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A Plus Online
Providing quality online financial planner continuing education courses. Courses are low-cost, and you can view courses prior to ordering. Features include online testing, instant grading, and electronic reporting to the CFP board. Online financial planner courses include:
- Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Financial Planning Practice Standards
- Estate Tax Planning
- Annuities
- Universal Life
- Disability Insurance
- Tax Sheltered Annuity Plans
- Personal Life Insurance Planning
- Principles of Reinsurance
- Individual Retirement Plans
- Insurance Ethics
- Laws and Regulations for VA Insurance Agents
- Designing Qualified Plans to Meet Employer Objectives
- Non Qualified Plans
A Plus Online's financial planner continuing education credits fulfill CE requirements in all 50 states.
Learn more about these financial planner continuing education courses.
American Bankers Association (ABA)
ABA eLearning offers banking-specific online learning in both self-paced or instructor-led online formats. Course topic areas include:
- Basic Banking Knowledge
- Fundamental Business Skills
- Internet and E-Business Fundamentals for Bankers
- Management and Leadership
- Regulatory Compliance
- Retail Banking Fundamentals
- Retail Banking Sales Skills
- Small Business Banking Fundamentals
- Small Business Banking Sales Skills
- Trust and Investments
- Microsoft Office Applications
Students who successfully complete most ABA eLearning courses receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs), which are then applicable (for many courses) towards transcripted college credit at the University of Phoenix. Many ABA eLearning courses carry American Institute of Banking (AIB) credit and are applicable to AIB diplomas and ABA Performance Training Series certificates. They may also qualify for continuing education credits towards certification programs sponsored by the Institute of Certified Bankers (ICB).
Bank Administration Institute
The Bank Administration Institute provides online courses that include bank specific topics for retail and branch personnel and a full range of regulatory compliance courses. In addition, there is a wide variety of interactive e-learning courses on financial management, business math, accounting, information technology and computer applications skills, customer service, team building, management development, leadership, human resources and sales.
Banker$Ed.com
Banker$Ed, a subsidiary of LegalSpan, Inc. and in association with the Business Professionals Network, provides education for all aspects of the banking industry from management and sales to customer service and teller education. Online seminars are available in the following subject areas:
- Bankruptcy
- Compliance
- FDIC
- Foreign Assets
- Frontline Training
- Lending
- Real Estate
- Senior Management Topics
The online seminars are in both audio only and video format.
Boston University Online
The new Boston University Online Program for Financial Planners is a multimedia, interactive educational experience that includes input and guidance from outstanding faculty drawn from major financial institutions in the Boston area. In addition, students who complete the CFP Board-Registered Boston University Online Program for Financial Planners will fulfill the educational component for the CFP® Certification. Boston University is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Broker Dealer Compliance
Broker Dealer Compliance offers a full spectrum of compliance, financial, and operational services to the brokerage community. Here are a few of the online courses available:
- Business Conduct of Registered Reps
- Client Account Procedures
- Communications with the Public
- Ethics and Securities Transactions
- General Securities and Suitability
- Global Capital Markets
- Handling Customer Accounts
- Institutional - Trading Rules
- Internet & E-mail Communication Rules
- Modern Portfolio Theory
- Mutual Fund Basics
- Supervisory - Insider Trading & Supervision
- Supervisory - Interviewing, Hiring & Firing Registered Reps
- Sales Supervision of Series 7 Brokers
In response to the enactment of mandatory Continuing Education requirements in the securities industry, the scope of BDC broadened to encompass the assessment, training, testing and credentialing of securities professionals.
Dearborn Financial Publishing Inc.
Dearborn Financial Publishing Inc. offers securities continuing education in a variety of flexible delivery methods, including interactive online courseware, downloadable text versions of popular titles and computer-based training. Here are a few of the online continuing education courses available:
- An Introduction to Futures for Stockbrokers
- Asset Allocation
- Asset-Backed, Multifamily and Commercial Securities
- Basics Of Bonds
- Basics Of Commodities Ethics
- Basics Of Covered Call Writing
- Basics Of Equity Instruments
- Basics Of Margin Accounts
- Basics Of Money Laundering
- Bond Funds: A Case Study In Suitability And Ethics
- Bringing New Issues To Market
- Churning And Excessive Trading
- Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Online Course
The curriculum provides professional career education resources designed to meet the NASD firm or regulatory element requirements of your firm.
