The Edcomm Group Banker's Academy

Founded	New York, New York, U.S. (1987)
Headquarters	New York, New York, USA
Key people	Dr. Linda Eagle (Founder and President) Cliff Brody (Founder and CEO) David Shapp (Partner and SVP) Stefanie Cutillo (Vice President of Sales & Development)
Industry	Consulting Financial Advisory Professional Services Banking
Products	Professional Services Bank Training Credit Union Training Money Services Business (MSB) Training Consulting
Employees	200+
Website	www.bankersacademy.com

Dr. Linda Eagle's meeting with Senator Paul Sarbanes at Philadelphia's Drexel University

Banker’s Academy is a multimedia education and communication consulting firm headquartered in New York, NY, with an advanced design center located just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Fort Washington. Banker’s Academy specializes in educational products and services for the banking industry.

Since its beginning, Banker’s Academy has provided over 2000 clients around the world with business solutions in the form of eLearning programs, classroom instruction, multimedia production and online and print based documentation. Through its partnership with Verio^[1], Banker's Academy delivers more than 100,000 eLearning topics to over two million financial industry professionals around the world.^[2]

[edit] History

Banker’s Academy was founded by Dr. Linda Eagle and Clifford Brody on February 14, 1987.

Eagle and Brody first met in 1982 at Arthur Andersen, now known as Accenture, where they spearheaded the establishment of their Training and Documentation consulting practice.

Prior to working at Arthur Anderson, Dr. Linda Eagle spent several years teaching Business and Organizational Communication at Queens College in New York, NY, after receiving her BA and MA from Queens College and her Ph.D. from Temple University.

[edit] Milestones

• February, 1987 – Banker’s Academy is founded.
• June, 1996 – Banker’s Academy develops IDEAS, an integrated online education and documentation system.
• December, 2000 – Banker’s Academy joins with industry experts to develop planb4.com to help individuals and businesses prepare for and recover from the devastating effects of disasters.^[3]
• October, 2001 – Banker’s Academy launches www.bankersacademy.com
• January, 2003 – Banker’s Academy launches Learning Link, a learning management system, to administer computer-based courses.
• December, 2004 – Banker’s Academy reaches the 7-million-topic milestone of learning programs.
• November, 2005 – Banker’s Academy reaches the 10-million-topic milestone of eLearning programs.
• January, 2006 – Banker’s Academy joins BankersOnline’s Vendor Advisory Board as a sponsoring member and content partner.^[4]
• September, 2006 – Banker’s Academy partners with California Bankers Association (CBA) to deliver elder financial abuse training to banks in the state of California.^[5]
• February, 2007 - The Edcomm Group's Banker's Academy is named “The Best Worldwide Provider of Training to the Banking Industry” by China International Business Consulting (CIBC), the leading market research and strategy organization in China.^[6]
• October, 2007 - Seven Banker's Academy programs are certified by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation for the State of Maine.^[7]
• January, 2008 - Banker's Academy presents 'Managing Banking Operations for Productivity and Quality' workshop for all operation managers at Burgan Bank in Kuwait^[8].
• February, 2008 – Banker’s Academy joins the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
• April, 2008 – Banker’s Academy deploys training programs in Mozilla Firefox.
• April, 2008 – Banker's Academy announces Compliance training for any industry, in any country, in any language and for any job function.
• April, 2008 – Banker’s Academy adds test question pooling functionality to its eLearning programs.
• May, 2008 – Banker's Academy partners with the China-US Chamber of Commerce (CUCC) to help provide high-quality bank training to international students.
• May, 2008 - Banker's Academy partners with Leaders Academy to address the training needs of Middle Eastern banks.^[9]
• September, 2008 – Banker’s Academy launches free Global Anti Money Laundering training.^[10]
• September, 2008 – Dr. Linda Eagle accepts a seat on the Compliance Alert Advisory Board.^[11]
• January, 2009 – Banker’s Academy launches new bank job and career training website for individuals, www.jobtraining.bankersacademy.com.^[12]
• February, 2009 – Banker’s Academy reaches 2,000 client milestone.
• February, 2009 – The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (AFCE) approves Banker’s Academy’s Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) training programs for the continued maintenance of Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credentials.
• March, 2009 – Banker’s Academy provides over 1 million students with Banker's Academy Certification.
• March, 2009 – Banker’s Academy begins initiative to provide continuing education training programs at junior colleges, career and vocational schools, and other educational and job training organizations.
• April, 2009 – Dr. Linda Eagle sets milestone as the first woman to speak on banking in Saudi Arabia.^[13]
• May, 2009 - Banker's Academey meets with Saudi Arabian bank to discuss an opportunity for compliance training.^[14]
• May, 2009 - Banker's Academy meets with a bank in Saudi Arabia to discuss an opportunity for corporate bank training.^[15]
• June, 2009 - Banker's Academy launches UAE Bank Training Group on LinkedIn^[16].
• June, 2009 - Banker's Academy launches Banker's Academy Group on LinkedIn^[17].
• June, 2009 - Banker's Academy launches Bahrain Bank Training Group on LinkedIn^[18].
• July, 2009 - Dr. Linda Eagle is featured as top executive leader on Executive Leaders Radio AM 860 WWDB.^[19].
• July, 2009 - Banker's Academy launches a new and improved version of its Compliance training program.^[20]
• September, 2009 - Banker’s Academy partners with National Multiple Sclerosis Society New York City Chapter to offer teller training scholarships^[21].
• October, 2009 - Banker's Academy partners with ATMIA to develop certified ATM Operations training for ATMIA members.^[22]
• October, 2009 - Banker's Academy partners with Marion Technical College to provide teller training for students.^[23].

