CAFCA Exam Information and Outline
Certified AML FinTech Compliance Associate
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 6, 2026
CAFCA Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
ACAMS.
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- Exam Format
- Online, multiple-choice assessment following the self-paced certificate course
- The FinTech Landscape
- Digital payments, neobanks, lending platforms and money transmitters
- Cryptoassets and virtual asset service providers
- Business models and partner banking (BaaS)
- AML/CFT Regulatory Framework for FinTechs
- FATF standards and the risk-based approach
- Licensing and registration requirements
- Travel Rule and payment transparency
- FinTech Financial Crime Risks
- Fraud, money mules and account takeover
- Sanctions evasion and terrorist financing risks
- Typologies in peer-to-peer and instant payments
- Building a FinTech Compliance Program
- Digital onboarding, eKYC and identity verification
- Customer risk assessment and transaction monitoring
- Sanctions screening and suspicious activity reporting
- RegTech and Technology Controls
- Automation, analytics and AI in compliance
- Governance, Culture and Scaling Compliance