MLRO CPD Programme 2027

The Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) CPD Programme is designed to support MLROs, Deputy MLROs, Compliance staff and other FCC professionals to keep up to date with the latest industry and regulatory developments and assist with their ongoing professional development in relation to Financial Crime prevention.

This 12-month MLRO CPD Programme is designed and delivered by experienced, former practitioners and is ideal for professionals working within the financial services industry. It covers the key regulatory topics, including business and customer risk related to money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, sanctions, fraud, and bribery & corruption.

The programme consists of 12 x 1-hour live tutorials (taking place approximately once per month), and 4 optional eLearning modules, totalling 15 CPD hours.

Participants have the flexibility of attending sessions live as they take place, or at a later date by watching the recordings on-demand though our dedicated CPD learning portal.

This MLRO CPD Programme is intended to provide CPD support to MLROs in any jurisdiction, by focusing on common themes, challenges and best practices. 

This course has been designed for MLRO’s and those working in financial crime prevention roles. The programme will also be of interest to legal, audit and risk staff within the financial services industry as well as Regulators. Staff who are new to financial crime prevention and compliance and want to keep up to date with the latest trends will also find this course useful.

1. The MLRO in 2027: Priorities, Pressures and Emerging Risks
2. Financial Crime Risk Appetite: What Are We Actually Prepared to Accept?
3. When Controls Fail: Learning from Financial Crime Enforcement
4. Data: The Hidden Financial Crime Risk
5. Investigations: From Alert to Defensible Decision
6. Terrorist financing in 2027: old problem, changing methods
7. Third-Party Financial Crime Risk: Knowing Who You Are Really Dealing With
8. Proliferation Financing: From Theory to Practical Risk Management
9. De-risking or Risk Management? Dealing with Higher-Risk Customers
10. Financial Crime Through the Customer Lifecycle
11. What Does Good Look Like? Benchmarking an Effective Financial Crime Framework
12. 2028 Horizon Scanning: What Should MLROs Be Preparing for Now?

You will also have access to the following eLearning modules:

1. AML Awareness
2. Anti-Bribery & Corruption Awareness
3. Fraud Prevention
4. Sanctions