Protect Your Business From the Financial Crime Risks Associated With Cryptoassets
How do financial criminals utilize cryptoassets to launder money, and what are the key red flags you should look out for? To protect your business from the financial crime risks associated with cryptoassets, you need a robust understanding of financial crime prevention principles and the practices surrounding them.
This foundation course will provide you with real-life case studies and introduce you to the principles underpinning financial crime prevention and anti-money laundering (AML) for crypto. In addition, it will enable you to understand the AML risks unique to cryptoassets.
Course Content
ACAMS has developed three certificates to help anti-financial crime (AFC) professionals understand the AML crypto landscape and improve their organization’s AML practices regarding crypto. The AML Foundations for Cryptoasset and Blockchain Certificate explores financial crime typologies and risks, and how they pertain to crypto. The course explains the AML compliance role – from controlling risks to research and reporting in the context of crypto.
This course will help you to understand:
- How money laundering, fraud, and tax evasion happen in cryptoassets
- How to spot financial crime risks and red flags specific to cryptoassets
- How risk is controlled and managed across key compliance measures and functions
- How to identify which customer information is relevant and important for cryptoassets
- The process for identifying, researching, and reporting unusual and suspicious customer activity
Case examples are used throughout the training course to illustrate real-world considerations and best practices for AML cryptocurrency and blockchain. You can test your knowledge as the training progresses with regular review questions.
Pricing
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Next Steps
The AML Foundations for Cryptoasset and Blockchain Certificate is one of three crypto certificates that make up our Certified Cryptoasset Anti-Financial Crime Specialist (CCAS) program. If you complete each of the certificates and pass the proctored exam, you will earn the CCAS designation. Find out more about becoming CCAS-certified here.