UK Bribery Act

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Course Description

The UK Bribery Act has been described as groundbreaking in scope and reach, and as one of the world’s toughest and most comprehensive pieces of anti-bribery legislation.

This course explains the context and substance of the UK Bribery Act and key strategies for managing risks.

It explains what bribery is and supplies an overview of global trends in corruption.

The course then breaks down information about the international reach of the Act. It identifies the four bribery offences recognised by it – including the so-called ‘corporate offence’ under which organisations could be held accountable – and outlines who is at risk and what red flags to look out for.

The course finally addresses ways to manage risks, taking into account the UK Ministry of Justice’s six guidelines for adequate procedures, as well as issues such as business expenditures and facilitation payments.

Who is this training for?

This training applies if:

  • your organisation was incorporated or formed in the UK
  • your organisation carries on part of its business in the UK, regardless of its place of incorporation
  • any act or omission forming part of a bribery offence occurs in the UK
  • your organisation provides services to another organisation in the UK – for example, it acts as an agent of the UK organisation
  • you are a UK citizen or resident in the UK (even if the bribery act is committed outside of the UK), or as a senior officer of the body corporate, you consented or connived to the commission of an offence by the body corporate.

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Course Outline

  • Module 1: International bribery and corruption
  • Module 2: Offences under the UK Bribery Act
  • Module 3: Managing risks under the UK Bribery Act

Introduction to Trade Finance

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Course Description

Trade is not without risk for buyers and sellers, and international trade has certain features that enhance that risk.

In a globally interconnected world trade has become a part of our daily lives. This prominent feature of the global economy has developed and matured over hundreds of years and is a tribute to human ingenuity to cooperate for mutual benefit. However, trade is not without risk for buyers or sellers and international trade has certain features that enhance that risk. Banks have traditionally played a crucial role as facilitators to mitigate the risks inherent to international trade. This training will review features of international trade, focus on the financing of trade and in particular on the role that banks play.

The Introduction to Trade Finance e-learning course has especially been designed by subject matter experts to provide banking professionals with an overview of Trade Finance and the role of Financial Institutions.

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Link with Trade Based Money Laundering

On completion of the course you will have developed a good foundational understanding of global trade and how companies settle their international commerce. Therefore this course, in combination with i-KYC’s TBML course, will also be valuable for learners who are still developing their technical Trade Finance knowledge.

Who should do this training?

This course is suitable for:

  • Client-facing Commercial Bankers
  • Trade & Commodity Finance specialists
  • Customer support staff
  • Risk Management analysts
  • AML Compliance officers.

Download the course outline here

Specialized Financial Economic Crime Training

GRC Solutions is thrilled to collaborate with leading financial crime advisory firm, i-KYC, pairing their premium content library with our award-winning Salt Learning technologies to improve your approach to addressing Financial Economic Crime (FEC).

Download our brochure here

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Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction

  • Fundamentals of International Trade
  • International Trade Governance & Risks
  • Introduction to Trade Finance

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Module 2: Trade Settlement Methods

  • Clean Payments
  • Documentary Collections
  • Letter of Credits
  • Guarantees

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Module 3: Risks & Roles of Banks

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Module 4: Knowledge Check

Insider Trading

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Course Description

Many organisations have a large number of employees who could come into contact with confidential information that could affect the share price of a listed company.

Are all of your employees familiar with insider trading laws? A person does not need to be an employee of a stockbroker or merchant bank to be caught by these laws.

Many listed companies have a large number of employee shareholders. Those employees should know when they can trade in the company’s shares.

Who is this training for

This training is suitable for anyone who comes in contact with confidential information regarding the share price of a listed company, such as:

  • personal assistants
  • senior managers
  • staff in mail rooms
  • IT departments

Custom courses

We have two versions of this course available:

  • Generic course
  • Insider Trading for Financial Services Organisations

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Course Outline

  • Module 1: Introduction to insider trading
  • Module 2: Who is an insider?
  • Module 3:What is trading?
  • Module 4: Trading in Your Companys Securities?

 

Fraud Awareness

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Course Description

It may surprise you to learn that fraud in Australia is higher than the international average, arising in more than half of organisations. This costs the economy billions of dollars and organisations an average of $3 million. In addition, fraud can cause a loss of reputation and eventual loss of business profitability.

The most powerful anti-fraud weapon are educated and aware employees. The Salt Fraud course educates employees as to the types of behaviour that constitutes fraud, and provides a comprehensive list of fraud indicators to foster internal monitoring.

