Florida Banking August 2021

Florida Trust School and Florida Graduate Trust School. Preference will be given to an employee of an FBA member institution who has been employed full-time for two years prior to application. The student may reapply in the following year to renew funding for the next year of school, if enrolled in a multi-year program. The FBEF Career Development Program also offers financial assistance of $1,500 per year for programs such as the LSU Graduate School of Banking, Stonier Graduate School of Banking and any ABA/ICBA/FBA endorsed graduate school of banking. Preference will be given to an employee of a FBA member institution who has been employed full-time for five years prior to application. The student may reapply in the following year to renew funding for the next year of school, if enrolled in a multi-year program. Annual funding limits are set by the FBEF Board. In the event that applications received exceed budgeted funding amounts, recipients will be chosen based

on the length of employment in Florida banking. Because the FBEF’s goal is to help as many different students as possible, one funding application per student per program will be accepted each year for the LSU Graduate School of Banking, Stonier Graduate School of Banking and any ABA/ICBA/FBA endorsed graduate school of banking. For more information about how the FBEF might be able to help you, please contact FBEF Director Letty Newton at (850) 701-3522 or lnewton@ floridabankers.com. FBEF Applications can be found online in the Education section of www. floridabankers.com. For the past 65 years the FBEF has helped bankers around the state advance their careers through education. The FBEF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Registration Number SC-07621.

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