The Financial Analyst Sentinel (August)

Colleagues, our goal is to provide Financial Analyst professionals with up-to-day and actionable information to advance your career and income growth.

Key Technical & Service Innovations:

• Best Financial Innovation Labs 2025 (Global Finance)

• Digital transformation in finance (Deloitte)

• Eight finance trend predictions for 2025 (Deloitte)

• Financial Innovation - Powered By AI And Emerging Tech (World Economic Forum)

• FinTech Breakthrough Award Winners (FinTech Breakthrough)

AI and Financial Analysis:

• G20 Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence in Finance (OECD)

• How emerging markets are rewriting the future of finance with AI (World Economic Forum)

• How Finance Teams Can Succeed with AI (Harvard Business Review)

• The 2025 AI Index Report (Stanford HAI)

• What is artificial intelligence (AI) in finance? (Google)

Events:

• Boston Fintech Week - September 15-19, 2025 (Boston, USA)

• European Leveraged Finance Conference - September 3-5, 2025 (London, UK)

• FinovateFall - September 8-10, 2025 (New York, USA)

• Financial Innovation Forum - Payments & RegTech - September 18, 2025 (London, UK)

• Future Proof Festival - September 7-10, 2025 (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)

• NAPFA Fall National Conference - September 3-6, 2025 (Washington, D.C., USA)

• Sibos - September 29 - October 2, 2025 (Frankfurt, Germany)

Career Development - Boost Your Earnings by %%-10%+:

• Applied Financial Analyst Specialization 

• Data Analytics Professional Certificate 

• Financial Accounting Professional Certificate

• Financial Accounting Fundamentals

• Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation

• Finance and Quantitative Modeling for Analysts Specialization

• Financial Analyst: Foundations using R Specialization

• Financial Analyst Fundamentals with Python and SQL Specialization

• Financial Analyst Specialization

• Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst

• Financial Planning & Analysis Specialization

• Financial Planning & Analysis Professional Certification (FPAP)

• Fundamentals of Technical Analysis

• IBM Financial Analyst Professional Certificate

• Investment Banking Certificate (IBC)

• MITx MicroMasters® Program in Finance

• Professional Certificate in Corporate Finance

• Quantitative Technical Analysis

• Understanding Financial Analyst 

Enroll today (teams & executives are welcome). 

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Financial Planning & Analysis Professional Certification - FPAP (CFI)

Colleagues, in the new CFI “Financial Planning & Analysis Professional Certification - FPAP” program you will perform world-class financial planning and analysis, sharpen your analysis, and deliver strategic insights that drive smarter decisions and improve financial results. [25 core courses, 10 elective courses - 160+ interactive exercises]. Gain high-demand skills in: Accounting, Finance, Excel, Data Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Modeling, Budgeting, Forecasting, Power Query, Power BI, Data Visualization, Economics, and other tools of the trade specific to FP&A including AI. Core Courses: 1) The Role of The FP&A Professional, 2) FP&A for New Analysts, 3) Economic Analysis for FP&A, 4) Financial Analysis Fundamentals, 5) Budgeting Processes, 6) FP&A Modeling Pt.1 - Design, 7) FP&A Modeling Pt.2 - Formatting & Revenue, 8) FP&A Modeling Pt.3 - Headcount Analysis, 9) FP&A Modeling Pt.4 - Contractor Analysis, 10) FP&A Modeling Pt.5 - Debt and Capex Analysis, 11) FP&A Modeling Pt.6 - Financial Statement Aggregation, 12) FP&A Modeling Pt.7 - Dashboard Visualizations, 12) FP&A Modeling Pt.8 - 3-Statements, 13), 14) FP&A Variance Pt.1 - Build & Configuration, 15) FP&A Variance Pt.2 - Roll Forward & Analysis, 16) FP&A Variance Pt.3 - Protection & Presentation, 17) Forecasting Techniques, 18) Data Visualization & Dashboards - The Basics, 19) FP&A Tool Selection, 20) Workflow Best Practice for Analysts, 21) Communication and Presentation Skills for Finance Professionals, 22) Making Effective Business Decisions, 23) Crafting the Narrative: Storytelling With Data, 24) Managing Your Stakeholders, and 25) Professional Ethics. Elective Courses (choose a minimum of 3 of 10 electives to master more advanced topics and specialized areas: 1) Fundamentals of Data Analysis in Excel, 2) Power Query Fundamentals, 3) Power BI Fundamentals, 4) Presentation of Financial Information, 5) Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis in Excel, 6) Excel VBA for Finance, 7) Corporate & Business Strategy, 8) AI-Powered Scenario Analysis, 9) ESG Integration & Financial Analysis, and 10) AI-Enhanced Financial Analysis. Followed by the Certification Exam - Get certified. 

Enroll today at (teams & execs welcome): https://corporatefinancialinstitute.pxf.io/dOqLXj 

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The FinTech Sentinel (July 2)

Colleagues, our goal is to provide FinTech professionals with up-to-day and actionable information to advance your career and income growth.

