Combating Financial Crime
CISI official training course leading to Level 3 Award in Combating Financial Crime
Description
Combating Financial Crime, developed in collaboration with QCo, provides a global view of transnational crime. It illustrates practical defences, includes the Bribery Act (2010) and focuses on how laws, regulations and best practice continue to evolve across the entire spectrum of associated activities. It covers the background and nature of financial crime, money laundering, terrorist financing, and corruption; combating financial crime, bribery and the role of the private sector.
About This Course
Key features:
- Specialist qualification – it takes a global view of transnational crime, illustrates practical defences and can be taken as a stand-alone qualification or as part of the Investment Operations Certificate (IOC)
- Combine it with a CISI regulatory exam to complete the full Certificate in Combating Financial Crime. You are exempt from the regulation paper if you have already achieved a regulatory paper through another route, such as the IOC
- Offers a progressive study pathway – Combating Financial Crime is one of the first steps in the CISI’s compliance qualifications study pathway and Qualification Structure
Qualification Structure
Combating Financial Crime award is achieved by successfully passing a multiple-choice question exam. Details for this exam are shown below.
Optional qualification: Combating Financial Crime can also be combined with a regulatory exam to achieve the CISI Level 3 Certificate in Combating Financial Crime. It can also be taken as part of the Investment Operations Certificate.
Syllabus
The background and nature of financial crime
Money laundering
Terrorist financing
Bribery & Corruption
Fraud
Investment abuse
Financial Crime Risk Management
The role of the Financial Services sector
Assessment Structure
A 1 hour examination of 50 multiple choice questions.
Candidates sitting the exam by computer based testing may be asked to answer up to 10% additional trial questions. These will not be separately identified and do not contribute to the result. Candidates who are asked to answer these additional questions will be given proportionately more time to complete the test.
Accreditation
Prerequisites
None, but the student should have an understanding of the material covered in the Fundamentals of Financial Services course.
What's Included?
Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee's and teas throughout the day
Exam fees
Official Study workbook
Past exam papers
Who Should Attend?
Students wishing to advance their knowledge in this specialised area. Also, those students following the Compliance & Risk Qualifications Pathway