This professional course is designed to help compliance officers, relationship managers, onboarding teams, and risk personnel master the essentials of KYC and Customer Due Diligence (CDD). With increasing regulatory scrutiny and the rise of identity-related fraud, the training course equips participants with frameworks to design, implement, and maintain compliant onboarding and monitoring practices. Covering individual and business onboarding, enhanced due diligence (EDD), PEP screening, and beneficial ownership checks, the program ensures strong KYC foundations for regulated institutions.
Role-based KYC walkthroughs (individual, corporate, PEPs)
Risk-based CDD classification exercises
KYC document reviews and mock onboarding flows
Sanction and UBO screening simulations
Understand regulatory expectations around KYC and CDD globally
Differentiate between CDD, EDD, and simplified due diligence (SDD)
Apply KYC processes during onboarding, periodic reviews, and triggers
Perform identity verification and documentation validation
Conduct PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening
Identify and verify beneficial ownership for complex entities
Build risk-based customer profiles to support AML monitoring
Session 1: Regulatory Frameworks for KYC and CDD
FATF guidance and jurisdictional obligations
KYC as a cornerstone of AML/CTF compliance
Risk-based vs rules-based KYC
Session 2: CDD, EDD, and SDD Explained
Criteria for applying each level of due diligence
Indicators requiring enhanced scrutiny
Local vs cross-border customer due diligence protocols
Session 3: Onboarding Individual and Business Clients
KYC document types (ID, proof of address, business registration, licenses)
Validating source of funds and wealth
Onboarding red flags and rejection reasons
Session 1: Screening for PEPs, Sanctions, and Adverse Media
Understanding PEP categories and global watchlists
Matching logic, false positives, and escalation process
Screening vendors and beneficial owners
Session 2: Identifying and Verifying Beneficial Ownership (UBO)
UBO thresholds and legal entity structures
Offshore and layered ownership challenges
Tools and databases to verify UBO
Session 3: Risk-Based Profiling and KYC Reviews
Developing customer risk scoring models
Trigger-based KYC refresh vs periodic reviews
Aligning profiles with transaction monitoring systems
We are open to customizing this program to align with your specific learning objectives. If your team has particular goals or areas they wish to focus on, we would be happy to tailor the course outline to meet those needs and ensure the program supports the achievement of your desired outcomes.
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