Opening Trusts & Fiduciary Accounts
On-Demand Webinar:
StreamedNov 10, 2025Duration90 minutes
- Unlimited & shareable access starting two business days after live stream
- Available on desktop, mobile & tablet devices 24/7
- Take-away toolkit
- Ability to download webinar video
- Presenter's contact info for questions
Trusts are often used to plan for estates, families, taxes, etc.
When opening these special
accounts, you need to know about proper documentation, CIP, and signature cards.
You must also understand the trustee’s authority and duties and your
institution’s responsibility and liability. This webinar will cover opening
procedures and provide guidance for when trusts, fiduciary accounts, and
accountholder situations change.
AFTER THIS
WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Explain the role of a fiduciary
- Differentiate between revocable and irrevocable trusts and between UTMAs and minor trusts/Coogan accounts
- Outline the processes upon death of a party to the account
- Determine which checks should and should not be deposited to trust and fiduciary accounts
- Describe the parameters for setting up various trust and fiduciary accounts
WEBINAR DETAILS
From living trusts to conservatorships and
everything in between, this webinar will systematically walk through all of the
requirements for handling trust and fiduciary accounts. It will cover accounts
such as revocable and irrevocable living trusts, informal/Totten trusts,
Uniform Transfer to Minor Accounts, minor trusts/Coogan accounts,
representative payees and VA federal fiduciaries, and court-ordered
conservatorship and guardianship accounts. For each account type this program
will address account opening, ownership, transactions, fiduciary and financial
institution responsibilities, tax reporting, insurance coverage, and
termination/payout of accounts.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This informative session
is designed for branch managers, tellers, new accounts staff, account
representatives, call center employees, compliance personnel, fraud
professionals, risk management staff, and auditors.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Internet resource list
- Trust and fiduciary account cheat sheet
- Employee training log
- Interactive quiz
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits
NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission,
or republishing of any webinar to other institutions or those not employed by
your institution is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible
participants only.
Presented By

Compliance Plus, Inc.
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