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CAFCA study guide
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Lessons
- CAFCA Exam Format, Official Domains, and Stu
- How Banks Risk-Rate FinTechs: Onboarding, On
- Controlling Internal Threats: Insider Fraud,
- Regulatory Expectations and Enforcement on S
- Types of Financial Crime and Predicate Offen
- Licensing, Registration, Charters, and Regul
- Virtual Asset Service Provider Framework & F
- BaaS Architecture, Embedded Finance, and Pro
- Buy Now, Pay Later and Alternative Credit
- Neobanks, Challenger Banks, and Digital Bank
- Payment Processors, Gateways, and Merchant A
- European Union Regulatory Framework: AMLD6,
- International Standards: UK FCA, Singapore M
- Sources of Guidance for Building Anti-Financ
- U.S. Regulatory Architecture: BSA, PATRIOT A
- Handling Sensitive Information: PII, SPII, P
- Risk-Based Approach, Risk Assessment, Risk A
- Risk Management Framework: Lines of Defence,
- Customer Identification Program Under USA PA
- KYC to EDD: Applying CDD and Enhanced Due Di
- The FinCEN CDD Rule & Beneficial Ownership S
- Biometric Face Matching and Liveness Detecti
- Device Fingerprinting, Geolocation, and Beha
- Digital Onboarding & Electronic KYC Foundati
- Verification Data Sources and How to Judge T
- Customer Risk Ratings: Factors, Data Sources
- Deepfakes, Generative AI Threats, and Scam T
- Screening at Onboarding: Sanctions Lists, PE
- Detecting Synthetic Identity Fraud and Ineli
- The Alert Investigation Process: From Unusua
- Building an Audit Trail for Suspicious Activ
- Communicating Monitoring Results: KPIs, KRIs
- Blockchain Analytics & Transaction Tracing
- DeFi, Mixers, and Smart Contract Sanctions
- The FATF Travel Rule for Virtual Assets
- Common Payment Methods, Crypto, and High-Ris
- Stablecoins, On/Off Ramps, and Asset-Referen
- Transaction Risk Characteristics: Reversibil
- Wallet Types, Custody Architectures, and Cou
- Screening Logic: Fuzzy Matching, Phonetics,
- OFAC Sanctions Regimes & the 50 Percent Rule
- Real-Time vs. Batch Screening Architecture i
- FinTech Typologies: Mule Networks, Funnel Ac
- Fraud-AML Convergence: BIN Attacks, ATO, and
- Model Risk Management Under SR 11-7 & System
- Hybrid Transaction Monitoring: Rules Engines
- Talking to Customers During Investigations a
- Reviewing KYC, Transactions, Open Sources, a
- Analytical Principles in Investigations: Avo
- Writing Effective SAR and STR Narratives
- SARs and STRs: What They Are, When and Where
- Operational AML Governance and Third-Party R
- How Banking Partners' Terms of Service Relat
- Types of Law Enforcement Requests: Subpoenas
- Working With Law Enforcement, Banking Partne
- Assessing New Products and Features Before L
- Outsourcing Controls: Surge Capacity, RegTec
- Record Retention Rules and Secure Data Stora
- Changes That Should Trigger a Financial Crim
- Refreshing the Financial Crime Risk Assessme