Cryptocurrencies/Digital Investigations

Demystifying Cryptocurrencies
    $285 Length – 1 month. Assessment type – End of course quiz

• Discover how the relationship between financial services and technology has evolved over time
• Understand the benefits of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT)
• Explore what blockchain means and how they are used
• Learn about cryptocurrencies, Fiat currencies and the key features of Bitcoin
• Understand the risks associated with cryptocurrencies and how technology can be used to reduce financial crime

Visit the ICA page on Demystifying Cryptocurrencies here.

Course code: TDS ICA40	SECA1	SECA2	SECA3
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	February 10, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	February 13, 2025	March 10, 2025	April 10, 2025

 

Investigations Using Digital Forensics
   $285  Length – 1 month. Assessment type – End of course quiz

• Understand digital forensics and electronic disclosure
• Discuss practical uses of technology in these areas, with a particular focus on relevance for compliance investigations
• Outline the processes and technology behind electronic disclosure
• Evaluate why digital data and how it is collected is important
• Understand what metadata is and its importance

Visit the ICA page on Digital Forensics here.

Course code: TDS ICA42	SECA1	SECA2	SECA3
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	February 10, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	February 13, 2025	March 10, 2025	April 10, 2025

Anti-Money Laundering Track

✦ New: ICA Specialist Certificate in Anti Corruption 
    $895   Length - 3 months. Assessment type - Multiple choice exam online

Course code: TDS ICA44	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

 

✦Specialist level: Specialist Certificate in Money Laundering Risk in Betting and Gaming 
    $895    Length - 3 months. Assessment type - N/A

Whether you work in the betting and gaming industry or have a customer that does, this accessible course will help you get to grips with money laundering risks associated with this sector and how to mitigate them.

ICA Specialist Certificates, awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, will help you quickly gain actionable knowledge to boost your confidence and credibility.

Course code: TDS ICA45	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

 

✦Specialist level: Specialist Certificate Trade Based Money Laundering 
    $895    Length - 3 months. Assessment type - N/A

Trade-based money laundering is a highly effective way to launder the proceeds of crime or finance terrorism. By exploiting the complexities of international trade, criminals can transmit vast amounts of value across borders and fund wider organised crime.

This course will enable you to understand and compare trade-based money laundering typologies such as variable pricing and goods, understand how financial crime risk can manifest and be mitigated against in this huge global marketplace.

ICA Specialist Certificates, awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, will help you quickly gain actionable knowledge to boost your confidence and credibility.

Course code: TDS ICA48	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

 

✦Specialist level: Specialist Certificate Anti Money Laundering and Art 
    $895    Length - 3 months. Assessment type - N/A

Art market participants now face further regulatory requirements under 5AMLD. Implementing these requirements and dealing with regulators can be daunting. This unique qualification will give you the knowledge, skills and practical tools to carry out your role with confidence.

 

• Essential AML concepts – understand the fundamentals of money laundering and customer due diligence.
• The risks for the art market - find out where participants are most vulnerable and the legal and regulatory requirements for the market.
• Risk-based approach – discover how to assess and mitigate the risks.
• AML in operation – see what good controls, monitoring, and customer due diligence look like.

 

Course code: TDS ICA52	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

 

✦Specialist level: Specialist Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Compliance Professionals 
    $895    Length - 2 months. Assessment type - Multiple choice exam online

 

Course code: TDS ICA54	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

 

✦Specialist level: Specialist Certificate Anti Money Laundering and Art 
    $895    Length - 3 months. Assessment type - N/A

Do you know what good conduct looks like for a firm and what it looks like for customers? Are you aware of the impacts of poor conduct? Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to be able to answer these questions and more.

 

• Discover conduct and conduct risk in the context of governance risk and compliance (GRC) frameworks.
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• Review examples of good conduct and how they contribute to good customer and market outcomes.
• Get to grips with conduct in practice including the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime, MiFID II, GDPR, handling complaints and vulnerable customers.

 

ICA qualifications, where stated, are awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester.

Course code: TDS ICA50	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

 

✦ New: ICA Specialist Certificate in Money Laundering Risk in Correspondent Banking 
    $895   Length - 3 months. Assessment type - Multiple choice exam online

Course code: TDS ICA46	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

 

Virtual Advanced Certificate in Customer Due Diligence
    $3,025     Length – 6 months. Compulsory Virtual Classrooms. Assessment type – Exam online

Adequate due diligence on new and existing customers is a key part of these controls. Without this due diligence, your firm can become subject to reputational, operational, legal, and financial risks.

