ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Crime Compliance

The syllabus covers a variety of key issues relevant at a senior level and is designed to provide an insight into risks and potential hurdles faced by your organisation. The syllabus is delivered by an exclusive series of high-profile masterclasses covering relevant topics.

• Standards, research and assessment
• Financial crime risks: science or art?
• Ethics, corporate governance & responsibility 
• Managing the internal AML enemy 
• Cyber security: threats to the organisation
• FinTech and financial crime compliance
• Fraud and internal threat
• Risk based approach: too busy or too afraid
• Sanctions: a changing landscape

• Twelve-month course with materials delivered online for you to study in your own time and at your own pace.
• Eight 3-hour live, virtual masterclasses over four weekends.
• Eight group tutorials that give the opportunity to reflect, interpret and apply the knowledge from the masterclasses.
• (Optional) Five live, virtual classrooms spread over the duration of the course, designed to support the networking element of the course as well as focus on the latest global developments.
• Assessed through the creation of a reflective journal consisting of eight masterclass commentaries (1,000 -1,500 words) and a 2-to-3-hour competency-based interview.

In order to study for an ICA qualification you will need to become a member of ICA. If you're not currently a member of the ICA, membership will be added to your basket during checkout.

Whether you are just starting out in your career, already hold an ICA qualification or are an experienced practitioner, there is a level appropriate for you and this will be activated at the same time as your course commences.

Find out more about the many benefits of ICA membership.

Course fees 

Course fess stated exclude VAT or local tax, this will be added to your basket at the checkout if applicable.

Once you have been accepted onto the course, if you are funding the course yourself, we offer an interest-free instalment plan of ten equal monthly payments. 

Payment can be made by credit card, bankers draft/cheque or via a wire transfer (bank details available on request).

Membership Fee: £75* (Student membership)

*Payable unless you are already an ICA Member. 

Exclusive Qualification Discount for ICA Professional and Fellow Members
ICA Professional and Fellow members are entitled to discounted rates on subsequent qualifications :

Professional (MICA) - 10%
Fellow (FICA) – 15%

Simply enter your membership number on enrolment to gain your exclusive discounted rate.

We have full syllabi available for all of our qualifications. Click here to download a syllabus.

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Graduates of this course have exclusive access to the new MSc Financial Crime and Compliance in Digital Societies developed by the University of Manchester in association with ICA. This 12-month, blended programme will help you gain the digital edge in financial crime compliance. More information here. or download the brochure here.

If you’re from a low GDP country, you can add 15% discount in the checkout when purchasing this course. Please see full list of applicable countries.