ACFCS Training Accreditation

ACFCS Training Accreditation

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ACFCS is intent on building a stronger financial crime compliance community through training, education, and our certification as well as through collaboration with other training entities who demonstrate a similar level of training excellence.
 
ACFCS offers accreditation of training programs for CFCS credits and candidates must apply for credit in order to earn a CFCS credential.
 
With our extensive selection of training courses, financial crime professionals are able to gain knowledge, experience, and feedback about pertinent financial crime topics, including:
  • Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
  • Corruption
  • Cyber-Security
  • Fraud
  • Compliance Programs
  • Investigations
  • Sanctions
  • Terrorist Financing
  • Tax Evasion
  • Asset Recovery

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Training Eligibility for CFCS Credits
1 hour of training = 1 CFCS credit.

To be eligible for CFCS credits, training must:
  • Be related to financial crime detection, prevention, compliance, or enforcement
  • Include live training led by an instructor or speaker
  • Include learning objectives or some statement of what attendees will learn
  • Provide a means to confirm an individual’s attendance (which can include records of attendance, certificate of participation, quizzes, or assessments)
  • Agree to make these records available to ACFCS on request in the case that a candidate or CFCS-certified individual’s application is audited

Applicants must complete the ACFCS questionnaire and submit it, as well as any other supporting documentation to be reviewed.

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See What Certified Financial Crime Specialists Are Saying

"The CFCS tests the skills necessary to fight financial crime. It's comprehensive. Passing it should be considered a mark of high achievement, distinguishing qualified experts in this growing specialty area."

KENNETH E. BARDEN 

(JD, Washington)

"It's a vigorous exam. Anyone passing it should have a great sense of achievement."

DANIEL DWAIN

(CFCS, Official Superior

de Cumplimiento Cidel

Bank & Trust Inc. Nueva York)

"The exam tests one's ability to apply concepts in practical scenarios. Passing it can be a great asset for professionals in the converging disciplines of financial crime."

MORRIS GUY

(CFCS, Royal Band of

Canada, Montreal)

"The Exam is far-reaching. I love that the questions are scenario based. I recommend it to anyone in the financial crime detection and prevention profession."

BECKI LAPORTE

(CFCS, CAMS Lead Compliance

Trainer, FINRA, Member Regulation

Training, Washington, DC)

"This certification comes at a very ripe time. Professionals can no longer get away with having siloed knowledge. Compliance is all-encompassing and enterprise-driven."

KATYA HIROSE
CFCS, CAMS, CFE, CSAR
Director, Global Risk
& Investigation Practice
FTI Consulting, Los Angeles

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