The International Compliance Association, in conjunction with Alliance Manchester Business School in the United Kingdom, is offering a new online course that confers a Specialist Certificate in Money-Laundering Risk in New Technology on everyone who passes the examination.

The business school is part of the University of Manchester. It, and the ICA, have designed the course for anti-money-laundering and compliance people at banks and other financial institutions who need to discuss problems wtih their IT teams and with IT people who need to appreciate the link between financial crime and technology.

Under the broad umbrella of 'technology' the ICA includes Big Data, artificial intelligence or AI, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The course also explores the sociopolitical influences of a futuristic financial system. It claims to train people to prepare for the future with innovative and agile thinking and embrace changes in their jobs.