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Certified Credit Union Investments Professional (CCUIP) Designation

Hone your investment expertise

This designation demonstrates mastery of the essential knowledge needed to manage and guide credit union investment. With this designation, you'll have recognized skills to review and evaluate your credit union's investment portfolios and processes.

This designation can be earned by completing the following steps:

Step 1: Register for the CUNA Investment Certification School: Fundamentals

Option 1: Online eSchool
Option 2: Face-to-face Fundamentals only

Step 2: Pass the Fundamentals exam

Step 3: Register for the CUNA Investment Certification School: Advanced

Option 1: Online eSchool
Option 2: Face-to-face Advanced only

Step 4: Pass the Advanced exam

Note – Option 3: You may register for Fundamentals and Advanced face-to-face (this option provides a discount for those who want to attend Fundamentals and Advanced in the same week)

Past attendees recommend:

  • Taking Fundamentals and Advanced in the same calendar year because the Advanced curriculum builds on the Fundamentals curriculum.
  • Option 3 because presenters and tutors are available for individual help in person, and it is easier to remember the Fundamentals curriculum while attending Advanced in the same week.

These programs, as well as many others, are available to CUNA Training Bundle users at no additional cost.

This certification is beneficial for senior management-level finance professionals, CFOs, CEOs, and anyone else with an interest in credit union investment strategy.

Certified Credit Union Investments Professionals (CCUIP) designees must recertify every three years to ensure knowledge about investments is current.

Step 1: Register for the CUNA Latest Trends in Investments eSchool, live and recorded online options are available.

Important notes:

  1. Each person that wants to recertify needs to register for the eSchool.
  2. To customize your educational experience, you only need to attend or watch 8 of the 12 webinars in the eSchool to recertify. 

Step 2: Complete the form found here to verify recertification once you have watched or attended at least 8 webinars in the eSchool.

Dates and more information will be posted here as they become available. If you have questions about recertifying this designation, please call 800-356-9655 or email hello@cuna.coop for assistance.