We have successfully created an engaging, practical and informative learning journey that is proven to work for virtual CDD teams onboarding in a virtual world.

This qualification has been designed for KYC Analysts and professionals at all stages in their career who manage risk in the Customer Due Diligence (CDD) process.

As the only professional qualification in practical CDD, it is vital to understand the threat and mitigate the risk.

This course is awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester. Download the brochure for more information.

Course code: TDS ICA18	SEC A1
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025
End of Course	June 16, 2025

 

Advanced level: Diploma in Anti Money Laundering
    $5,692.50     Length – 9 months. Assessment type – 3 written assignments

This advanced level course will help you develop and implement best practice AML initiatives and boost your professional profile.
What will I learn?

• What are the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Sanctions risks that must be managed?
• The international bodies and standard setters.
• National Legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Taking an AML/CFT risk-based approach and managing the risks.
• Initial and ‘ongoing’ Customer Due Diligence (CDD).
• Monitoring activity and transactions.
• Recognising and reporting suspicions.
• The vulnerabilities of specific services and products.

 

ICA qualifications, where stated, are awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester. Download the brochure for more information.

Course code: TDS ICA22	SEC A1
The course content can be accessed from	January 6, 2025
End of course	June 2, 2025

Intermediate level: ICA International Advanced Certificate in Governance, Risk & Compliance
    $5,692.50     Length – 6 months. Assessment type – 2 written assignments

Discover the fundamentals of regulatory compliance and why it is a real benefit, both to your organisation and industry.

You will gain an improved understanding of how excellent regulatory compliance management protects your firm, as well as enhances its competitive advantage, including how to maximise the use of new technology.

As the world of compliance changes at an ever-increasing pace, this course gives you the specialist knowledge and practical skills to manage regulatory risk both now and in the future.

This course is awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester. Download the brochure for more information.

Course code: TDS ICA16	SEC A1
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025
End of course	June 16, 2025

 

Specialist level: Specialist Certificate in Corporate Governance
    $895    Length – 3 months. Assessment type – 3 written assignments

Corporate governance is a key driver in delivering the right outcomes for organisations and helping them to meet corporate objectives. Regulators view effective corporate governance mechanisms as good indicators of a firm's culture of compliance because good governance is likely to indicate good internal culture.

This online course will help you:

• Get to grips with the purpose, key success factors and risks associated with governance.
• Understand the impact of good governance on the success of organisational strategies.
• Assess and design frameworks that serve your firm's objectives and improve performance.
• Evaluate the impact of the digital revolution on governance and future developments.

 

ICA Specialist Certificates, awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, will help you quickly gain actionable knowledge to boost your confidence and credibility.

Course code: TDS ICA49	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

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Specialist level: Specialist Certificate in Combating the Financing of Terrorism
    $895    Length – 3 months. Assessment type – N/A

Firms have a crucial role to play in identifying activity linked to terrorism. This course will examine the key motivating factors and ideologies that drive terrorists and explore how they raise and use funds to advance their goals and achieve their objectives.

You will examine the global CFT environment, explore sources of financing, identify red-flag indicators and consider proliferation issues (dual-use goods and WMD).

ICA qualifications, where stated, are awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester.

Course code: TDS ICA43	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

Specialist level: Specialist Certificate in Financial Crime Risk in Mobile Financial Services
    $895    Length – 3 months. Assessment type – N/A

Evaluate the specific financial crime risks that mobile financial services can present and explore the potential vulnerabilities within the range of products, services and market participants. Learn more about the effectiveness of CDD approaches and gain the tools to manage financial crime effectively.

ICA Specialist Certificates, awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, will help you quickly gain actionable knowledge to boost your confidence and credibility.

Course code: TDS ICA51	SEC A1	SEC A2
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of Course	March 13, 2025	May 10, 2025

Demystifying Environmental, Social, and governance (ESG)
   $285 Length – 1 month. Assessment type – End of course quiz

• understand ESG and its importance globally
• apply key lessons learned from those firms neglecting ESG
• identify where ESG fits within your organisation, and
• develop best practice to promote strong ESG engagement.

On completing this course, you will understand key ESG concepts, as well as how to explain them to your colleagues. You’ll also discover the steps required to embed ESG within your firm.
Visit the ICA page on ESG here.

Course code: TDS ICA41	SEC A1	SEC A2	SEC A3
The course content can be accessed from	January 13, 2025	February 10, 2025	March 10, 2025
End of course	February 13, 2025	March 10, 2025	April 10, 2025