Derivatives Institute Learning Center
The Derivatives Institute offers courses to individual investors and finance professionals on the use of derivative instruments for the management of investment risks and the achievement of investment objectives. Online courses include:
- Derivatives: Basic Concepts: Introduction to Derivatives
- Derivatives: Basic Concepts: The Futures and Forwards Course
- Derivatives: Basic Concepts: The Options Course
- Introduction to financial markets
Note that some of the courses offered provide continuing education credits for finance professionals.
Digital University
Digital University provides virtual training and information to employees of financial institutions. Over 55 courses covering over 90 topics are offered, in addition to a compliance resource center; operational, legal and regulatory links; weekly regulatory update; and a document library. Courses at Digital University are sold on an unlimited-use annual subscription basis based on number of employees.
ETS/financialcampus
ETS/financialcampus offers over 16,000 continuing education credits for individuals in areas such as insurance, financial planning, public accountancy, securities and banking. All courses are delivered and tracked on disk, CD and Internet platforms.
Financial Planning Certificate Program
Florida State University offers an online certificate in Financial Planning program. The FSU Certificate in Financial Planning Program is a noncredit educational program of six courses (Introduction to Financial Planning, Insurance Planning, Investment Planning, Income Tax Planning, Retirement Planning, and Estate Planning) specifically designed to satisfy the educational requirement of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.
FT Knowledge Financial Learning
NYIF Online, the virtual campus of New York Institute of Finance, offers a large selection of online courses for financial industry professionals. Web-based training is instructor-led, and you'll be able to interact with other students, email questions to instructors, take online quizzes and tests that provide instant feedback, and visit links to additional web-based resources relevant to the course topic. Here's a sampling of available course titles:
- Fundamentals of the Securities Industry
- Brokerage Operations
- Equities I
- Financial Statement Analysis
- E-Commerce in Financial Services
For every NYIF Online course you pass, you will be awarded a NYIF Certificate of Completion which confirms that you are qualified to take the next level class, whether online or in a traditional classroom.
Futures Industry Institute
The FII offers courses (some online), books and computer-based training on futures and options markets. These programs and materials are available to prepare candidates for industry exams, allow futures industry registrants to meet ethics training requirements, and provide general knowledge on the futures and options markets. The FII is also an authorized provider of ethics training for individuals registered under the Commodities Exchange Act. Both one- and four-hour ethics training programs are offered on the web.
Inmarkets Training
Inmarkets training is a provider of 2nd generation online courses and test banks to the financial services industry. The catalogue of self-study courses covers a wide range of topics in financial markets and corporate finance, such as forex, bonds, stocks and options. Each course module contains animated case studies and simulations that promote "learning by doing" rather than passive reading assignments. The courses are AICC compliant and available to both financial institutions and individuals. Free demo to try.
Intuition Publishing Ltd.
Intuition offers online financial markets training, higher education, licensing exam preparation and continuing education for the financial sectors worldwide. Here are a few of the online products offered:
- Intuition Web
- Intuition Anti-Money Laundering
- Connect USA
- Series 7
- Series 3
- Intuition Financial Analyst
- Intuition Fund Manager
- Knowledge Reporter
Learning Network, Inc.
The Learning Network, Inc. offers online, interactive, self-paced, just-in-time learning. Here are a few of the many online CFP and CPA continuing education courses:
- 401(k) Plans From the Employer and Employee Perspective
- IRAs: A CPE Course
- Introduction to Federal Securities Law
- Roth IRAs
Check with your state board of accountancy with respect to CPE requirements.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison presents live, interactive seminars geared for senior management officers. Outstanding members of GSB's renowned faculty present seminars on topics such as strategic planning, pricing, marketing, portfolio management, relationship selling, human resource issues, leadership development, and more.
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