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Financial Learning Experience™ (FLEX™)

Financial Learning Experience™ (FLEX™) is a centralized continuing education (CE) platform that provides e-learning content that firms have the option to leverage for their Firm Element or other training needs.

By delivering Firm Element training via the FLEX platform, your learners will be able to take their training directly from their FinPro account.

Currently, the platform includes courses from FINRA’s e-learning catalog. FINRA plans to expand the offering in the future to include courses from other CE content providers in the financial and securities industry. Additionally, FINRA plans to expand the course offerings to include content that may satisfy other CE training requirements such as Investment Adviser Representative CE (IAR CE).

Delivery Methods

The platform will provide firms with direct access to view, assign and track CE training for their representatives through three delivery methods:

  1. the firm’s own learning management system;
  2. the firm’s existing integrations with Degreed using FINRA as an outside provider; and
  3. FINRA’s learning experience platform.

License Types and Pricing

Firms can choose between two types of licenses.

  • Library License: a license where the firm is billed based on the number of users with unlimited course access.
    Pricing: $60 per user.
    * Volume discounts will be applied after exceeding 200 users. Use the calculator within the FLEX dashboard to determine your pricing.
     
  • Course License: a license where the firm is billed based on the number of courses launched.
    Pricing: $18 per course for the first 1,500 courses
    * Volume discounts will be applied after exceeding 1,500 courses.

Billing will occur quarterly through E-Bill invoices based on a firm’s license type and consumption.

Email [email protected] to learn more.

FLEX Learning Catalog

FINRA offers a variety of interactive online courses that provide an affordable and convenient solution for Firm Element and other training. Courses are available on a variety of topics relevant to individuals in the securities industry including AML, firm operations, communications with the public, sales practices, and product knowledge, among others.

Course content focuses on industry rules and regulations, best practices, and other core subject knowledge. Scenarios and other assessments throughout the courses give learners the chance to apply the material to common situations. Many courses also have the option for users to take an exam at the end of the course to test their knowledge of the course content.

HOW TO ACCESS THE FLEX CATALOG

FINRA e-Learning Courses can also be purchased separately through the following training content providers.

Note: Use of FINRA's e-Learning courses does not guarantee compliance with regulatory requirements or create a safe harbor from regulatory responsibilities.

Earn Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) CE Credits1

FINRA's e-learning library offers training on a range of compliance topics, including anti-money laundering, communications with the public, cybersecurity, and senior investor issues, among others — with several courses offering CFP® CE credits (0.5 – 2.0 CE credits per course).

Earn CFP Credits:

  1. Access the FLEX course catalog for a list of CFP®-eligible courses.
  2. Purchase a CFP®-eligible course from:
    • Financial Learning Experience
      • Learners must complete the end-of-course survey to request CFP® CE credit.
    • Training content providers

Depending on which method you choose to purchase your CFP® course, either FINRA or the vendor will report your credits to the CFP® Board upon course completion.

1 Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® (with plaque design) and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP® Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.

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

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

 

To gain access to the FLEX dashboard within FINRA Gateway for the first time to subscribe to FLEX, please contact your firm’s Super Account Administrator (SAA). The Accessing FLEX on FINRA Gateway Quick Reference Guide provides additional instructions if needed.

Once granted access to the dashboard, the Firm CE Admin can take the following actions. For further instructions, please view the hyperlinked Quick Reference Guides:

  1. Access the FLEX Catalog to view course categories and topics, and to evaluate the content of each course.
  2. Acquire license for course delivery via Firm LMS and access files to upload.
  3. Acquire license for course delivery via the FLEX platform.

For any questions, please contact [email protected].

Taking Assigned Courses

Persons associated with member firms who have subscribed to the FLEX platform will have access to the their assigned courses via Financial Professional Gateway (FinPro) using the “Take Firm Element CE” link in the Actions (Quick Links) section at the top right. 

Please refer to the FLEX User Guide for detailed instructions.