Course Content
Module 1: Transaction Monitoring Architecture & Data Foundations
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What Transaction Monitoring Systems Do & Why They Exist
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Core Data Inputs: What a TM System Needs to Function
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Rules-Based Monitoring: Scenarios, Thresholds & How Rules Fire
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Behaviour-Based & Peer-Group Analytics: Beyond Static Rules
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The Alert Lifecycle: From Generation to Disposition
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Payment Rails & How They Shape Monitoring Risk
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Module 2: Scenario Design, Threshold Tuning & Typology Mapping
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Designing Effective TM Scenarios: Matching Rules to Typologies
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Threshold Setting: Balancing Detection Rate Against Alert Volume
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Structuring & CTR Evasion: Rule Design & Detection Challenges
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Rapid Movement Scenarios: In-Out, Pass-Through & Transit Accounts
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Geographic Risk Rules: High-Risk Country Flags & Sanctions Proximity
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Dormant-to-Active, Velocity Spikes & Behavioural Outlier Rules
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Module 3: Alert Review & First-Line Investigation
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The Level 1 Alert Review: A Structured Investigation Approach
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Gathering Customer Context: KYC Data, Account History & Transaction Profiles
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Reconstructing the Transaction Timeline: Tools & Techniques
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Closing an Alert: Documenting the ‘No SAR’ Decision
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Escalating an Alert: What Needs to Go to Level 2
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Alert SLA Management, Queuing & What Happens When the Backlog Builds
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Module 4: Advanced Pattern Analysis & Level 2 Investigation
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Multi-Alert Correlation: Building the Complete Picture
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Network Analysis: Identifying Linked Accounts, Third Parties & Entities
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Layering Pattern Recognition: How to Spot Complex ML Structures
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Fraud-AML Overlap: When Does a Fraud Case Become an AML Issue?
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Module 5: SAR/STR Writing — Intelligence That Works
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What Makes a Good SAR: The Intelligence Value Test
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SAR Structure: Required Fields, Narrative Format & Common Errors
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Writing the SAR Narrative: Facts, Chronology & the ‘Why Suspicious’ Test
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SAR Narrative Workshop: Three Worked Examples — Structuring, Mule Account, TBML
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SAR Thresholds, Filing Deadlines & Continuation SARs
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SAR Quality Reviews, FIU Feedback & Continuous Improvement
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Module 6: Alert Quality, Tuning, QA & Future Technology
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False Positives: Root Causes, Measurement & the Cost of Getting It Wrong
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Tuning Governance: The Scenario Optimisation Cycle
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QA in Transaction Monitoring: Alert Review Quality & Escalation Accuracy
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AI & Machine Learning in Transaction Monitoring: Promise, Limits & Governance
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Transaction Monitoring Masterclass
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