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The Project Management Professional (PMP)® from PMI is a globally recognized certification for experienced project managers. For those newer to the field, PMI's Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is a common starting point. Other notable certifications include those focused on agile methodologies, such as the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, and program management certifications like the Program Management Professional (PgMP)®. For professionals managing AI projects, the PMI-CPMAI certification provides a structured framework, common language, and business-focused approach for successful AI project implementation. #### How does PMI support career growth for professionals? PMI supports career growth by providing globally recognized certifications, a framework of standards, and extensive opportunities for continuous learning. Members gain access to a global community for networking, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. The organization also produces research and thought leadership on emerging trends, helping professionals stay current with skills in areas like AI, agile practices, and strategic business management. These resources are designed to help professionals at all levels enhance their skills and advance their careers. #### What is the PMBOK® Guide? The PMBOK® Guide, or A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, is PMI’s foundational guide to generally accepted project management knowledge and practice. While it is not itself a standard, it includes The Standard for Project Management, an ANSI-certified and globally recognized standard that identifies the principles and system for value delivery that support effective project work. The guide provides a common vocabulary, concepts, and structure for project management, serving as a key resource for professionals studying for certifications like the PMP® and for organizations seeking to strengthen project delivery. #### How is AI changing project management? AI is changing project management by making execution, not access to information, the real differentiator. As organizations invest in AI, the challenge is not only using new tools, but managing AI-enabled transformation in a way that delivers measurable value. Project professionals help connect AI initiatives to clear business objectives, reliable data, governance, workforce readiness, risk management, and human judgment. 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Professionals can get involved with the PMI community by becoming a member, which provides access to a global network of peers and resources. Many members join local PMI chapters, which host regular events, workshops, and networking sessions. Online, PMI's projectmanagement.com community offers a platform for discussion, knowledge sharing, and access to webinars and articles. Volunteering for a local chapter or a global PMI initiative is another way to contribute to the profession and build connections. #### What is the difference between PMP and CAPM? The PMP (Project Management Professional)® and CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)® are both certifications offered by PMI, but they target professionals at different career stages. The CAPM is an entry-level certification designed for individuals with little or no project experience, validating their understanding of fundamental project management knowledge and terminology. The PMP is for experienced project managers and requires a combination of formal education and years of documented project leadership experience, making it a more advanced and globally recognized certification. #### How does PMI support social impact? PMI supports social impact by helping individuals, nonprofits, NGOs, and communities use project management to turn purpose into measurable outcomes. Through the PMI Educational Foundation, PMI expands access to project management education for youth worldwide, including underserved and underrepresented populations. Through Project Managers Without Borders, PMI connects chapters and volunteers with nonprofits and NGOs that need project management expertise to strengthen the effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of social initiatives. This reflects PMI’s broader purpose: maximizing project success to elevate our world. ### Sources * Project Management Institute | [pmi.org](/c/pmi-2026-q3/home?i=8e113c54-62c4-4889-a818-6982970300a7&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey—Fourteenth Edition" | [pmi.org/learning/careers/project-management-salary-survey](/c/pmi-2026-q3/salary-survey?i=8e113c54-62c4-4889-a818-6982970300a7&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Global Project Management Talent Gap" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/global-project-management-talent-gap](/c/pmi-2026-q3/talent-gap?i=8e113c54-62c4-4889-a818-6982970300a7&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, "Maximizing Project Success" | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/project-success?i=8e113c54-62c4-4889-a818-6982970300a7&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Pulse Report 2025: Boosting Business Acumen” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/boosting-business-acumen](/c/pmi-2026-q3/business-acumen?i=8e113c54-62c4-4889-a818-6982970300a7&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Pulse of the Profession® 2026: Driving Success in Complex Projects” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/driving-success-in-complex-projects](/c/pmi-2026-q3/complex-projects?i=8e113c54-62c4-4889-a818-6982970300a7&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI, “Step