MBA Partners with Blackboard for Online Training.(Mortgage Bankers Association of America for Financial Services Training Package)

The Mortgage Bankers Association has teamed up with Blackboard Inc., Washington, to offer Web-based training designed for midsize and large financial institutions.

The Financial Services Training Package, or FSTP, combines more than 1,000 hours of financial services courses and content from CampusMBA with Blackboard's flagship application, the Blackboard Learning System.

CampusMBA is the educational arm of the trade association.

Blackboard is an enterprise software company that facilitates online education programs for a variety of public and private sector clients.

The FSTP is a fully featured learning system that uses content from CampusMBA. Included in the package are courses and content on compliance, origination, underwriting, financial analysis, fraud, subprime lending and financial privacy. All courses taught through this package are eligible for credits toward professional certificates and designations from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Described as a complete turnkey solution, the FSTP features course creation, 24/7 hosting, 24/7 live user support and two days of training. Integration between FSTP and a participating institution's information systems is available.

Nearly 3,000 banks, financial service companies, colleges and universities already use Blackboard on a daily basis to create courses for hybrid delivery, supplemental learning and long-distance education.