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NextGen 529

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Financial Wellness Social Media Toolkit

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Employee Financial Wellness Roadmap

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Claim Your Future

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Monthly Financial Check-in with FAME

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Play Claim Your Future – career & budget game or use iGrad Online Financial Education with your students, and more…

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FAME Partner Training

Date/Time
Date(s) - Tuesday October 8, 2024
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location
Morgan Hill Event Center

Please join FAME’s commercial lending team and your industry colleagues for an informative workshop.

What to expect:

Learn how to leverage FAME programs to build your relationships with commercial loan customers
Follow a step-by-step enhanced OnLine Answer (OLA) platform training – from input to follow-up
Enjoy a networking lunch with FAME staff and your peers
Learn about the Maine Funding Network – the gateway to alternative funding for Maine businesses

Who should attend?
This FREE workshop is intended for commercial loan officers and commercial loan assistants, analysts, government banking specialists, and others who work with FAME’s OLA platform.

Register here!

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