International Compliance Association  Reviews 440

ICA offers are honest, transparent and most updated courses fit to all corners of your professionalism challenging the ever fast growth and technology innovations in the 21st century. If you an ICA'n then you are surely in the right hands. Congratulations for those choosen ICA as and in your acadamic and professional career development, and good luck for those look at ICA as
close option. Staysafe. Regards, Bala

Excellent compliance-course and everything related to it both for beginners and professionals with experience.

The course proved relevant from the moment the working manuals were up loaded, to the last minutes of the final assessment interview. I was able to implement the learning immediately during the progression of the learning, which demonstrated the practical value of its subject content. The tutors were all excellent, with insightful opinions/perspectives - providing further avenues for research and enhancing the articulation of the subject matter.
Having continued access to the online virtual classes proved very useful - with a very simple and user friendly portal.
Guidance notes and additional reading references also opened up a new web of research paths.
The Admin staff were also very helpful and responsive.
Cannot over emphasize just how good the course was and I would recommend anyone in the industry to take the opportunity to sign up for it.
Many thanks to all involved - tutors, staff and cohort 17 colleagues, for making this such a wonderful and valuable experience.
Knolly Knights

I can only say good things about this program! I'm glad to have taken it and I do feel like my my knowledge of everything Compliance has improved after this course.

There's only one thing that I'd suggest and is to improve the review times of the tests, waiting for more than a month seems a little excessive. But overall, just great!

Overall the course for the Ad Cert in Reg Compliance was useful and the content was sufficiently educational, but the seminars were basically reading the course materials aloud.

Furthermore, the assignment questions were fairly vague and a significant number of students were confused about what to include in their answers. The feedback students received to queries was not helpful and did not provide clarity which is required for a course which costs £2k plus.

The online learning possibility provides flexibility to professionals already having a hectic times. The training is well structured with a simple but really resourceful course guide. The links provided for additional reading in the guide are excellent for deepening knowledge in the anti-corruption area. The additional reading provides all necessary material which an anti-corruption professional would otherwise have to research extensively before studying. The case examples provide a practical overview of anti-corruption. The podcasts which come with the programme make it lively. The ICA programme also allows mock/self-assessment at any point, which allows the student for a proper evaluation before taking the final assessment.As a whole, I would rate the content of the ICA Specialist Certificate in Anti-Corruption Programme as insightful. Applying the principles learned in the programme lies on the student. I would highly recommend it to professionals in the AC field.

Very clear and interesting learning material. Online help is available if needed. I recommend the Certificate of Compliance for anyone who wants to get in touch with the subject.

Clear-cut and extremely useful material to learn the mechanics of AML and CTF.

I have joined one of ICA Advance courses and it was an eye opener to wide array of opportunities to learn and grow.

Really disappointing experience on the International Diploma for Anti Money Laundering. Would advise to save the almost £4k course fee and go elsewhere, because you do not get the content, teaching, or support you would expect.

Firstly, the course is mostly self-lead, meaning that you are referring to a (frequently outdated) course manual. This is supplemented by four virtual classroom sessions that are high-level summaries of these relevant chapters. When asked in-depth questions about particular subject matters, tutors would often defer and give generalised responses. There is the sense that most of the teaching staff, whilst experienced, are not able to confidently talk from experience. Most of the content you pay for can be found online for free. I'm not sure where the course fees go.

The most disappointing aspect of the course was the marking and the inconsistency of the grading used for students. I was on a cohort that had students of varying experience, both academically and professional, and was surprised at how many shared the same experience as me. The diploma is promoted as the equivalent of a final-year undergraduate degree, however the marking does not reflect this at all.

Our cohort were often perplexed at some of the individual feedback given in the marking, with being penalised for not mentioning topics which were not relevant to the question asked. There's conflicting advice given - the documented guidance advises you to answer the question, and not bring in irrelevant topics to your responses, but often myself and fellow students were penalised for not providing enough breadth, when we had focused in-depth on the specific question asked (which is what you're expected to do at undergraduate level).

This issue was raised so frequently across my cohort that the president of the ICA booked a session with us to discuss the matter. The tone of this conversation was unsettling - though he meant well, his advice was often contradictory (answer the precise question and keep your work succinct, but also make sure you go to lengths to define basic terms which take up your word count). The underlying message was to really tackle the question asked and give an engaged response - just like at degree level. When challenged by a PHD student on the course that the marking feedback did not match the quality or consistency of an undergraduate course, the president did not take this on board. At points the conversation became quite heated, and there were a lot of interjections on both sides. Not really something you'd expect to see happen on an online course.

Some of the marking issues were identified by the exam board, and students were awarded a five mark boost on one of the papers due to a vague exam question. However, further results feedback followed the same pattern. At this point, it became clear to me that attempting to follow any piece of advice would not lead to a definite outcome.

What's concerning is that it's a 9 month course, but you're very rarely asked for feedback on your course experience. It's only at the end of the course that you're asked to fill in a feedback form, and at this point, you're unlikely to give anything very precise. I get the sense that most of my cohort aired frustration in some form, but there's a worrying unwillingness to do anything substantial about it.

Overall, if you feel obliged to pay £4k to get this course on your CV, go ahead. If you're looking for a genuinely engaging learning environment, look elsewhere.

Some useful content but the resources were poorly written and structured making it difficult to take it on board. The exam (and mock) also contained wrong answers and there was lack of clarity in other questions.

Did my diploma in financial crime prevention before the pandemic and it was fantastic. Really great course, excellent resources and very bright and engaging teachers. Would highly recommend.

My company bought me two courses together but in course login part I could not see documents and materials which I want to prepare to exam.

CRM do not reply me back and also do not solve my problem.

Overall, a positive experience. The online discussions were useful. Course material is easy to understand. Clear communication from ICA and regular updates on technical issues when the platform was switched. Prompt responses to questions as well.
Would appreciate if a pdf version of the course notes were available so that it can be read offline. Had some issues loading the small flip cards or "hotspots" which could have easily be done in dot points in pdf format.

Great course, enjoyed learning

I got my second ICA Certificate in Compliance. I recommend 100% their courses, also a great user experience (prompt replies from support).

I found the whole set-up to be very professional and this facilitated the learning experience. Before commencing the course I took time to go through all the resources and support available utilised this as I progressed. Everything went according to plan. The online portal, course material, mock tests and everything else all worked perfectly. The final exam was also taken without any issues. ICA also provided constant communication and updates on technical and other issues. Overall, a very positive experience.

Enjoyed the practicability of the course with particular reference to case studies.

The course material was very in depth and well structured. The questions and assessments at the end of every chapter was rather helpful to guage understanding. The feedback on the assessment was very detailed, although I think we should have had some practice questions before hand.

Possibly look at catering for different learning styles with perhaps scheduled virtual classes which will allow for cohort interaction, experience and knowledge sharing. Apart from that, I learnt so much about this intriguing field and enjoyed every step of the journey.