Up: Redefining the Path to Project Success with M.O.R.E.” | [pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/path-to-project-success](/c/pmi-2026-q3/more-mindset?i=8e113c54-62c4-4889-a818-6982970300a7&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) * PMI Education Foundation, PMIEF 2024 Annual Report, [pmi.org PMIEF 2024 Annual Report (PDF)](/c/pmi-2026-q3/pmief-report?i=8e113c54-62c4-4889-a818-6982970300a7&cr=agentads-creative-pmi-v1) ### FAQ structured data (JSON-LD, optional)  by [Miranda Jeyaretnam](https://time.com/author/miranda-jeyaretnam/)  ## Miranda Jeyaretnam Reporter May 20, 2026 10:00 AM UTC  Getty Images  by [Miranda Jeyaretnam](https://time.com/author/miranda-jeyaretnam/)  ## Miranda Jeyaretnam Reporter May 20, 2026 10:00 AM UTC President Donald Trump is moving to tighten access to financial systems for non-citizens in the U.S. amid his Administration’s [broader crackdown on immigration](https://time.com/7337279/trump-thanksgiving-message-immigration-pause-third-world-travel-ban-afghanistan/). On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order, titled [“Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System,”](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/restoring-integrity-to-americas-financial-system/) that would require banks to treat a customer’s immigration status as a factor in evaluating potential financial risk. The new order directs the Treasury Secretary and federal financial regulators to issue guidance to banks on identifying customers whose profiles or transactions potentially indicate risks like money laundering, terrorism financing, and labor trafficking in line with the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act. Those changes are intended to “account for the risks foreign consular identification cards pose to the integrity of the United States financial system,” the order said. The order describes “red flags and typologies” associated with suspicious activity. Among these are repetitive cash withdrawals, the use of shell companies to conceal true account ownership, and the use of certain platforms for “off-the-books” wage payments. The “red flags” also include the use of an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN)—which anyone, regardless of immigration status, can obtain in order to file and pay taxes—instead of a social security number when opening an account or taking certain banking actions. The move could make it more difficult for non-citizens, especially undocumented immigrants, to access financial services, even for legitimate reasons. The Administration has [aggressively clamped down](https://time.com/article/2026/05/12/us-university-higher-education-international-students-asia-trump-immigration-visa/) on both legal and illegal immigration in the U.S. It has [detained and deported people en masse](https://time.com/7291757/trump-deportation-ice-el-salvador/), including some with [lawful immigration status](https://time.com/7272060/international-students-targeted-trump-ice-detention-deport-campus-palestinian-activism/); [increased scrutiny](https://time.com/7341347/travel-ban-immigration-countries/) for [visa](https://time.com/7344076/us-trump-visa-bonds-amount-average-income-countries-list-expanded/) and [citizenship](https://time.com/7310570/uscis-good-moral-character-naturalization-citizenship-test-trump-administration-immigration/) applications; and [restricted](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-says-immigrants-in-country-illegally-cant-access-head-start-other-programs-653709cd) immigrants’ [access to public services](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/trump-revives-policy-penalizing-immigrants-for-using-safety-net-programs-00655378). [Large-scale immigration raids](https://time.com/7315276/trump-immigration-raid-south-korea-workers-georgia-foreign-investment-analysis/) have [ignited protests](https://time.com/7319484/immigration-ice-deportation-rural-resistance/) across the country, which have ended in the [killings of several Americans](https://time.com/7345319/ice-shootings-renee-good/) by [federal agents](https://time.com/7344924/federal-officers-shooting-immigration-portland-minneapolis-prosecution-immunity/). The Treasury Department also [announced](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0321) in November plans to reclassify certain refundable tax credits as “federal public benefits,” restricting eligibility for some non-citizens who file taxes in the U.S. “President Trump is taking action to restore integrity to America’s financial system, cracking down on illicit activity that threatens national security and ending the extension of credit to high-risk borrowers that American citizens are forced to subsidize,” a [White House fact sheet](https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-restores-integrity-to-americas-financial-system/) for the order said. “Restoring sound underwriting standards puts money back in the pockets of law-abiding Americans.” The fact sheet claimed that “gaps in customer identification practices have allowed terrorists, drug traffickers, money launderers, and other criminal networks to exploit U.S. financial institutions to move illicit funds and evade law enforcement,” citing [documented Chinese-linked money laundering networks](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48786). The White House also pointed to cases of banks extending mortgages, credit cards, and loans to undocumented immigrants and employers underreporting wages for undocumented employees, arguing