NMLS-approved 8‑hour CE that respects your time.

Same day! Finish an NMLS-approved course before 10:00 p.m. Central Time and we enter your credits with NMLS that very same calendar day (for a live class, that's the day the class ends). Your certificate is ready right away too, so download it from your dashboard the moment you finish! Once NMLS confirms your hours, you'll also get a "credits reported" email. Two quick heads-ups: NMLS shows dates in Eastern Time, so a credit we enter late in the evening can show the next day's date in your NMLS record, and the one thing that can hold your credits up is an NMLS ID or legal name that doesn't match NMLS, so double-check yours when you register! The full details are in our Terms.

Yes — Catalyst Pro is an NMLS-approved continuing education provider. Completing this course fulfills your mandatory 8-hour annual NMLS CE requirement, and you receive your certificate the same day you finish, and we enter your credits with NMLS that same day too (for every course completed before 10:00 p.m. Central Time)!

Self-paced CE is in your account the moment you order — start right away and work through it on your own schedule, pausing and resuming whenever you like, with access through the end of that calendar year. The live webinar is a scheduled, instructor-led session held live on Zoom on set dates, with real-time Q&A; you'll complete the Rules of Conduct acknowledgment and identity verification in your dashboard beforehand and stay visible on webcam throughout.

Every CE course has the same four requirements: acknowledge the Rules of Conduct, verify your identity, complete all required course material, and pass the final exam!

Online Self-Paced

• Accessed through your My Courses dashboard
• Identity verification is completed through BioSig-ID

Webinar

• Accessed through your My Courses dashboard and Zoom
• Upload your photo ID before class
• Stay on webcam for the full course

In Person

• Your photo ID is verified at course start

One more thing: have your NMLS ID handy, and make sure your name matches your NMLS record exactly, so your credits report without a hitch!

Your renewal can only be approved once your CE is done and your hours are banked with NMLS. The SMART deadline set by the NMLS is the target for finishing CE and submitting your renewal in most states, ensuring there is enough time to process it. It isn’t a legal cutoff, but a renewal that comes in later may not be approved by December 31. A license that isn’t renewed by December 31 expires, and you can’t originate in that state until the license is reinstated, and your renewal approved. If you still owe CE for a past year, our NMLS-approved Late CE makes it up!

Not from us! The total you see at checkout is everything you pay us for your course. No separate fee to bank your credits with the NMLS! The one cost that isn’t ours is your license renewal itself: renewal fees are paid through NMLS when you submit your renewal, and they go to NMLS and your state regulator.

No! Federal law doesn’t let you take the same approved course two years in a row. This is why we author a new course every year, ensuring that you are always getting the latest, most up to date content, and never have a problem using us year after year!

Credit banking is the process of your education hours reporting to your NMLS record. Your renewal can only be approved once your hours are banked, so we bank your hours the same calendar day you finish, for every course completed before 10:00 p.m. Central Time! As far as fees go, we don't believe in adding any surprise or hidden fees to your course, so we simply cover the credit banking fees ourselves!