[edit] Products and services

Banker’s Academy provides a full curriculum of training programs for banks, credit unions, and Money Services Businesses (MSBs). Banker’s Academy’s courses cover a wide range of topics including: Anti Money Laundering, Teller, Compliance, Problem Solving & Decision Making, ATM Operations and Management, Bankruptcies, Branch Security and more. Banker's Academy also provides Educational Institutions across the nation with a turnkey eLearning Teller Training program.^[24].

[edit] Free Online Tutorials

Banker’s Academy has made part of its curriculum available free to the public. The free tutorials include AML training for countries around the world, the Bailout Plan, Credit Risk Management, Cover Payments, Health Savings Accounts, Sarbanes-Oxley for Executive Management, Flood Management and Protection, and The World of Banking.

[edit] Free Global AML Training

In 2008, Banker’s Academy began an initiative to develop AML training for countries around the globe in an attempt to expand the awareness of money laundering and aid in its prevention and detection. These eLearning training courses are free to the public and available at Banker’s Academy’s website. Free AML training courses are available for numerous countries, and more countries are being added every week.

[edit] Conferences and Seminars

Banker’s Academy has been a guest at several industry conferences and seminars, including the Compliance and AML Seminar in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hosted by Complinet^[13], the ATMIA Conference and Expo, the International Anti Money Laundering Conference^[25], the American Banking Association Section of Business Law, the ABA Regulatory Compliance Conference, the ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference, the Marcus Evans Retail Banking 2007 Conference, the Marcus Evans Credit Risk Management Conference, Asia’s 2008 Retail Banking Technology conference^[26], Product Innovation for Financial Institutions, the Fidelity National Information Service’s ACTION Conference, the Islamic Finance News (IFN) Forum^[27], and many more.

[edit] In the news

Banker’s Academy has been featured in various articles, websites, magazines, newspapers, and other print and online based media throughout the past 22 years, including: Forbes.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal^[28], NJ Banker’s Association, Seniorjournal.com^[29], The Charlotte Observer, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, AgeNet, Inc., Retirementliving.com^[30], The New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Times, TellerVision, Waters Magazine^[31], Chief Learning Officer Magazine^[32], BAI Banking Strategies Retail Delivery Insights^[33], Cards&Payments Magazine, Wisconsin Banker, Illinois Banker, Kansas Banker, Wyoming Banker, Collections and Risk Magazine, PA Banker, Mississippi Banker, Banking Traditions Magazine, Michigan Banker, and The Alliance of Independent Bankers Magazine.

Banker’s Academy’s Dr. Linda Eagle has also been a guest on several news and TV segments such as WS Radio^[34] and Business News Radio Station, AM 860 WWDB^[19].

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