MLRO CPD Programme 2026

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. When you join the programme, you will also be given 12 months of access to our learning portal, the Virtual Compliance Mentor, (including archived tutorial recordings and a host of other learning resources).

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 changing role of the MLRO
2. The evolving FATF requirements towards risk
3. The challenge of the firm-wide risk assessment
4. Measurement and KPIs for effective financial crime compliance
5. Factors and challenges in customer risk assessments
6. Regulatory updates
7. Suspicious activities and transactions best practice
8. Ongoing monitoring of financial crime controls
9. AI - friend, foe or a bit of both?
10. Latest typologies and red flags in the MLRO context
11. Using indices and other tools
12. Crypto assets: risk, regulation and developments

You will also have access to the following eLearning modules:

1. AML Awareness for DFSA Regulated Firms
2. Anti-Bribery & Corruption Awareness
3. Fraud Prevention
4. Sanctions