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Financial Crime & ComplianceFoundational

AML/CFT Fundamentals

Build the practical foundations for identifying, preventing and reporting financial crime.

6h 40m 9 lessons 4.9 rating 2,840 learners
Your progress68% complete
Includes certificate of completion
Course materials

Learn by doing.

01

The financial-crime control system

Understand the threat landscape and how the lines of defence work together.

02

Risk-based customer controls

Turn policy into proportional customer and product risk decisions.

03

Detect, investigate and report

Follow a clear path from signal to documented decision.

Lesson material18 min

Why financial crime controls matter

The social, regulatory and commercial cost of weak controls.

Financial crime controls protect the institution, its customers and the integrity of the markets it serves. A strong programme connects risk identification, prevention, detection, investigation and reporting; it is not a single screening tool.

Practice exercise

Write three ways a control failure could affect a payments business beyond a regulatory fine.

Resources in this lesson
Control framework map FATF risk-based approach primer
Practical component
Your case study is waiting in the Compliance Lab.

Bring the concepts together in a guided investigation with evidence, a written narrative and an escalation recommendation.

Open the Lab