The Asian Bankers Association (ABA) and Fintelekt Advisory Services, an official ABA Knowledge Partner, are inviting fellow bank members and friends to join the ”Fintelekt Certified AML/CFT Professional Training Programme” on 20-21 March 2024 to be held in the Hotel Aloft Bangkok Sukhumvit 11 in Bangkok, Thailand.

(1) WHAT IS FCAP?
(2) RECOGNITION
Fintelekt’s training initiatives are reviewed and supported by regulators in many countries and are known for their quality and relevance to AML/CFT compliance. Over the years, employees from a large number of banks, non-banking finance companies, insurance companies, mutual funds, money services businesses, and remittance houses have successfully undergone FCAP.
(3) WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
(4) CERTIFICATION
(5) TRAINING COVERAGE
- Overview and importance of AML/CFT
- Terrorist financing & proliferation financing
- Organised crime and trafficking
- International forums and their role/significance
- National framework and risk assessment
- AML governance and risk-based approach
- Enterprise risk assessment and risk-based approach
- Correspondent banking risks
- Sanctions and screening
- Trade-based money laundering
Day Two:
- Ultimate beneficial ownership
- Evolving risks in the digital age
- Cryptocurrency risks
- Technology developments and their impact on the AML compliance function
- Transaction monitoring
- Quality of reporting
- Expectations of FIUs/LEAs from reporting entities
- Interacting with regulators and LEAs
- Co-ordination within the AML/CFT ecosystem
- Preventive measures
- Group work & Case studies

(6) COURSE FEES
ABA members’ special price: US$550 (18% discount)
(7) REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2024.
(8) TERMS
- Fees include course materials and certificate, lunch and refreshments on both days of the training.
- Payment should be received at least 7 days before the training to guarantee the seat. Fintelekt reserves the right to deny entry to the participant if payment has not been received before the start of the programme.
- This is a non-residential programme. Participants will have to make their own arrangements for travel and hotel stay.
- Cancellations are not allowed. Substitutions are welcome but must be communicated by email at least one week before the programme.
- The training programme is subject to a minimum number of participants and may be cancelled by Fintelekt at its discretion, without liability, if this criterion is not met. In such instances, Fintelekt will offer the participants credit for a future programme, or a full refund.
- If the workshop cannot take place due to any unforeseen reasons, it will be postponed and new dates will be announced. Fintelekt will retain the participation fees in a credit shell, which may be utilised by participants for the workshop on the revised date, or for any other Fintelekt training programme.
ABOUT FINTELEKT

Fintelekt Advisory Services Pvt Ltd is one of the Knowledge Partners of the ABA. It is a specialist in training and advisory in anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) within banking and financial services sectors. It systematically invests its time and effort in building the skill level of professionals working in the banking and financial sector by assimilating and dispensing industry-reviewed best practices and knowledge.