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AML Foundations Course
CPD-Certified Course - Foundational knowledge: deeply explore various financial crimes and predicate offences.
- Risk management: understand risk and management techniques.
- Compliance programs: understand the basics of compliance and its components like KYC, CDD and CIP.
- Regulatory understanding: understand who the regulator is and global/regional AML/CTF+ regulations.
- Industry specifics: explore various industries and specific ML/TF risks.
- Ethics Conduct: learn ethical and conduct practices.
- Practical application: analyse case studies for practical application of AML/CTF+ concepts.
You’ll also understand all the necessary terminology AML/CTF+ specialists use.
3 hours of on-demand video 
22 Reading Materials 
30 Assignments 
Lifetime Access 
10 CPD Credits 
26 Visual Schemes 
Certificate of Completion 
2 weeks – Recommended Learning Timeline 
Certify your employees with globally recognised AML certification. AML Foundations is ideal for new hires, frontline staff, and professionals seeking a strong understanding of AML principles. A structured, scalable, and cost-effective way to build essential compliance knowledge and ensure regulatory alignment across industries.
The course is an introduction to the fundamentals of anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and other financial crimes (AML/CTF+). Learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of the basic principles of AML/CTF+, key terms, and techniques for countering financial crime.
- An overview of financial crimes and predicate offences, including the motivations behind them, methods, and impact.
- Understanding risk and risk management in the context of anti-financial crime.
- Foundational knowledge of risk management (compliance) programs, encompassing what they include and offering practical insights.
- Learning how to mitigate financial crime risks and when to terminate business relationships.
- Insights into typical compliance structures across different business sectors, the products and services they offer, and ML/TF risks specific to them.
- Understanding who the regulators are, what regulations typically cover, how to comply with them, and the consequences of non-compliance.
- Understanding the importance of, and the difference between, a Code of Ethics and a Code of Conduct.
The course material, prepared by some of the leading experts in the field, is designed to provide a high degree of various expertise.
The learning experience is enhanced through animated videos to improve retention, along with professionally designed schemes and pictures for visualising complex topics.
Foundations: Essential knowledge for financial integrity.
The AML Foundations (ABC) course is your first step towards becoming a proficient Anti-Financial Crime Specialist.
- Learning method: Online
- Recommended period of completion: 2 weeks
- Duration of video materials: 3 hours
- Format: Video, textual materials, diagrams and schemes
- Practical materials: Yes
- Interactive quizzes: Yes
- Final exam: 30 questions
- Duration of final exam: 60-minute time frame
- Exam passing threshold: 80%
Upon completion of the AML Foundations (ABC) course from the AML Certification Centre, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. This certificate signifies that you have successfully completed the course, gained a thorough understanding of AML/CTF+ fundamentals, and equipped yourself with the necessary knowledge to work in compliance and financial integrity. This confirms your commitment to professional development and mastery of AML/CTF+ foundations.
*AML/CTF+ = Anti-Financial Crime. We frequently use that abbreviation to highlight the most prominent financial crimes, while acknowledging that there are other types, such as proliferation financing.
- Basic computer and internet skills.
- Knowledge of English at lest B2.
- A desire to understand the principles of anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, countering the financing of terrorism, proliferation financing and other financial crimes.
- What are Financial Crimes?
- Typology of Financial Crimes
- Consequences and Impacts of Financial Crime
- Understanding of Risk
- What is Financial Crime Risk?
- Risk Management in AML/CTF+ and Financial Crime
- The importance of financial crime risk management
- How FC risk is managed?
- Understanding of Compliance Program
- Foundations of Compliance Programs
- Foundations of KYC
- Foundations of Ongoing Due Diligence
- Sanctions Compliance
- What is Reporting of Suspicious Financial Activities (SAR/STR)?
- Termination of Business Relationship
Understanding of different business sectors
- International Organisations and Frameworks in AML/CTF+
- Who is the Regulator?
- AML/CTF+ difference by country and industry
- Consequences of non-compliance
- Importance of Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct
- Comparison of Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct
Ready to start your AML career?
