Overview: Introduction to anti-financial crime for FinTechs, suitable for all levels from analysts to managers new to FinTech.  Covers an explanation of the different financial crime areas (money laundering, fraud, sanctions, terrorist financing, tax evasion, bribery and corruption); key regulations and industry guidance; defining and implementing a risk-based approach; and the main components of a financial crime compliance programme.

Duration: Two x 2.5 hours 

Overview: Introduction to anti-financial crime for regulatory technology (RegTech) customer-facing service teams. Covers an explanation of the different financial crime areas; key regulations and industry guidance; an introduction to a risk-based approach; and the main components of a financial crime compliance programme.

Duration: Two x 2.5 hours

Overview: Training for senior (non-financial crime) management to ensure a thorough understanding of key financial crime risks; an overview of the UK regulatory environment; and good governance including setting risk appetite, policies and procedures, escalations, reporting, and holistic risk assessments.

Duration: Two x 2.5 hours

Overview: Introduction to anti-financial crime for BaaS providers, suitable for all levels from analysts to managers new to BaaS. Covers the different financial crime areas and how they present to BaaS providers; key regulations and industry guidance; defining and implementing a risk-based approach for your programme and agents; the main components of a financial crime compliance programme as applicable to BaaS providers; and outsourcing anti-financial crime controls to agents.

Duration: Two x 2.5 hours

Overview: Introduction to Senior Management certification regime SYSC 2.1 and 2.2 and Fitness and Propriety test; roles and responsibilities; regulatory implications

Duration: 2.5 hours

Overview: Key considerations for selecting, implementing and using regulatory technology (RegTech) tools to fight financial crime, including tools for onboarding, ongoing monitoring, anti-fraud controls, investigations and data analysis, case management and reporting, etc.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Overview: Deep dive for analysts and team leads on what is KYC / customer due diligence; procedures and structures; ID verification; nature of business; ownership structures; PEPs; enhanced due diligence; red flags and critical thinking; internal escalation; investigations and SARS; data management and record keeping best practice.

Duration: Two x 2.5 hours

Overview: Deep dive for analysts and team leads on how to identify transaction related risks and red flags; designing a transaction monitoring process, including the integration of technology; the transaction monitoring and alert handling process; and the suspicious activity reporting process.

Duration: Three x 1.5 hours

Overview: Deep dive for analysts and team leads on the current terrorist financing landscape; FinTechs’ specific exposure and inherent risks; red flags and typologies; how to mitigate and design effective controls; and collaboration and information sharing.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Overview: Deep dive for analysts and team leads on tax evasion, covering the corporate offence of tax evasion; inherent risks; red flags and typologies; handling suspicious activity; and building effective controls.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Overview: Deep dive for those working in the crypto space or looking to understand cryptocurrency risks in more detail. Understanding the regulatory framework; identifying risks and emerging cryptocurrency typologies; and how to incorporate and adapt control frameworks from traditional financial institutions to suit virtual asset service providers (VASPs).

Duration: Two x 1 hour

Overview: Training for financial crime managers, heads of investigative teams and MLROs on best practice for establishing and running a successful financial crime investigations team including scoping and defining investigations; resources (analysts and technological tools); ensuring actionable intelligence; and liaison and collaboration.

Duration: 2 hours

Overview: Combination of theoretical and practical content for financial crime investigators and analysts, covering intelligence and investigative concepts; analytical skills; types of data source (internal data, open sources and human intelligence); data analytics; and critical thinking and reasoning skills.

Duration: Two x 2.5 hours

Overview: Training for customer-facing staff on how to confidently interact with suspicious customers without tipping off, covering the legal context; permitted disclosure; customer behaviour and red flags; ensuring good customer service; fair treatment and complaints.

Duration: 1 hour

Overview: Considerations of inclusivity and diversity for compliance teams: industry problem areas and customer outcomes; how to remove bias in compliance workflows; practical hints and tips for everyday work.

Duration: 1 hour

Overview: Thematic look at current manifestations of extremism and how it is evolving; the challenges and opportunities created for compliance professionals; and how to design appropriate controls and tools to counter it.

Duration: 1 hour