Practical Customer Due Diligence Masterclass

Trainer: Gavish Seetohul

Learning objectives:
  • Understand the critical role of KYC and CDD in combating money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF).
  • Learn global and local frameworks and compliance obligations for KYC/CDD
  • Develop skills to implement effective KYC processes to verify customer identities and assess risks.
  • Master the techniques for conducting CDD for individual and different non-individual customers and identifying high-risk customers.
  • Learn when and how to apply Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for high-risk customers
  • Understand the role of customer screening
  • Understand ongoing monitoring in customer risk management.

Course Outline

  • What is Customer Due Diligence/ Know Your Customer?
  • Global and local AML/CFT standards and best practices for CDD
  • Identification and Verification of the Identity of the Customer

 – Individuals

 – Legal persons/ arrangements

  • Understanding the main legal structures/ arrangements & determining beneficial ownership
  • Assessment of the ML/TF risks of the customer

 – Customer Screening

 – Understanding the customer: Nature of the activities/ industry of the customer

 – Source of Fund & source of Wealth

 – Simplified Due Diligence

 – Standard Due Diligence

 – Enhanced Due Diligence – High risk situations

  • Ongoing monitoring
  • Q&A and Case studies
  • Lessons learned from compliance failures and enforcement actions

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Who should attend

  • Staff engaged in practical CDD
  • Officers who oversee CDD teams
  • Staff responsible for creating/developing CDD frameworks
  • New/recently appointed Compliance Officers
  • MLROs and DMLROs

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