Building a culture of awareness and responsibility can reduce the risk of fraud and increase detection rates, thereby reducing the monetary and other costs of fraud.

Who is this training for?

The Salt Fraud course is tailored such that it is relevant to a diverse range of employees. This is because any person within an organisation is capable of committing fraud. This course is hence a valuable and appropriate tool for staff at all levels within an organisation, ranging from front-line staff to management.

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Course Outline

  • Module 1: What is fraud?
  • Module 2: Fraud risks
  • Module 3: Common fraud schemes
  • Module 4: Fraud red flags
  • Module 5 :Risk management

 

Fraud Awareness for Financial Services

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Course Description

This training is about identifying and preventing customer and workplace fraud

Annual fraud losses in the Australian financial sector are currently running at well over half a billion dollars. In the Financial Services Industry we typically think of fraud involving customer accounts and loans. But just like any other industry, financial services businesses are also subject to other sorts of fraud, many of which are also covered in this training.

Defending a business against fraud requires staff to be educated on fraud typologies and modalities.

Experience shows that internal fraud (payroll fraud and expense account fraud, accounts payable fraud etc) is more likely to be identified by staff member tip-offs than by auditors or internal procedures.

To defend against external fraud (customer fraud, supplier fraud, loan fraud, ID takeover fraud etc) financial services businesses have sophisticated fraud detection software in operation, but this still needs to be backed up by staff who can spot anomalies before the fraud takes place and who play a role in educating customers on their role in combating fraud.

This course teaches staff

  • How to identify and respond to fraud in the workplace
  • How to recognize the types of fraud committed by customers and third parties and their role in combating this fraud
  • What the consequences of fraud are for both the fraudster and the organisation
  • How to prevent fraud from occurring

Fraud detection software needs to be backed up by staff who can spot anomalies before the fraud takes place and who play a role in educating customers on their role in combating fraud.

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Who should do this training?

This training is especially suitable for financial services customer-facing staff and staff who work in other fraud risk areas, such as: accounting, operations, sales, executive/upper management, and purchasing

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Course Outline

Module one: Introduction to fraud Duration: 15 minutes

–       Defining fraud

–       Types of fraud

–       The risk of fraud to your organisation

–       Who commits fraud

–       Consequences of committing fraud

Module two: Internal fraud Duration: 20 minutes

–       Red flags of internal fraud

–       Accounts payable frauds

–       Sales and inventory frauds

–       Payroll and expense account frauds

Module three: External fraud Duration: 25 minutes

–       The dangers external fraud poses to a financial services business

–       Identifying and responding to the various types of loan fraud

–       The typologies of online payments fraud

–       Cheque fraud, card fraud, and fraud issues related to the New Payments Platform

–       Non-banking types of external fraud

Module four: Identity fraud Duration: 20 minutes

–       Defining identity fraud

–       Common identity theft techniques

–       Minimise the risk of your identity being stolen

–       How to protect customers from identity fraud

–       What to do if identity fraud occurs

Module five: Fraud risk management Duration: 20 minutes

–       Elements of a fraud risk management framework

–       Ways to build fraud awareness

–       Fraud prevention methods

–       Elements of a fraud detection and reporting program

–       Elements of a fraud response system

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Sanctions Compliance Training

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Course Description

This course will help you understand what economic sanctions are, how they work and how they impact international business and the financial services sector in particular.

Sanctions are volatile and often there is little or no advance warning.

This training is indispensable for enhancing your general knowledge of the purpose and nature of sanctions regimes, explaining what they are used for and how they can affect lives and businesses.

As economic sanctions continue to feature in the news headlines, this course provides practical insights into managing sanctions compliance and engaging with clients, mapping out what you should know, what you should do and what you should have in place to be compliant.

Who should do this training?

This course is especially relevant to account directors, business development managers, operations specialists, risk management analysts, compliance officers, customer due diligence analysts and senior executives.

Download course outline here

Specialized Financial Economic Crime Training

GRC Solutions is thrilled to collaborate with leading financial crime advisory firm, i-KYC, pairing their premium content library with our award-winning Salt Learning technologies to improve your approach to addressing Financial Economic Crime (FEC).

Download our brochure here

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Course Outline

Module 1: Describe what sanctions are, their purpose, key features and reach

Module 2: Identify which sanctions regimes are the most important and how they can impact businesses

Module 3: Outline key sanctions do’s and don’ts

Module 4: Respond to client queries about sanctions

Proliferation Financing Awareness Training

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Course Description

Stakeholders in the financial sector need to understand Proliferation Financing and its consequences

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including their means of delivery, is a significant threat to global security. Proliferation and its financing are quickly evolving as threat actors find innovative ways of disguising the funding using complex web structures.

