Financial Learning Experience™ (FLEX™) - What's New
New courses are added to the FLEX catalog on a quarterly basis. Bookmark this page to view the latest offerings as well as announcements pertaining to system upgrades and enhancements.
New Firm Element Courses – October 2025
Foundational e-learning courses from the FINRA Crypto and Blockchain Education Program are now available for member firms to assign within FLEX.
Detecting Financial Crimes Series: This series consists of three courses that offer insights into modern financial crimes. Learners will gain an understanding of the techniques bad actors use to commit these acts and will learn strategies to help prevent these crimes. They will gain understanding of the rules in place to protect their customers and to recognize the red flags of illicit activities.
Detecting Financial Crimes: Money Laundering (ELC296)
In this course, individuals will learn about money laundering techniques in order to recognize attempts to conceal illegally obtained money and evade relevant AML rules. (0.5 CFP CE credit - Program ID #340841)
Content Includes:
• Anti-money laundering rules
• SAR reporting requirements
• Account opening red flags
• The money laundering process
• Customer account monitoring
• Identifying terrorist financing
Detecting Financial Crimes: Insider Trading and Market Manipulation (ELC297)
This course covers several fraudulent activities that occur in financial markets. It also explains how to recognize and escalate these activities for reporting. (0.5 CFP CE credit - Program ID #340842)
Content Includes:
• Ponzi schemes
• New account fraud
• Forgery and counterfeiting
• Types of market manipulation
• Red flags of insider trading and market manipulation
• An RR’s responsibility to identify illicit activities
Detecting Financial Crimes: Cybercrimes (ELC298)
In this course, the learner will review the rules in place to protect customers against cybercrimes and common methods in which cybercrimes occur. The learner will be provided with effective practices to mitigate or help prevent cybercrimes. (0.5 CFP CE credit - Program ID #340843)
Content Includes:
• Emerging cyberthreats
• Common cybercrimes
• Red flags of cybercrimes
• Effective cybersecurity practices
• Preventing account takeovers
New Firm Element Courses – July 2025
The Regulation BI (Best Interest) Compliance for Registered Representatives and Their Supervisors (ELC263)
Now available in the Chinese and Spanish languages.
CRED Series: Introduction to Individual Disclosure (Free Course)
This course is designed to provide registration and compliance personnel at FINRA member firms with a general overview of individual disclosure requirements.
Senior Series: Addressing and Reporting Financial Exploitation of Senior & Vulnerable Adult Investors (Free Course)
NASAA, the SEC and FINRA provided this course as a resource for firms implementing the requirements of the federal “Senior Safe Act” (Section 303 of the ‘‘Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act’’) and the state training requirements for certain firms and financial institutions relating to senior investor protection. As of June 2023, this course satisfies state training requirements for Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Puerto Rico and Washington.