Key Technical & Service Innovations:

• dLocal Secures New Licenses for Global Footprint Expansion

• European Payments Initiative (EPI) Wero Digital Wallet Expansion

• Fiserv Debuts FIUSD Stablecoin on Solana Blockchain

• Forge Global's Next-Gen Private Market Platform

• Mastercard Launches Program to Support Underrepresented Fintech Founders

• SAP Fioneer AI Agent Launch

• Shift4's Acquisition of Smartpay for Asia-Pacific Expansion

• Tetrate Joins FINOS to Advance AI Governance

AI and FinTech:

• FinTech100 (FinTech Global)

• Fintech Embraces GenAI (Barclays Group)

• Fintech’s Next Chapter: Scaled Winners and Emerging Disruptors (QED Investors)

• How emerging markets are rewriting the future of finance with AI (World Economic Forum)

• The Future of AI in FinTech (Columbia University - Engineering)

• Top 25 FinTech AI Companies (The Financial  Technology Report - 2025)

• Top Fintech Trends 2025: The Roadmap to Smarter (Avenga)

Events:

• Cryptocurrency Working Group: Trading, Strategies, Tools & More (July 24, 2025 - Online)

• CXFS - Customer Experience Financial Services (July 15-16, 2025 - Boston, Massachusetts, US)

• Ethereum Community Conference - EthCC (June 30 - July 3, 2025 - Cannes, France)

• FinTech Fest 1.0 (July 10, 2025 - San Francisco, California, US)

• FinTech Seychelles Summit (July 9-11, 2025 - Victoria, Seychelles)

• PaymentsEd Forum (July 28-30, 2025 - Anaheim, California, US)

• The Principal Dev – Masterclass for Tech Leads (July 17-18, 2025 - Online)

Career Development - Boost Your Earnings by %%-10%+:

• Financial Technology (Fintech) Innovations Specialization (University of Michigan)

• Fintech (HarvardX)

• Fintech: Foundations & Applications of Financial Technology Specialization (Wharton Online)

• FinTech: Foundations, Payments, and Regulations (Wharton Online)

• FinTech Law and Policy (Duke University)

• FinTech: QR Code based Mobile Payments System (Udemy)

• FinTech: Future of Payments (edX)

• Professional Certificate in FinTech (edX)

Enroll today (teams & executives are welcome). 

Much success in your FinTech career journey, Lawrence E. Wilson - Financial Certification Academy (share with colleagues & friends)

The Financial Analyst Sentinel (June 30)

Colleagues, our goal is to provide Financial Analyst professionals with up-to-day and actionable information to advance your career and income growth.

Key Technical & Service Innovations:

• AI-Powered Financial Tools & Automation

• Blockchain Integration Beyond Cryptocurrency

• Enhanced Focus on Cash Flow Optimization

• Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)

• Quantum Computing's Emerging Role

• Real-Time Financial Data & Advanced Analytics

• Rise of Digital Banking & Fintech Partnerships 

AI and Financial Analysis:

• AI and Financial Reporting (KPMG)

• AI and Financial Statement Analysis: Tools and Techniques (Corporate Finance Institute)

• Make Financial Data a Story Worth Telling (FinanceGPT)

• Simplify financial analysis and automate accounting tasks (OpenAI)

• What is artificial intelligence (AI) in finance? (Google Cloud)

• Will AI Replace Financial Analysts? (V7 Labs)

Events:

• 7th Accounting / Financial EXPO (July 23-25, 2025 - Nagoya, Japan

• Fintech Revolution Summit (July 3, 2025 - Saudi Arabia)

• Modern Financial Planning & Analysis: Latest Trends & Developments (July 8, 2025 - Singapore)

• FP&A Trends: 2025 FP&A Trends Survey: Benchmarks, Priorities, and Best Practices (July 9, 2025 - Online)

• International Conference on Business Economics and Finance - ICBEF (July 6, 17, 25, 26 - multiple locations)

• World Finance Conference (July 28-31, 2025 - Malta)

Career Development - Boost Your Earnings by %%-10%+:

• Applied Financial Analyst Specialization 

• Data Analytics Professional Certificate 

• Financial Accounting Fundamentals

• Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation

• Finance and Quantitative Modeling for Analysts Specialization

• Financial Planning & Analysis Specialization

• Financial Analyst: Foundations using R Specialization

• Financial Analyst Fundamentals with Python and SQL Specialization

• Financial Analyst Specialization

• Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst

• IBM Financial Analyst Professional Certificate

• Investment Banking Certificate (IBC)

• MITx MicroMasters® Program in Finance

• Professional Certificate in Corporate Finance

• Quantitative Technical Analysis

• Understanding Financial Analyst 

Enroll today (teams & executives are welcome). 

Much success in your Financial Analyst career journey, Lawrence E. Wilson - Financial Certification Academy (share with colleagues & friends)