Credit unions seeking grants from the NCUA may attend a webinar hosted by staff from the Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives.

To help credit unions prepare for its approaching next round of grants, the agency will present “NCUA 2015 Grant and Loan Opportunities” on April 15 at 2 p.m. EST.

Dominic Carullo, an economic development specialist with the NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives, and Geetha Valiyil, the comptroller at the Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives, will participate in the webinar. David Fitzgerald, national account director at the Illinois Credit Union League will also take part in the webinar.

The NCUA said the officials will discuss the grant application process and the four grant initiatives funded by the agency including cybersecurity, building capacity branching, digital growth, and new products and services. A 30-minute question-and-answer session will follow the one-hour webinar presentation.

The webinar with also feature Lynn Gray, CEO of the $42 million Remington Federal Credit Union in Ilion, N.Y., and Lowell Stevens, CEO of the $76 million Latah Federal Credit Union in Moscow, Id. The credit union executives plan to share their experiences introducing mobile banking applications and remote deposit capture services to their members using grant funds.

Participants can register here and submit questions in advance to [email protected] using the subject line “NCUA 2015 Grant and Loan Webinar.”