Transaction Monitoring Intermediate
Identify and Report Suspicious Activity More Effectively
As the volume of financial transactions continues to increase around the globe, and financial crime becomes more sophisticated, you need an end-to-end, risk-focused approach to transaction monitoring (TM). Transaction monitoring is particularly important because it can lead to actionable intelligence that law enforcement can use to prosecute crimes.
Compliance professionals responsible for transaction monitoring processes need the requisite skill set to review, investigate, and escalate the transactional alerts that could potentially lead to the filing of suspicious activity reports (SARs).
This intermediate-level course will help you enhance your investigative skills to safeguard your business from financial crime. You’ll learn how to spot genuine suspicious activity – from the moment it’s raised by your transaction monitoring systems to the point it is escalated or cleared.
Transaction Monitoring Intermediate Course Content
The ACAMS Transaction Monitoring Intermediate course breaks the subject down into a learning path of bite-size topics. Course content has been written by global subject matter experts, pulling examples from many countries and contexts. Lessons and examples are relevant to any industry, but the primary focus of study is financial institutions, including:
- Banks
- Credit unions
- Asset managers
- Insurance
- Money services businesses (MSBs)
- Securities broker-dealers
- Credit card issuers
- Alternate payment systems
You’ll learn to
- Manage your risks across different customer types, products, and jurisdictions
- Improve your investigative methods to reduce the number of false positives
- Assess, organize, present, and document the results of your investigations
- Escalate suspicious activity and determine whether a SAR/STR should be filed
- Maintain an account after unusual activity and conduct ongoing reviews
Key course topics
- Managing risks across different customer types, products, and jurisdictions
- Enhancing investigative methods to reduce false positives
- Assessing, organising, presenting, and documenting investigation results
- Escalating suspicious activity and determining when to file a SAR/STR
- Maintaining accounts after unusual activity and conducting ongoing reviews
Intended audience
Designed for compliance employees working in AML, Transaction Monitoring Intermediate will help professionals with existing TM experience to further their knowledge and skills. The intended audience for this certificate includes:
- Professionals working in front-line transaction monitoring positions
- Those who have completed a foundation-level transaction monitoring course, such as ACAMS Transaction Monitoring Foundations
- Professionals looking to progress toward the Certified Transaction Monitoring Associate (CTMA) designation
Course structure
- Four-week AML transaction monitoring intermediate-level course
- Available online, on desktop or mobile (and most other devices)
- Complete the four hours of coursework at your own pace
- Pass a short, 20-question final assessment to receive your ACAMS Transaction Monitoring Intermediate certificate
- Results available immediately
Take a step closer to earning the CTMA designation
Following ACAMS Transaction Monitoring Foundations Certificate, our Transaction Monitoring Intermediate Certificate is the second step to becoming CTMA certified.
Did you know?
ACAMS associate-level certifications are modular, and built from a basis of our certificate courses.
Both our Transaction Monitoring Foundations Certificate and our Transaction Monitoring Intermediate Certificate give you credit which counts towards your CTMA Certification. By completing the two certificate courses, and then passing the proctored certification exam, you can earn the full CTMA designation.
Foundations Certificate
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Intermediate Certificate
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Proctored Exam
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Associate Level Certification
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. ACAMS is a leading international membership organization dedicated to providing opportunities for anti-financial crime (AFC) education to AFC professionals. Our certificate training courses are written by subject matter experts and our Transaction Monitoring Intermediate Certificate is recognized globally by leading financial institutions and regulators.
The Transaction Monitoring Intermediate course is currently offered in English. ACAMS continues to expand its language offerings, so we recommend checking the course registration page for the most up-to-date language availability.
Pricing
- Access your self-paced online course
- 400 hours of training webinars live and on demand
- Practitioner toolkits and best practice guides
- Perspectives from 115,000+ global members
- Discounts on all ACAMS products