By Albert Stern

DTCC has expanded its customer certification program to include two additional areas of the business: Clearance and Settlement. These certifications, also available for Asset Services, are provided through DTCC's customer training service, DTCC Learning. Candidates gain certification after passing exams that assess their knowledge and skill.

Exams for these additional areas of the business are scheduled for May 16 (Settlement) and June 20 (Clearance). The Asset Services test was held in March.

The two-hour tests, administered online in a proctored environment, will be offered at DTCC's New York and Tampa locations, as well as at approved remote sites. They will be scheduled again for the fourth quarter of this year.

The certification program, designed to address the industry's evolving needs for working with DTCC, establishes standards of competency for using services offered by its subsidiaries. "We teach best practices," said Rosemary Kurtti, DTCC vice president, Customer Training and Information Products. "If an employee is certified, an employer can be confident that he or she fully understands how to best leverage DTCC's systems and services." @

[For more information on certification and the preparatory e-learning and training options available, visit the DTCC Learning Website at http://learning.dtcc.com or call DTCC Learning at 888.258.6393.]