Certified Financial Crime Specialist

Issued by ACFCS

CFCS is an internationally recognized, elite standard for financial crime compliance professionals. By taking a convergent holistic approach, the certification allows banking and corporate compliance officers, law enforcement investigators, regulators, auditors, and others to skillfully detect and prevent money laundering, fraud, cybercrime, corruption, tax evasion and many other risks that constitute the new reality of financial crime.

Type Certification
Level Intermediate
Time Months
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

AML
Asset Recovery
Compliance Programs
Corruption
Cybercrime
Cyber Security
Ethics
Fraud
Investigations
Sanctions
Tax Evasion
Terrorist Financing

Earning Criteria

Candidates of CFCS must be members of the organization in order to apply.
Application into the program is required for all candidates. Candidates must have a minimum of forty (40) credits to apply.
Candidates must successfully complete 145 question exam to become CFCS certified.
Certified members are required to earn a total of 60 continuing education credits and maintain their ACFCS membership within a 3-year cycle.

Standards

Certified Financial Crime Specialist

Certified Financial Crime Specialists have demonstrated, through experience and passing the exam that they have practical experience in financial crime compliance. Earners pledge to uphold codes of ethics and professional conduct. CFCS is maintained through continuing education in the area of financial crime compliance.