This single-module course introduces staff to the concept of Proliferation Financing (PF) and then develops their understanding of how PF works, how it is developing, and the threat it poses to the world. It makes clear how PF differs from money laundering, and how financial services businesses in all countries can be exposed to the risk of having their systems misused to facilitate PF. It contains details on the problems posed by dual use goods.

The lesson provides practical tips and examples to assist in identifying transactions that should be subjected to closer examination. These practical examples empower employees to act in line with their legal and ethical obligations.

Who should do this training?

This course is suitable for customer-facing staff, their managers, and other operational staff who deal with financial transactions.

Download the course outline here

Specialized Financial Economic Crime Training

GRC Solutions is thrilled to collaborate with leading financial crime advisory firm, i-KYC, pairing their premium content library with our award-winning Salt Learning technologies to improve your approach to addressing Financial Economic Crime (FEC).

Course Outline

  • What is Proliferation Financing?
  • Why is the prevention and detection of Proliferation Financing important?
  • What is the Proliferation Financing process?
  • What are the high risk countries for Proliferation Financing?
  • Red flags

Modern Slavery – non-jurisdictional

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Course Description

Modern slavery can affect any country; the United Nations estimates there are more than 40 million victims of modern slavery worldwide. Modern slavery can occur in any sector or industry, and at any point in a supply chain. High-risk industries include fashion, agriculture, hospitality, construction, electronics and extractives. The risk of modern slavery occurring in supply chains increases for organisations that have extensive, complex or global supply chains.

This three-module course covers what modern slavery is, its prevalence in supply chains, and how its use can most effectively be prevented by organisations. Both modules contain practical scenarios relating to issues affecting organisations with modern slavery in their supply chains. These scenarios equip staff to identify and take steps to prevent modern slavery from occurring in their supply chains.

Who is this training for?

This training is suitable for a wide variety of staff including those working in procurement, compliance or risk roles as well as those working in a front-line capacity.

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Course Outline

  • Module 1: Introduction to the prevention of modern slavery
  • Module 2: Preventing the use of modern slavery in supply chain

Modern Slavery Awareness

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Course Description

Are your staff equipped to identify and appropriately respond to modern slavery risks?

Do you need short, effective training to raise staff awareness of the indicators of modern slavery and how they should respond?

Modern slavery can affect any country: the United Nations estimates there are more than 40 million victims of modern slavery worldwide. It can occur in any sector or industry, and at any point in a supply chain. High-risk industries include fashion, agriculture, hospitality, construction, electronics and extractives. The risk of modern slavery occurring in supply chains increases for organisations that have extensive, complex or global supply chains. Your staff – including your front line and non-specialist staff – must be aware of the risks of modern slavery, and the ensuing consequences your business could face if they’re left unchecked.

Modern Slavery – Awareness is a single-module, awareness course that equips your staff with an understanding of:

  • The definition of Modern Slavery
  • How to explain the occurrence of modern slavery in supply chains
  • What can be done to combat and prevent the existence of modern slavery

Who is this training for?

This training is an express, 10 minute variant of our three-module Modern Slavery – Australia and non-jurisdictional courses. It is designed to equip your front line staff with general awareness surrounding modern slavery.

It is also suitable for volunteers, contractors and students.

Course Outline

  • Module 1: Modern Slavery Awareness

Modern Slavery

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Course Description

Modern slavery can affect any country; the United Nations estimates there are more than 40 million victims of modern slavery worldwide. Modern slavery can occur in any sector or industry, and at any point in a supply chain. High-risk industries include fashion, agriculture, hospitality, construction, electronics and extractives. The risk of modern slavery occurring in supply chains increases for organisations that have extensive, complex or global supply chains.

This three-module course covers what modern slavery is, its prevalence in supply chains, and how its use can most effectively be prevented by organisations. Both modules contain practical scenarios relating to issues affecting organisations with modern slavery in their supply chains. These scenarios equip staff to identify and take steps to prevent modern slavery from occurring in their supply chains.

Who is this training for?

This training is suitable for a wide variety of staff including those working in procurement, compliance or risk roles as well as those working in a front-line capacity.

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Course Outline

  • Module 1: Introduction to the prevention of modern slavery
  • Module 2: Preventing the use of modern slavery in supply chains
  • Module 3: Australia-wide modern slavery laws