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CAFCA study guide

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Lessons

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