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Money laundering prevention in financial services institutions

Effective measures to ensure compliance

This training is held in German.
In this training , you will learn what appropriate risk management can look like in your company and what tasks are incumbent on you as the money laundering officer of a financial services institution in accordance with the German Money Laundering Act (GwG). Get to know the legal basis as well as the regulatory practice and familiarize yourself with the requirements for a money laundering risk analysis. After the training , you will know the catalog of internal security measures and be familiar with customer due diligence obligations and the suspicious activity reporting system.

Contents

The training is aimed specifically at money laundering officers in factoring/leasing and payment institutions, investment brokers and specialized financiers who need a comprehensive, practical understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements for the prevention of money laundering in financial services institutions.

Introduction to money laundering prevention

  • Comprehensive understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements for money laundering risk management in financial services institutions.
  • Duties, rights and obligations as a money laundering officer.

 Institute-specific risk analysis

  • Preparation of a risk analysis.
  • Risk detection and identification.
  • Methodology for risk categorization.
  • Derivation of safety measures.
  • Creation of a control plan and implementation of controls.

KYC - Customer due diligence obligations under the German Money Laundering Act (GwG)

  • In-depth understanding of the know-your-customer requirements under the AMLA.
  • Proven procedures for handling general, simplified and enhanced due diligence obligations.
  • Clarification of the beneficial owner and dealing with the transparency register.

Suspicious activity reports

  • Criminal offense of money laundering.
  • Development and legally compliant implementation of a suspicious activity reporting procedure.

Learning environment

Once you have registered, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services relating to this training course in your online learning environment.

Your benefit

  • Comprehensive understanding of money laundering prevention and the associated legal and regulatory requirements for financial services institutions.
  • Get to know the rights and duties of a money laundering officer.
  • Ability to prepare an institution-specific risk analysis.
  • Knowledge of best practices for implementing customer due diligence obligations.
  • Ability to detect suspicious transactions and develop a suspicious transaction reporting procedure.

You will gain the necessary expertise and practical tools to efficiently protect your institution against money laundering, while at the same time complying with legal and regulatory requirements.

Methods

You will receive the necessary specialist knowledge and practical tools to efficiently implement the requirements for money laundering prevention in the areas of factoring, leasing and payment institutions, investment brokers and specialist financiers and to be able to fulfill the special tasks of the money laundering officer function. Individual and group work, personal advice, discussion of case studies, exchange of experience, trainer input, experiential and action-oriented learning are the main focus. You will receive direct feedback to help you progress.

Recommended for

The training is aimed specifically at money laundering officers in factoring/leasing and payment institutions, investment brokers and specialized financiers who need a comprehensive, practical understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements for the prevention of money laundering in financial services institutions. Money laundering officers, managing directors and specialists, compliance officers, compliance officers who are responsible for the implementation of and compliance with the Money Laundering Act in companies - regardless of their basic traininglawyers, business economists, etc.). The crash course is also aimed at (junior) managers and career changers in the field of money laundering prevention, managers, tax consultants, auditors, lawyers and business lawyers.

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on 26.11.2025
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26.11.2025
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  • extensive working documents.
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Booking number: 35225
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