Understand Finance to Spot Money Laundering (KYC & CDD Made Simple)

Are you working in AML, KYC, or CDD and want to feel confident analysing finance? This course is designed for professionals with no prior financial background who need to understand financial statements and annual accounts to spot potential red flags.

In clear, simple steps, you’ll learn how to interpret balance sheets, income statements, and cash flows, and apply this knowledge directly to your compliance role. Real-world examples show you how suspicious patterns can appear in financial data — helping you strengthen your risk assessments and investigations.

By the end, you’ll be equipped to detect red flags in financial information, support better decision-making, and grow your expertise in compliance, KYC, and CDD.

Are you working in—or planning a career in—Anti-Money Laundering (AML), KYC, or Customer Due Diligence (CDD)?
Do you want to spot red flags in financial statements without needing to be an accountant or finance expert?

Then this course was built for YOU.

Why This Course?

Criminals often hide behind complex company structures and manipulate financial information to disguise illegal funds. This course gives you the tools to see through those tricks.

You’ll learn how to read and analyze annual accounts with confidence—no prior finance knowledge required. Finance is not rocket science, and I’ll prove it to you step by step.

What You’ll Be Able to Do
By the end of this course, you will:

• Understand financial information in balance sheets, income statements, and cash flows

• Recognize red flags that signal possible money laundering techniques

• Assess risks and decide whether further investigation is needed

Understand financial information in balance sheets, income statements, and cash flows

Recognize red flags that signal possible money laundering techniques

Assess risks and decide whether further investigation is needed

This knowledge is not just theory—it’s practical AML skills you can apply in your daily work.

What’s Inside the Course

• 1.5 hours of engaging video presentations

• 39 multiple-choice questions to test and sharpen your knowledge

• 3 structured sections with 16 lectures + 9 quizzes

1.5 hours of engaging video presentations

39 multiple-choice questions to test and sharpen your knowledge

3 structured sections with 16 lectures + 9 quizzes

Course Breakdown

Section 1 – Finance Fundamentals Made Simple

• Understand annual accounts, categories, and regulations

• Get comfortable with the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement

Understand annual accounts, categories, and regulations

Get comfortable with the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement

Section 2 – Deep Dive: Balance Sheets & Red Flags

• Equity vs liabilities, depreciation, solvency, and liquidity

• Real-world money laundering examples: offshore structures, VAT carousel, property flipping, and more

• Spot financial manipulations with practical red flag cases

Equity vs liabilities, depreciation, solvency, and liquidity

Real-world money laundering examples: offshore structures, VAT carousel, property flipping, and more

Spot financial manipulations with practical red flag cases

Section 3 – Income & Cash Flows in Action

• Learn EBIT and accounting basics without the jargon

• Understand the link between revenues, costs, and cash flows

• Detect suspicious activities like phantom shipping, multiple invoicing, and asset valuation tricks

Learn EBIT and accounting basics without the jargon

Understand the link between revenues, costs, and cash flows

Detect suspicious activities like phantom shipping, multiple invoicing, and asset valuation tricks

Who Is This For?

• AML, KYC, and CDD professionals (or aspiring professionals)

• Compliance officers, investigators, and analysts

• Anyone curious about how financial statements reveal hidden risks

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AML, KYC, and CDD professionals (or aspiring professionals)

Compliance officers, investigators, and analysts

Anyone curious about how financial statements reveal hidden risks

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=> Enroll today and gain the confidence to uncover money laundering risks where others might miss them!

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