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Advance Professional
Certificate Course in Anti-
Money Laundering & Com-

bating of Terrorist Financ-
ing (APCC-AML/CFT)

6th and 7th iterations of Advance
Professional Certificate Course in
Anti-Money Laundering & Combat-
ing of Terrorist Financing (APCC-
AML/CFT) were conducted at NI-
BAF-Karachi. This certification pro-
gram has been designed as a 5-
day assessment-based course.
Senior representatives from SBP, comprised of different team build-
FATF, NAB, FIA, FBR and FMU ing activities particularly on the 2
nd
were invited to conduct the relevant day of the training when outdoor
sessions in order to provide partici- team-based exercises were con-
pants an in-depth and clear under- ducted at Arabian Sea Country
standing about the strategies to Club. Participants were engaged in
combat money laundering & the fi- various learning activities and exer-
nancing of terrorism, role & func- cises for demonstrating team attrib-
tions of FATF Secretariat Pakistan, utes through experiential learning.
SBP regulations & compliance re- Two iterations for this program
quirements for Financial Institu- were offered in the quarter which
tions, role of Financial Monitoring were attended by 44 participants
Unit, role & functions of FIA’s from SBP.
AML/CFT Cell, Trade Based Money
Laundering, role & function of Na- Awareness Session on
tional Accountability Bureau (NAB) Haver Analytics
AML/CFT Cell, responsibility of Na- The objective for offering the pro-
tional Counter Terrorism Authority gram was to create awareness
(NACTA) in combating the financ- among the participants about the
ing of terrorism, role of FBR Benami availability of historical time series
Zones and investigative process of
FBR under Benami Act 2017. 6th it- databases embedded in the Haver
software for macroeconomic re-
eration was conducted from 14-18
March, 2022 in which 35 officers search and analysis. These data-
bases contain both annual eco-
from different commercial banks
participated. In view of the demand nomic statistics and daily market in-
formation of advanced and devel-
from the financial industry, 7th iter-
ation was also offered in this quar- oping economies. First iteration of
this one-day online program was
ter from March 28, 2022 to April 1, offered in March and attended by
2022. This iteration was attended 26 participants from SBP. The ses-
by 30 participants from SBP and sion was conducted by Mr. Amjad
different commercial banks.
Ali, Joint Director-SBP.
Team Building and RAAST - Pakistan’s
Personal Development
Instant Digital Payment
This training has been designed in System
order to give participants detailed
understanding for transforming Multiple online iterations of this pro-
from individual contributor to a high gram were conducted for partici-
performance team. This training pants of SBP and commercial