Front-line employees of MSBs are critical to the protection of your business. Faced with a multitude of daily tasks and transactions, front-line employees need to know when and how to sound the internal alarms when a suspicious transaction occurs. Do your front-line employees know the three steps generally involved in the money laundering process? Do they know the red flags to look out for? This could be the most valuable 60 minutes you ask of your front-line employees. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain money laundering and its effect on the economy, government, and MSBs, know the steps in the money laundering process and be able to identify methods and tactics used by money launderers, and define what you can do to help detect money laundering at your company.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is an important agency all MSB owners and employees should be familiar with. Regulations imposed by OFAC, among other things, block or restrict MSBs from financial transactions with foreign persons, countries, or entities that are known, or suspected to have, ties to terrorist activity or drug trafficking. No matter the size or footprint of your business, this 30-minute course is a must have for compliance managers and business owners. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain what OFAC is, the underlying purpose of OFAC requirements, what parties are affected by OFAC, and who is required to comply with the requirements, describe the specific actions for blocking and rejecting that may be taken if a party is restricted by OFAC, and recall the compliance practices, reporting, and record keeping that are required under the OFAC regulations and know about the penalties for noncompliance.

Currency Transaction Reporting (CTR) is not only a requirement of the Bank Secrecy Act, it is listed as a key FinCEN/ IRS examination topic for MSB audits. Do you know the transaction thresholds that require this type of reporting? Are you accountable? In this course, you'll understand the top five things to know about this BSA requirement. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to describe CTR reporting, distinguish the criteria between a reportable transaction and a nonreportable transaction, use mandatory information to complete Currency Transaction Report (CTR) form 112 required to be e-filed with FinCEN, understand what records must be maintained for the issuance and sale of monetary instruments between $3,000 and $10,000, and define record retention requirements.