that associated “costs are passed on to American consumers in the forms of higher fees and interest rates.” It is unclear the extent to which these activities raise banking fees and interest rates for ordinary Americans. Economists [generally attribute](https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2025/what-drives-consumer-interest-rates) higher rates to benchmark rates, which are used to balance inflation and job growth, bank funding costs, and individual factors like borrowers’ credit scores. Around 5,000 to 6,000 mortgages were issued to customers with ITINs, according to a study by the left-leaning [Urban institute](https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/ITIN%20Mortgages.pdf). Banks are generally reluctant to lend to customers with ITINs, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are generally disinclined to insure mortgages for borrowers with an ITIN, according to the [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-banking-citizenship-treasury-08eecd2738bb0b454dce1152492bc3e2). The order also directs the Treasury to consider regulatory changes under the Bank Secrecy Act that would enable financial institutions to more readily collect customer data, including immigration status and employment authorization. The Trump Administration had [earlier considered a stricter proposal](https://time.com/article/2026/04/16/trump-executive-order-bank-citizenship-information-bessent-immigration/) that would have required banks to collect new and existing customers’ citizenship information. Finance leaders had largely [opposed the proposal](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/banks-treasury-staff-push-back-on-citizen-verification-proposal), warning that requiring the collection of customer data would be an [onerous and extremely costly process](https://www.businessinsider.com/banks-requirement-citizenship-data-executive-order-2026-4). Critics said that the proposal risked “debanking” millions of Americans, because many citizens don’t readily possess passports or other citizenship documents that banks might require, disproportionately affecting elderly Americans, low-income households, and rural residents. Such a proposal might also drive consumers away from regulated banks, analysts [said](https://www.businessinsider.com/banks-requirement-citizenship-data-executive-order-2026-4). Tuesday’s order represents a pullback by the Trump Administration after months of targeting major U.S. financial institutions over [“political debanking”](https://time.com/7291023/citigroup-firearms-policy-reversal-trump-conservatives-banks-pressure/) and customer screening practices. Trump has [repeatedly accused](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-debanking-executive-order-discrimination-conservatives-jpmorgan-chase-bofa/) banks of [discriminating against conservatives](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-target-banks-trump-claims-discrimination-2025-08-06/), and has [filed](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e11m2w2meo) a $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its CEO over the closure of his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. JPMorgan Chase [said](https://www.jpmorganchase.com/newsroom/press-releases/2026/jpmc-statement-regarding-president-trumps-lawsuit) in January, “Our company does not close accounts for political or religious reasons. We do close accounts because they create legal or regulatory risk for the company. We regret having to do so, but often rules and regulatory expectations lead us to do so.”At the same time, the White House has overseen a [broader deregulatory push](https://time.com/7265992/trump-crypto-summit-shows-industry-in-charge/) that has benefited firms outside the traditional banking framework, and [openly embraced cryptocurrency](https://time.com/7328278/what-to-know-about-trumps-pardon-of-binances-founder/), with Trump pledging to make the U.S. the [“crypto capital of the planet.”](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-stockpile-6f1314f5e99bbf47cc3ee6fc6178588d) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/trump-executive-order-immigration-banking-access-non-citizens-itin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/trump-executive-order-immigration-banking-access-non-citizens-itin/"},"headline":"Trump Moves to Tighten Banking Access for Non-Citizens","datePublished":"2026-05-20T10:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-20T10:29:09.064Z","description":"A new executive order could make it harder for undocumented immigrants to access financial services in the U.S., but it stops short of requiring banks to collect customers’ citizenship information.","url":"https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/trump-executive-order-immigration-banking-access-non-citizens-itin/","keywords":["Immigration","Donald Trump","News Desk","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7f9b8b7043451b/6a0d8522d028caab9d892508/cheque_account_closed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Miranda Jeyaretnam","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/miranda-jeyaretnam/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c7f9b8b7043451b/6a0d8522d028caab9d892508/cheque_account_closed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cheque account closed.jpg","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/immigration/","name":"Immigration"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/trump-executive-order-immigration-banking-access-non-citizens-itin/","name":"Trump Moves to Tighten Banking Access for Non-Citizens"}}]}] ```