Financial crime compliance is one of the most heavily regulated professional disciplines in UK and EU financial services. The FCA Financial Crime Guide, UK Money Laundering Regulations 2017 as amended, EU 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, FATF Recommendations 2023, and constant regulatory enforcement create a complex environment that demands practitioners who can apply frameworks, not just recite them. Online AML awareness modules and ACAMS exam preparation do not build this capability. XAML does.
Across five instructor-led days, participants build AML and financial crime practitioner capability across the complete compliance professional remit: FATF risk-based approach methodology, UK MLR 2017 firm-level obligations, customer due diligence (CDD, EDD, and SDD), politically exposed persons management, sanctions compliance under OFSI and OFAC, suspicious activity reporting, transaction monitoring effectiveness, financial crime risk assessment design, and FCA financial crime enforcement trends. Every session uses real UK regulatory enforcement cases and FCA thematic review findings.
On Day 5, participants conduct a firm-level financial crime risk assessment for a simulated financial services entity and design an AML programme addressing identified risks. A senior AML practitioner with FCA-regulated sector experience assesses methodology quality and programme design. XAML certificate and Practitioner Assessment Report issued together.
