AML & ATF Training

FINTRAC requires an ongoing training program. Examiners test whether staff can actually recognise and escalate risk. Those are two different bars, and we train to the second one.

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An ongoing written training program is one of the five required elements of a Canadian AML compliance program. It must cover employees, agents, and anyone authorised to act on your behalf, and it must be documented. That is the minimum.

The bar examiners actually apply is higher. They ask front-line staff what they would do with a specific scenario. Training that has been delivered but not absorbed shows up immediately in those interviews, and it undermines the credibility of the entire program.

C&G designs and delivers training tailored to your industry, your risk profile, and the specific roles of your people. A teller, a compliance analyst, and a board member need different training on the same regulation. We build to that difference, and every session is documented for your compliance records.

What the engagement includes

  • Role-specific training for front-line, operations, compliance, and senior management
  • Industry-tailored content for MSBs and money transfer businesses, crypto exchanges and VASPs, credit unions, real estate, DPMS, and securities
  • Suspicious transaction recognition and STR escalation training, including attempted transactions
  • KYC and customer due diligence practical training
  • Beneficial ownership and PEP identification training
  • Terrorist financing typologies and red-flag indicators
  • Sanctions screening and escalation training
  • Board and senior management briefings on obligations and liability
  • Virtual, in-person, and self-directed delivery formats
  • Attendance records, assessment results, and documentation for FINTRAC
  • Annual refresher programs and regulatory update sessions
How it works

How the engagement runs

STEP 01

Training needs analysis

We map roles against the risks each one actually touches, so that people are trained on the decisions they make rather than the regulation in general.

STEP 02

Curriculum design

Content is built to your products, channels, and customer base, using scenarios drawn from your business rather than generic case studies.

STEP 03

Delivery

In person, virtually, or as curriculum your team deploys internally, with sessions sized to the audience and to how much attention they can realistically give.

STEP 04

Assessment

Knowledge checks that test recognition and escalation, not recall, so you know whether the training worked.

STEP 05

Documentation and refresh

Attendance, content, and assessment results are documented to examination standard, and a refresher cycle with regulatory update sessions is set up.

Who this is for

Businesses we deliver this for

FAQ

AML & ATF Training: common questions

Yes. An ongoing written training program is one of the five required elements of a compliance program under the PCMLTFA. It must cover employees, agents, and anyone authorised to act on your behalf, and the program itself, its delivery, and its records must be documented.
The regulations require the program to be ongoing rather than setting a fixed frequency. Standard practice is annual refresher training for all staff, targeted training on onboarding, and out-of-cycle sessions when regulations change or a new product or channel is introduced.
Enough to demonstrate the program is real and ongoing: the written training program itself, the content delivered, who attended and when, and evidence of assessment where used. Examiners routinely ask for training records, and gaps in them are a straightforward finding.
Either works. What matters is that the training is appropriate to the role, is documented, and demonstrably works. We deliver in person, virtually, and as curriculum your team runs internally, and often combine formats across different staff groups.
Yes, and it should be different training. Senior management need to understand their obligations, the entity exposure, and the decisions that require their attention, not the operational detail of transaction monitoring. We deliver board briefings separately for that reason.
Yes. We review the program first so the training reflects your actual procedures rather than generic practice. If the review surfaces gaps in the program itself, we will tell you, because training staff on a deficient procedure does not help you.
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