Training
Meet our Training Partners: International Compliance Association
When was your company founded?
International Compliance Association was set up in 2001 as a professional organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in compliance, anti-money laundering and financial crime prevention.
What are your areas of expertise?
ICA offers internationally recognised professional qualifications that help improve knowledge, enhance skills and minimise risk for firms. For novice and experienced professionals alike, ICA certificate and diploma programmes are a benchmark of professionalism and excellence.
What type of training formats do you offer?
ICA adopts an integrated learning approach – a unique combination of course materials, online resources, webinars, tutor support and face to face tuition. This means that ICA qualifications can be undertaken by distance learning all over the world. Workshops are offered in some jurisdictions such as the UK, Channel Islands, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, the Bahamas and other countries subject to demand. This unique, effective, tired and tested learning methodology has consistently achieved great results.
Do you have a global reach in terms of the audiences you provide your courses to?
Thousands of students have successfully completed ICA Certificate and Diploma programmes worldwide. ICA qualifications are considered a mark of competence by regulators and employers and many international regulators have adopted ICA qualifications within their recommended training and competence frameworks.
How do you ensure the quality and timeliness of your faculty and training contents?
The University of Manchester Business School (one of the world’s most prestigious international business schools) quality assures and jointly awards all ICA Advanced Certificate and Diploma programmes. This educational partnership ensures that students benefit from the fusion of a vocational qualification set within a rigorous academic framework.
Do you use recent technology to deliver some of your training courses?
ICA provides an extensive online library of resources for studying members that includes international legislation, case studies, regulatory news and white papers. The website also provides online discussion forums, up to the minute newsfeeds and mock tests in preparation for exams. ICA has also recently introduced webinars as part of the course format. These short online seminars provide study guidance as well as cover specific subjects from the syllabus.
Where do you think training is heading? How do you fit into this trend?
As the world moves towards a harmonised approach to financial regulation, first-class training and education for financial services professionals is more important than ever. ICA qualifications draw upon international best practice principles and assist with the establishment of a collective responsibility.