Financial Crime Compliance MBA

How to Apply

Applications invited for Spring 2023 intake

Course Structure

Module description, course brochure, fees and financing options

Learning Methods

Teaching, assessments and how distance learning works

Financial Crime & Compliance MBA

Bangor Business School is the only institution globally that can offer the Financial Crime & Compliance MBA (FCCMBA), a ‘Master in Business Administration (Financial Intelligence Specialist).’ This ground-breaking qualification allows you to gain an MBA together with the professional designation of Financial Intelligence Specialist (FIS).

Awarded in partnership with ManchesterCF, global providers of financial intelligence training. Financial Intelligence Specialist (FIS) designation sets a new standard in the world of financial intelligence.

The Financial Crime & Compliance MBA is delivered by means of distance learning and on a part-time basis. The programme can be studied from any location with a good internet connection. The material covers areas of anti-money laundering in different contexts, anti-corruption and compliance with sanctions and financial and environmental crime. Informed by the UN Principles for Sustainable Banking, the programme focuses on constraining crime and terrorism through the diligence of financial institutions.

The FCCMBA experience brings together high-level skills and knowledge from an internationally recognised university and centre of research excellence with global specialists in financial intelligence and compliance.

Who would benefit from the Financial Crime & Compliance MBA?

The Financial Crime & Compliance MBA is a global programme specifically designed for working professional in the financial services sector. The distance learning delivery combines interactive lectures and recorded sessions which can be viewed at your leisure.

FCCMBA aims to develop career prospects for Financial Regulation and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance specialists as well as those interested in entering this field. Financial regulatory compliance is a major area of growth and employment in global financial services. This programme looks at on-going concerns as to how crime and terrorism can be constrained through the diligence of financial institutions.

This high-level and intensive learning experience also combines generic MBA modules in Human Resources, Managerial Economics, Research Methods and Corporate Strategy with more specialist ones, equipping participants to aspire for senior positions within the industry.

Educational Aims of the Financial Crime & Compliance MBA

To develop an advanced comprehension of the causes and methods of combating financial crimes and associated wrongdoing in the financial sector.
To foster a developed understanding of the managerial, professional, ethical, legal, and regulatory framework in which financial services institutions operate, with a particular focus placed on mitigating money laundering and other financial crimes.
Enhancement of lifelong learning skills and personal development of transferable intellectual and study skills. These traits are highly appropriate to a career in the banking and finance professions, yet not exclusive to those career choices.
To embed a deep appreciation of issues of sustainability and compliance within the provision of financial services.

About us

About Bangor University

Established in 1884, Bangor University combines traditional academic excellence with cutting-edge research and facilities. Bangor was one of the first universities in the UK to offer degrees in banking and the first to offer a banking MBA. Bangor’s interest in banking goes back to the days of the famous country banker, George Rae, who in 1902 endowed a public lecture series in banking at Bangor that attracted some of the leading thinkers and practitioners of the day.

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, published in 2022, recognises that 85% of Bangor University’s research is world-leading or internationally excellent. Bangor University is also classified in the top 10 in the UK for teaching quality and student experience within the Accounting and Finance subject area (The Times and Sunday Times League Table 2022).

About Bangor Business School

Bangor University’s Business School is one of the top European University Schools for banking and financial studies offering a full range of disciplines from undergraduate to doctoral level. Bangor Business School is ranked in the world’s top 10% of Institutions and Economists in the Field of Banking and is ranked highest of all UK universities (RePEc, August 2021).

Coupled with our excellence in research and our commitment to high quality teaching, staff combine their research careers with a dedication for delivering relevant and germane content. Students are attracted by our reputation for high quality and expertise, particularly in the area of banking and financial services in which Bangor is a leading European centre. Staff research papers and articles are published regularly in leading journals and their books attract a worldwide audience.

About ManchesterCF

ManchesterCF provides online financial intelligence training programmes to financial institutions, financial intelligence units and law enforcement agencies around the world.

Our expertise is derived from solid experience in international banking, financial intelligence and compliance.