professional. On test day, you’re allowed to bring an approved battery-powered, non-programmable financial calculator with you. The CFP Board does not specify how many calculation questions are ...

In 2025, the board also saw the largest number of racially and ethnically diverse professionals certified in a single year. The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. announced Thursday ...

CFP Board is requesting public comment on proposed changes to its Fitness Standards, Procedural Rules and Sanction Guidelines. This proposal improves CFP Board's existing process for evaluating the ...

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is amending its regulations to shorten the time it takes to qualify for CFP certification under some circumstances. The board is reducing the time ...

In 2025, CFP Board welcomed 6,709 new CFP® professionals, the most ever in a single year. Of these new certificants, 3,964 are under age 35, bringing the total share of all certificants under age 50 ...

CFP Board today announced the results of the November 2025 CFP ® Certification Exam. The exam was administered during a November 3-12 testing window to 3,970 candidates. Following the largest ever ...

CFP Board has formed the Academic Pathways & Standards Working Group (APSWG) to evaluate the bachelor’s degree requirement for CFP® certification as part of its comprehensive approach to reviewing ...

CFP Board has tapped an industry executive for a key leadership role, putting him in charge of expanding the credential-granting organization's slate of education programs for current and aspiring CFP ...

The CFP Board will “have to invest” in technology to ensure its continuing education providers can meet the mandates of the board’s newly announced increase in CE requirements, according to the ...

After 19 years as the CEO of the CFP Board, Kevin Keller retired this month, leaving behind a different organization than the one he inherited. The number of Certified Financial Planners doubled to ...