FPSB's Relationship to CFP Board
FPSB will work with its affiliates to lead and guide the development and expansion of international standards for the CFP certification program and the professional delivery of financial planning to benefit and protect consumers outside the United States and its territories. CFP Board will continue to develop and enforce standards for CFP certification within the United States and its territories. As the owners of the CFP marks in their respective territories, FPSB and CFP Board have entered into cooperative agreements to protect the CFP marks globally.
CFP Certificants
There are currently more than 181,000 CFP certificants in FPSB Affiliate countries, reflecting a substantial growth of international CFP certificants in the past few years. Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) currently certifies over 73,000 CFP certificants in the United States.
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, AFP®, ASSOCIATE FINANCIAL PLANNER®, 
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are trademarks owned outside the U.S. by Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. The Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong is the marks licensing authority for the CFP marks and AFP marks in Hong Kong and Macau, through agreement with FPSB.