Combating Financial Crime

CISI Level 3 Award in Combating Financial Crime

Combating Financial Crime, developed in collaboration with QCo, provides a global view of transnational crime. It illustrates practical defences, includes the Bribery Act (2010) and focuses on how laws, regulations and best practice continue to evolve across the entire spectrum of associated activities.

Why study Combating Financial Crime?

Combating Financial Crime is suitable for compliance officers and money laundering reporting officers, those involved in regulation, law enforcement, trade and commerce and individuals from bi-lateral development institutions and civil society organisations. It covers the background and nature of financial crime, money laundering, terrorist financing, and corruption; combating financial crime, bribery and the role of the private sector.

Key features:

  • Specialist qualification – it takes a global view of transnational crime, illustrates practical defences and can be taken as a stand-alone qualification or as part of the Investment Operations Certificate (IOC)
  • Combine it with a CISI regulatory exam to complete the full Certificate in Combating Financial Crime. You are exempt from the regulation paper if you have already achieved a regulatory paper through another route, such as the IOC
  • Offers a progressive study pathway – Combating Financial Crime is one of the first steps in the CISI’s compliance qualifications study pathway and offers access to the higher level Diploma in Investment Compliance
  • Free CISI Student membership – become associated with a Chartered professional body and take advantage of an extensive range of benefits
  • Exams available online via remote invigilation or at one of our global test centres

Self-study

A CISI Combating Financial Crime workbook is required to be purchased when booking the exam. This is to ensure there is one standard workbook from which all exam candidates can prepare. You can also choose to purchase elearning to support your exam preparation.

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Accredited Training Partners

You can choose to complete formal training for our exams with a CISI Accredited Training Partner (ATP).

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Qualification details

Combating Financial Crime award is achieved by successfully passing a multiple-choice question exam. Combating Financial Crime can also be combined with a regulatory exam to achieve the CISI Level 3 Certificate in Combating Financial Crime. It can also be taken as part of the Investment Operations Certificate.

Exam format Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)
Exam duration 1 hour
Number of questions 50 - Your exam may contain an extra 10% trial questions
Current pass rate 63%
Current pass mark 70%
Recommended study time 80 hours
Total qualification time Level 3 Award: 81 hours
Level 3 Certificate: 162 hours

Exam availability

Our CBT exams are available on demand via our global network of test centres, find your nearest test centre. They are also available to sit via remote invigilation
Re-sits: candidates may make a maximum of 6 attempts at the exam in any one year. Please see our Multiple Sittings Policy

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