Basic Membership (Free)
There is no cost for basic membership and Cohort Members receive a number of great benefits:
Weekly Friday Newsletter
First, members will be automatically enrolled to receive our regular email newsletter. Provided once a week, our newsletter helps to ensure members are up-to-date on the happenings going on at the Compliance Cohort. Our goal is to help keep members in the know of our recent postings as well as any compliance changes that take place.
Compliance Clips (Member Videos)
Our "Compliance Clips" have proven to be the best benefit of Basic Membership. These short, on-demand training videos provide an amazing value to members as they are presented in a "virtual classroom" approach that provides bite-sized learning. Members find this approach significantly helps with comprehension of the material being taught. Typically lasting 3 to 5 minutes, we present applicable topics as we see fit, but generally include existing regulations as well as a "heads up" on upcoming changes. While some Compliance Clips are available to non-members, Basic Membership provides access to many more videos than what are easily available to the public. Access to our Compliance Clips is often cited as the main reason for becoming a new member.
Member Articles
The third benefit of our Basic Membership is a number of member-only articles. These articles are presented in a "layman's terms" approach where we do our best explain complex rules in a way that anyone could understand. While some articles are available to the public through our blog, members enjoy a number of articles available only through membership.
Topic Catalog
When logged into their dashboard, members have access to a "topic catalog" where articles and videos are organized by topic. This is beneficial for members who may only be responsible for a specific area of compliance such as lending compliance, deposit compliance, or BSA.
List & Links to Regulations
Another great benefit found in our basic membership dashboard is a list of regulations that provides links to many of the consumer compliance regulations financial institutions need to reference.
Member Offers, Discounts, and Giveaways
Another benefit of our free Basic Membership is that members get a variety of discounts and member-only offers. For example, we occasionally give away a class to a member or two and provide information about how to get discounts on the programs found in our store.
Special Alerts
Finally, Basic members benefit from receiving certain special compliance alerts. These occasional alerts vary in volume based on the need, and may include things like new regulations or a reminder of needed compliance action.