Recently, a fourteen-month-old baby spent four long and frightening hours surrounded by safe deposit boxes after she was locked inside the vault of a large bank in Georgia. Picture This. . . . A little girl and her mother arrive at the Bank to visit with her grandmother, [...]

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Mystery Safe Deposit Boxes Create Unhappy Renters

“Drill Baby Drill” – Mystery Boxes Create Unhappy Renters Author:  Dave McGuinn, President, Safe Deposit Specialists An individual enters a financial institution with the intention of renting a safe deposit box. This person has certain expectations. By the very nature of the term “safe deposit box”, he assumes that he is renting a box in [...]

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