Professional Education

Educating Financial Service Professionals

The Delaware Financial Education Alliance (DFEA) provides valuable professional development services for its members. Through committees, telephone and web seminars, professional development forums, on-line courses, and other venues, we offer the latest in training for banking professionals on every level of the industry. The DFEA also sponosors its own Regulatory Compliance as well as the annual Delaware Trust Conference on issues unique to the State’s trust laws.

Originals DFEA School and Conferences

• The Delaware Trust Conference
• Foundations of Delaware Trusts
• FDIC Directors' College

College and Professional Development

Delaware Bankers Association members can take advantage of discounts to area colleges and universities. We also can help tailor specific training to individuals and groups either from the American Bankers Association catalog or sessions to fit your unique needs.

Contact Renee Rau at 302-674-0202 or via email renee.rau@debankers.com for a consultation on your training needs or for information on college tuition re-embursement programs.

American Bankers Association Courses

The Delaware Financial Education Alliance and Delaware Banker Association members may take advantage of a wide range of education opportunites from the American Bankers Association.  Follow the links below for more information.  ABA courses include:

• ABA Briefings - ABA Briefings enable you and your team members to stay on top of the current issues facing bankers today. Take advantage of the Briefings available in several subject areas. Briefings include streaming audio over the Internet so all you need is a computer and a pad of paper. Save time and stay current.
• ABA Facilitated Online Training - Bankers can participate in ABA online courses in a collaborative learning community, complete with fellow students, instructor guidance and feedback.
• ABA Self-Paced Online Training - ABA offers more than 200 self-paced online courses in the content areas listed below. Courses may be purchased online for individual use or banks may purchase a license to access a single course or a suite of courses within their organizations. These courses offer a high degree of bank-specific scenarios, skill-building and practical application.
• ABA Certificate Programs - For more than 100 years, bankers have taken advantage of these certificate programs to prepare for careers in banking or to enhance the skills and knowledge they already possess. Certificates build the skills necessary for a specific position in the bank and can be taken entirely online as a certificate curriculum. The programs are continually reevaluated and refined to reflect the current needs of bankers in their jobs today and changes in the industry.