Event Information
- Event Type: Certification Program
- Delivery Channel: Virtual
- Date: 17/03/2025 - 20/03/2025
- Duration: 16Hours
- Fees: $815.00
Event Description
Become a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by the Global Compliance Institute. This certification program helps you better understand anti-money laundering, going far beyond traditional training materials that discuss the stages and methods of money laundering.
This program will help you better understand and analyse the evolution of money and financial technologies (Virtual Currencies & Virtual Assets) and prepare an intelligent due diligence and investigation process employing the most advanced techniques and technologies in Fintech (Robotic Process Automation & Artificial Intelligence).
You will learn how to build and develop compliant systems and processes for online onboarding, EKYC, AML risk rating, and transaction monitoring. Everything is explained in detail, along with cases, examples, and proposed models you can implement in your institution.
GCI Are a leading provider of accredited, certified banking training. We are also a recognised independent accreditation institute compatible with global CPD principles.
The cost of this instructor-led program is £675 / $815 USD, and this covers the following:
Four virtual training sessions (4 hours each) will be delivered by two expert trainers; one-year membership and access to the candidate portal where you can download the program study guide, undertake the practice questions, and Schedule your online proctored exam. And E-Certificate and verifiable digital badge when you pass the assessment. GCI also offers one exam retake for free.
Enrol today to become a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (AMLS).
Learning Objectives
Financial Crime Principles
- Understand and analyse the elements of the money laundering crime, including predicate offences, Proceeds, concealment, and State of mind – The mental element, in addition to serious crime, threshold approach, Dual Criminality, and Unwelcomed Money.
- Learn How to Detect and prevent Cuckoo smurfing and money Mules.
- Identify Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing typologies.
- Analyses real Money laundering cases and examples.
Risk-Based Approach & Compliance Monitoring
- Learn how to apply AML Risk-Based Approach, including automated customer risk rating, transactions monitoring, and AML regulatory examinations, along with detailed models and examples.
- Prepare a detailed and comprehensive Geographic Risk Index (GRI) that covers Money laundering, Terrorism Impact, International Sanctions, Corruption, and Financial Secrecy.
- How to conduct a KYC analysis and a reasonableness test of the KYC information.
- How to detect PEPs through Customer Due Diligence and PEP Screening, PEP risk assessment, classification, and declassification according to FATF & Wolfsberg.
- Learn how to identify the Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) with detailed examples.
Fintech & The Evolution of Money and Financial Crime
- Know how to build a perfect and compliant online customer onboarding process, Digital Identity, and EKYC.
- Develop Transaction Monitoring Systems (TMS), Money Laundering Risk Rating Tools, and Case Management Systems employing the latest technologies in AML, including Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation.
- Understand the evolution of money, Virtual Currencies & Virtual Assets. and how to mitigate the associated financial crime risks.
- Analyse the opportunities and challenges presented by Fintech in the fight against financial crime.
Money Laundering in The Financial Sector
- Identify the key risks and red flag indicators associated with money laundering in the financial sector, with a focus on the banking and securities sectors.
Money Laundering In Non-Financial Sectors
- Recognize the risks and typologies of money laundering in non-financial sectors, including the roles played by real estate agents, precious metals and stones dealers, lawyers, notaries, accountants, trust and company service providers, casinos, charities and non-profit organisations.
The International Framework of AML
- Understand the international framework of AML in AML compliance, including the Financial Action Task Force, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Wolfsberg Group, the US AMLA 2020, and EU AML Directives.
Who should attend
AML Officers and Managers, in addition to front liners and back office staff who participate in processing financial transactions:
- Banking Industry
- Insurance and reinsurance Companies
- Brokerage Firms
- Leasing and Microfinance Companies
- Lending Firms
- Exchange Houses and Money Service Business
Workers at the supervisory authorities, e.g.:
- Central Banks
- Financial Sector Regulatory Authorities
- Financial Intelligence Units FIUs
- Tax Authorities
- Related Ministries and government bodies
AML SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS.
DESIGNATED NON-FINANCIAL BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS
- Real estate companies
- Independent legal professionals (i.e. notaries, lawyers)
- Precious metals/stones companies
- Trust and investment funds companies
- External auditors and accounting professionals
Sessions will be delivered on the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th of March 2024.
Session time: 13:00 - 17:00 (GMT +4)
For inquiries, please feel free to email us at [email protected]
Expert Trainer
Marie-Josee Samneh
HEAD OF LEGAL & COMPLIANCE - ARAB BANK (SWITZERLAND) LEBANON S.A.L.
Marie-Josée Samneh is a Lebanese legal, compliance & anti-money laundering officer with a focus on banking and financial matters.
She has extensive experience in the Lebanese banking and financial industry. In her 10 year career, Marie-Josée worked as the head of compliance in, respectively, a Lebanese financial institution (MENA Invest SAL), and a leading Lebanese subsidiary of a Swiss private bank (Arab Bank Switzerland Lebanon SAL (ABSL), where she established the compliance department (AML and legal) from the ground up.
In fact, Marie-Josée prepared all policies and procedures of the compliance department and oversaw the implementation of various strategic, operational and regulatory processes. In her experience, Marie-Josée also worked as the head of legal and compliance in the Association of Banks in Lebanon which is a professional association established by Lebanese banks. During her time at the Association of Banks in Lebanon, she contributed to the preparation of various banking legislation (FATCA, CRS, etc.,) and coordinated their discussions with the various stakeholders (Government, Banks as well as banking and AML regulators).
Today she is the primary contact with Lebanese regulators at ABSL, she handles all the Bank's strategic development plans and all legal/regulatory interactions between ABSL and its Swiss parent company.
Marie-Josée is also the Secretary of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Anti Money Laundering Committee at Arab ABSL.
She holds a Law Degree, a Master’s in Banking and Finance from Sagesse University in Beirut, a Master’s in Management from the Ecole Superieure des Affaire Beirut, and an Executive Education, “Program for Leadership Development” from Harvard Business School. She is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. Marie-Josée speaks and writes with full proficiency, Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
Josiane Akiki
Co-founder and the Director of Governance Risk & Compliance practice of JAM Consultancy.
Josiane is a seasoned Compliance and AML professional with over 20 years of experience in the Banking and Finance industry. She has extensive consulting and training experience in the GCC and MENA. She successfully assisted major financial organizations (banks, insurances, exchanges), governments, FIUs and corporates in meeting regulatory requirements as well as fostering the development of GRC skills within our customers workforce.
She has a pragmatic perception and insights of the struggles and challenges faced by Boards as well as Compliance and AML professionals when dealing with both regulatory pressures & new regulations. Over the last 15 years she developed a specialization in the regulatory and business environment in the Gulf Region and works on a weekly basis with multiple market-leading institutions as well as certain ministries and governmental entities. She is fluent in Arabic, English & French