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If you are a risk and compliance professional who is looking to improve your skills and develop your career with online training, then you have come to the right place.

The last edition of Chatterbox of 2020 comes at the end of an interesting and challenging year for us all, so now is a good time to take stock and plan ahead.

Test your knowledge about the fight against financial crime with our advent calendar news quiz. Between now and Christmas we will post a daily question about a news story from 2020, click on the link to see if you got the answer right!

Our latest edition of Chatterbox is now available to read online. All of us involved in the international fight against financial crime are inundated with an enormous volume of news about regulatory changes and emerging threats. The team at Great Chatwell makes it our mission to scour the news…

Working at home became the norm for thousands of employees who would usually have adhered to strict guidelines and security measures when in their usual work place. However, these security measures were not applicable, or not enforceable, when working remotely from home. Employees were often usin…

Great Chatwell Academy of Learning has, once again, been confirmed as the preferred partner to provide structured financial crime compliance learning for AFB members in 2020 and 2021. We are delighted that the Association of Foreign Banks (AFB) has renewed and extended their partnership with G…

We are pleased to welcome Paula Thomas to our team today. Paula joins us as Director of Technology and Service Delivery from her role as director of the Institute of Cyber Security & Risk Assessment at the University of Gloucestershire and is tasked with managing the development of our univer…

Welcome to the latest edition of our Chatterbox Newsletter – the first edition published on our new website. “With finite resources, and nearly 60,000 firms to regulate, we’ve always had to make hard choices.” This was taken from the opening line of the recent FCA Business Plan 2020/2021 an…

We continue to enjoy the trust that our clients place upon us and in the support services we provide. During 2019 we have had the pleasure of working with some very well-known and trusted businesses and have taken immense pride in the feedback in our customised design and delivery.   I…

“At GCAL we are taking classroom engagement and experiential learning to the next level” In 2019 our goal was to go that extra mile for our clients, bringing something different and innovative to the classroom. That was when we discovered the intuitive audience response system, combining speed…

Watch an update from our founder and MD of the Academy, Lee Byrne – reflecting on the past 12 months but looking forward to exciting new products and services coming in 2020 and beyond.

The recommended frequency of AML training organised by an MLRO (Money Laundering Report Officer) is dependent upon several factors that we will cover below – but it is recommended by the Academy that training takes part at least annually. The objective of AML Training The objective of AML tra…