Understanding Financial Crime Risks in Investment and Corporate Banking
This course examines the financial crime risks specific to corporate and investment banking. Participants will explore high-risk products and services – including trade finance, investment banking instruments, and banking relationships with money services businesses (MSBs) and payment service providers (PSPs) – and learn to identify associated red flags.
Investment and Corporate Banking Course Content
Through case-based analysis, learners will evaluate risks tied to private equity, venture capital, and IPOs, and determine how to implement effective control measures within complex financial environments.
This certificate course is one of the elective options available with the CAMS exam package at no additional cost. It is also available for standalone purchase for learners not pursuing CAMS Certification.
You’ll learn to
- Understand the key financial crime risks across corporate and investment banking products and customers.
- Spot red flags in high-risk areas such as trade finance, MSBs/PSPs, treasury products, and investment banking transactions.
- Evaluate real case studies to identify control failures and determine effective AFC measures.
- Strengthen risk-based controls for complex products like private equity, venture capital, and IPOs.
Key course topics
- High-risk corporate banking products, including correspondent banking and treasury products.
- Customer-related risks including MSBs, PSPs, BaaS/BaaP providers, and trusteeships. Investment banking risks across IPOs and M&A.
- Scenario-based activities highlighting real enforcement actions and control breakdowns.
Intended audience
Ideal for professionals who work in:
- Anti–financial crime (AFC)
- Compliance or risk
- Trade finance
- Corporate/wholesale banking
- Investment banking
- Internal audit
- Advisory or consulting
Course structure
- Online and self-paced
- 90 minutes of coursework
- Complete within four weeks
- Certificate of achievement upon completion of the course
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Pricing
- Access your self-paced online course
- 400 hours of training webinars live and on demand
- Practitioner toolkits and best practice guides
- Perspectives from 115,000+ global members
- Discounts on all ACAMS products