Programs

Credit union course

Topic: investment fraud - how to protect your clients

Audience: credit union employees

Description:

An online course to teach credit employees about investment fraud. The goal is to help the credit union employees identify clients who may becoming victims of investment scams and what actions to take to help the clients. The 30 minute interactive web based course covers topics such as:

• Spotting cons
• Test you scam savvy
• What to do if you suspect a scam
• Scenarios
• Test simulation
• Course feedback

CUSOURCE Knowledge Network, an education, knowledge, and service provider to credit unions across Canada, distributes the course free of charge to all credit unions that subscribe to it's online education.

Partners:

The content for the course was developed by:

• British Columbia Securities Commission 
• Alberta Securities Commission 
• Manitoba Securities Commission 
• Newfoundland Securities Commission 
• New Brunswick Securities Commission 
• CUSOURCE Knowledge Network 
• Credit Union Central of B.C. 
• ICOM Productions Ltd. 

(funding was provided by the securities commissions listed above)

For more information:

Read the BCSC news release on the course  (March 31, 2008)

Contact:
Andrew Poon, Communications Officer
email: apoon@bcsc.bc.ca
phone: 604.899.6880

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