AMLR Essentials: overview of key regulatory requirements for AML professionals

Description

AMLR Essentials: overview of key regulatory requirements for AML professionals

A practical AMLR course covering the key regulatory requirements introduced by the EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, including customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, the risk-based approach, ongoing monitoring, suspicious transaction reporting and governance.

Overview

The EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) introduces a more harmonised European framework for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing. For AML professionals, understanding the new requirements is essential for assessing how existing AML processes, controls and responsibilities will need to evolve.

This course provides a structured overview of the key AMLR requirements that affect obliged entities. It explains the main regulatory principles and shows how they apply to important areas of AML/CFT practice.

You will explore the AMLR framework and its relationship with other elements of the EU AML/CFT framework, before moving into the practical requirements for customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, risk assessment, ongoing monitoring, suspicious transaction reporting and governance.

The course combines clear explanations with practical examples, scenarios and knowledge checks. The focus is on understanding what the AMLR requires and how those requirements affect key AML processes.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

This course is designed for AML professionals and other employees who already have a basic understanding of anti-money laundering and want to understand the key requirements introduced by the AMLR.

It is particularly relevant for professionals working within:

• Banks and other credit institutions
• Payment and electronic money institutions
• Investment firms and other financial institutions
• Insurance and other relevant financial services organisations
• Crypto-asset service providers
• Compliance, AML, KYC and financial crime functions
• Other obliged entities preparing for the application of AMLR

The course is particularly suitable for professionals who are involved in customer due diligence, risk assessment, transaction monitoring, suspicious transaction reporting, AML governance or related compliance activities.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the AMLR’s role and the move towards a more harmonised EU AML/CFT framework
• Identify the main categories of obliged entities and key AMLR requirements
• Explain key requirements for customer due diligence and beneficial ownership
• Apply the AMLR’s risk-based approach, including simplified, standard and enhanced due diligence
• Understand ongoing monitoring, customer information updates and risk reassessment
• Understand suspicious transaction reporting, confidentiality and tipping-off requirements
• Recognise key governance, compliance, training, documentation and record-keeping responsibilities

COURSE

The Course consists of seven lessons covering the main AMLR requirements for AML professionals, followed by a final knowledge assessment.

AMLR framework and core requirements

1. The AMLR framework and obliged entity impact
2. Customer Due Diligence: detailed regulatory requirements
3. Beneficial Ownership: requirements and practical application
4. Applying the Risk-Based Approach under the AMLR
5. Ongoing monitoring and customer information updates
6. Suspicious transactions, reporting and confidentiality
7. Governance, policies, and organisational responsibilities
8. Quiz

The lessons combine regulatory explanations with practical examples, scenarios, interactive elements and knowledge checks.

The final quiz tests understanding of the key AMLR requirements covered throughout the course.

WHY IS THIS COURSE DIFFERENT?

AMLR Essentials focuses specifically on the key regulatory requirements that AML professionals need to understand as the AMLR becomes applicable.

The course combines:

• A structured overview of the key AMLR requirements
• Coverage of the main AML/CFT processes affected by the regulation
• Practical examples and realistic AML scenarios
• Specific attention to beneficial ownership and risk-based CDD
• Practical treatment of ongoing monitoring and customer information updates
• Clear explanation of suspicious transaction reporting and confidentiality
• Coverage of AMLR governance and organisational responsibilities
• Knowledge checks throughout the course
• A final assessment covering the key concepts

The course is designed to help AML professionals understand not only what the AMLR says, but also how its requirements relate to the AML processes they work with in practice.

STUDY LOAD

• Approximately 1-1.5 hours of study
• 7 online lessons plus final quiz
• Fully online e-learning
• Self-paced
• Practical examples, scenarios and knowledge checks

CERTIFICATE

Upon successful completion of the course, participants receive a certificate of participation.

This certificate has no civil effect and does not constitute a legally recognised qualification or professional licence.

COURSE INFORMATION

Level
Professional level, suitable for AML professionals and other employees with basic AML/CFT knowledge. Bachelor work-and-thinking level.

Entry requirements
There are no formal educational entry requirements. Basic knowledge of AML/CFT is recommended.

Study format
Fully online e-learning.

Study materials
Includes all digital learning modules, interactive elements, practical examples, scenarios, knowledge questions and the final quiz.

Assessment
The course concludes with a six-question final quiz covering key AMLR requirements addressed throughout the course. A minimum score is required for successful completion.

Exemptions policy
No exemptions are available for this course. All participants complete the same course.

Resit policy
Participants who do not achieve the required score may retake the final quiz.

Price

€69,-

For customers in the Netherlands, qualifying professional education is provided VAT exempt under the Dutch education exemption. For customers in other EU countries, the applicable VAT rules apply.