The 2026 Anti Money Laundering 101 in business world

Name: The 2026 Anti Money Laundering 101 in business world
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Gain the world-class fundamental notions in managing AML/CFT activities in typical organizations

Created byThanh Nguyen CIA, ACCA, LLB,JD

Last updated 10/2025

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What you'll learn

What is money laundering and financing of terrorism; How to comply with regulators in reporting suspect transactions to regulators
What is due diligence process and enhanced due diligence process in financial institutions;
How to detect suspect transactions and how to monitor transactions effectively
The law and regulations in combating Money laundering and financing terrorism in Malaysia

Course content

5 sections • 22 lectures • 3h 32m total length

Introduction to the course2:01
Introduce the course content that you will learn through
Definition of money laundering
Definition of Money laundering process and its stages7:04
Which are the correct stages in money laundering process
Which is the best description for "integration" stage ?
Money laundering channels10:35
Identify the main money laundering channels—banks, money service businesses, electronic money providers, non-financial institutions and professional services, and private investment companies—and examine how cross-border access enables laundering.
Red flag transactions6:08
Explore red flag transactions across illegal deposit taking, illegal betting, illegal moneylending, and drug trafficking, using indicators like high-frequency cash deposits and lump-sum withdrawals.
The implications of money laundering threat on Financial Institutions5:31
What is the name of the risk that matches this explanation ?
Terrorism financing and its relationship to Money laundering3:58
Which of definition is best suited for the term "money laundering"
Which of definition is best suited for the term "terrorism financing" ?
Summary module 11:34

Introduction to customer due diligence process and AML governance structure11:00
Explore customer due diligence and the AML governance framework in financial institutions, detailing policy, roles, reporting of suspicious transactions, training, and compliance with CFT and FATF requirements.
Which is NOT the responsibilities of AML Officer and Risk Officer
What is customer due diligence process11:17
Apply customer due diligence and KYC to onboarding and ongoing monitoring, gathering background, business, source of funds, and risk factors including sanctions, PEPs, thresholds, and account activity.
Enhanced customer due diligence (ECDD)6:12
Explore enhanced due diligence for high-risk customers, including politically exposed persons. Verify identity changes, assess risk profiles, and apply ongoing due diligence with senior management approval.
What is NOT required when you conduct a CDD
Which is the job that you think is the low risk job ?
What type of information is to be collected for Clubs/Societies customers ?
Summary module 21:50
Explore how anti money laundering policies align with local and international guidance to manage risks, perform customer due diligence and KYC, and report suspicious activity.
Money laundering process explained in animation10:54
Explore money laundering from placement to integration, including layering, offshore accounts, shell companies, and real-world methods in art and real estate, and understand its global impact.

Transaction monitoring9:47
Suspicious transactions and Suspicious transaction reporting9:54
Identify red flags and conduct due diligence on suspicious transactions, perform respectful questioning, escalate to aml officers, and file an sdr while avoiding tipping off.
What are the key indicators used to detect “Red Flags” ?
Let's take a look at the following case study
Upon further investigation, no concrete link could be established on the source
Summary Module 30:52
Identify red flag indicators across customer profile, customer behavior, and transaction behavior to establish transaction monitoring and suspicious transaction reports; if investigation cannot rule out suspicion, submit an SDR.

Submit a STR6:11
Learn to identify suspicious transactions using customer profiles and patterns, and file a suspicious transaction report (STR/SDR) to the AML office and competent authority.
The 5W Approach5:15
Explore the 5W approach to identifying suspicious transactions by detailing who, what products or services, when, where, and why, and documenting customer information and AML reporting obligations.
Summary Module 41:03
Explain how suspicious transaction reports escalate to the appropriate officer and financial intelligence units, while ensuring accurate customer data and compliance with internal and external policy and regulation.
Putting it all together : The ML/FT Risk Management Program1:26:38
Learn to build a risk-based AML/CFT program with policy, CDD, monitoring, reporting, and audits, guided by governance, three lines of defense, and continuous improvement.

Laws and regulations in Malaysia7:16
Explore Malaysia's anti money laundering framework, including Bank Negara Malaysia and Securities Commission guidelines, with customer due diligence, enhanced and simplified measures, and suspicious transaction reporting above 25,000 ringgit.
Overview of Trade based money laundering5:16
Explore how trade based money laundering hides proceeds through mispricing and phantom shipments, and how banks and authorities use risk-based intelligence and private-public collaboration to disrupt illicit trade.
Where do we go from here (Optional)2:34
Explore the roadmap for upcoming courses on money laundering and financing terrorism risk, AML and CFT processes, and anti bribery and anti corruption in business.
Final Assessment

Requirements

There are no prerequisites for this course since the course will give you all the basic notions and build the knowledge from ground up. Some previous knowledge about economics and finance will be helpful but not necessary.
You just need a computer, a good internet connection and a note to write down some basic notions.

Description

In this course, you will learn about the basic notions in Threat of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. This course will introduce to you about Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Process, Customer Due Diligence Process, Transaction Monitoring, Red Flag indicators and basic techniques to detect suspicious transactions in typical organization and so much more. This is a comprehensive course that captures all relevant concepts required for training employees of an organization. The instructor will also update new materials frequently based on his experiences and request from learners.

There are no prerequisites for this course (Some knowledge in economics/finance/banking industry will be helpful but not necessary to pass this course) since it will cover all the basic notions of AML/CFT program from Scratch. You just need a computer and strong internet connection and a note + pen to write down key concepts in the course. There will be a final assessment at the end of the course to assess your understanding about those key concepts also.

Anyone who (professionally or privately) wants to learn about basic knowledge of money laundering and terrorism financing threat and AML/CFT activities in business world will get benefits from this course. This course is the first course in a 2-course series "AML/CFT Management in business world".

Who this course is for:

Working professionals who are looking to understand basic notions of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter financing terrorism (CFT) processes.
People with no prior experience in Money laundering risk management and want to learn it
People in sales field want to understand deeper about AML and CFT processes but not diving into too much technical activities
New Bankers want to learn about AML/CFT basic notions to prepare for their upcoming job.

The 2026 Anti Money Laundering 101 in business world

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Course content

Introduction7 lectures • 37min

Customer Due Diligence Processes5 lectures • 41min

Transaction monitoring and suspicious transaction reporting3 lectures • 21min

How to submit a Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) ?4 lectures • 1hr 39min

Laws & regulations in Malaysia and further information3 lectures • 15min

Requirements

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