Training Manual Developed by Rosfinmonitoring Experts Receives the “Compliance – 2025” Professional Award

The International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM) has been named the winner of the annual Compliance – 2025 award in the category “For the development of the training and methodological base and educational technologies in the AML/CFT sphere.”

The submitted training manual, “Theory and Practice of Control Measures, Prevention of Offenses, and Administrative Proceedings in the AML/CFT Sphere,” was developed by experts from the central office and regional supervisory units of Rosfinmonitoring.

The results were announced at the annual conference “Compliance in the Age of Innovation: Technologies, Risks, People” held at the HSE University in Moscow. One of the authors of the manual, Alexander Kuryanov, Head of the Executive Office of the Director, took part in the event. He spoke at the panel discussion “Smart compliance instead of strict regulation: is it possible?”

As noted by the representative of the agency, the practice of recent years confirms the proactive approach of financial institutions within the anti–money laundering framework. Russian banks are implementing flagship IT solutions to detect suspicious client activity, profile criminal behavior, and build predictive models.

“Our banks confidently handle the most complex cases involving illegal financial operations, including cryptocurrency transactions. Banks’ information on corruption risks, financial fraud, drug trafficking, and other offenses is in high demand in Rosfinmonitoring’s analytical work. Such proactivity is also the result of trusting and partnership-based relations that have formed within the AML system,” said Alexander Kuryanov.

He also emphasized that banks and the professional community are carrying out their own educational projects in the field of financial security, including presenting them at the International Olympiad on Financial Security.

The conference additionally addressed current issues of application of the law, key areas of compliance development in the era of new technologies, cooperation between business and the state in advancing “smart” regulation, trends in compliance education and professional communities, and other topics.