Sumsub Academy, the free, CPD-accredited training arm of identity verification and financial crime prevention platform Sumsub, has relaunched its flagship programme, AML Transaction Monitoring 2.0.
First introduced in January 2024, the course has drawn more than 6,000 registrations and ranks as the Academy’s most-taken programme. The new version has been rebuilt from the ground up to reflect shifting regulatory demands, newer fraud methods and the compliance technology now used to counter them.
The refresh lands as financial institutions confront a fast-changing threat picture. Sumsub’s own Identity Fraud Report 2025-2026 found that layered, multi-stage fraud attempts climbed 180% year-on-year, with criminals leaning on artificial intelligence and coordinated networks to slip past conventional defences.
As fixed monitoring rules struggle to keep up, compliance staff are under growing pressure to sharpen their investigative approach and risk logic on an ongoing basis.
The updated course is built around a micro-learning structure, split into 21 short sessions spread across five modules that trace the full transaction monitoring lifecycle. These cover rule and scenario design for risk-tailored monitoring logic; alert review and prioritisation aimed at cutting false positives; investigation workflows for unpicking complex transactional behaviour; escalation and case management for building defensible case files; and regulatory reporting on documenting and flagging suspicious activity to authorities.
The material is delivered by senior financial crime and compliance figures drawn from across fintech, banking, crypto and risk advisory.
The teaching line-up includes Oonagh van den Berg, chief executive and founder of Virtual Risk Solutions; Aisling Twomey, financial crime director at Monzo; Vera Veldscholten, head of AML at Vivid; Danny Santo, head of compliance at Mercuryo; and Natalie Buraimoh, head of AML product at Sumsub. Using real case studies led by these practitioners, learners are meant to walk away with lessons they can put to use in their compliance work straight away.
The Academy has become a significant fixture in financial crime training in its own right, having enrolled more than 10,000 professionals over the past year, with 80% of graduates saying they would recommend its courses to peers. Every programme carries formal CPD accreditation, letting learners bank recognised Continuing Professional Development credits while working through practical, end-to-end monitoring skills.
Sumsub head of AML product Natalie Buraimoh said, “As financial crime methods evolve and regulatory scrutiny intensifies globally, compliance teams cannot rely on static monitoring rules or outdated AML/AFC programmes. To protect platforms effectively today, teams must build intelligent anti-financial crime frameworks, conduct thorough investigations, report suspicious activity in a timely manner and deliver defensible compliance decisions.
“This means moving from reactive detection to proactive prevention in order to make better risk decisions earlier in the customer journey. In this course, we show practitioners how to enhance their own frameworks by combining identity, behaviour, transaction data and contextual intelligence. We updated this course to equip practitioners with immediate knowledge and real-world tools that match the speed and complexity of modern financial crime.”
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