AGRC Certificate in KYC and CDD

Boost your customer service, administrative, and back-office skills by getting certified in KYC and CDD by AGRC!

This certificate will provide you with the tools and knowledge required to become an invaluable member of any institution’s client onboarding and customer retention process.

A key concern and significant risk for financial institutions remain the possibility of unknowingly becoming complicit in money laundering actions, where illegitimate money is moved into legitimate institutions.

In order to mitigate such risk, FIs have strengthened their internal control systems by increasingly making use of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) requirements, as part of their anti-money laundering (AML) strategies.

About the Certificate KYC/CDD is a critical element for effectively managing the risks posed by potential clients (thus protecting the organization against criminals, terrorists, and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) who might present a higher risk) and possible dubious actions by existing customers that need to be regularly reassessed. This certificate course provides essential knowledge for KYC and CDD procedures which are key tools in assessing customer risk and a legal requirement to comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CFT) laws. Effective KYC/CDD involves knowing a customer’s identity and their financial activities, ongoing monitoring of business activities, and identifying and mitigating the AML/CFT risk a business relationship may pose on the regulated entity. Topics covered • An introduction to KYC/Customer Due Diligence (CDD) • The value of Customer Due Diligence (CDD) • CDD: Establishing and maintaining a strong CDD programme • CDD in higher risk situations and record keeping requirements • AML Case Studies