Accreditation

Version 1.0 · Last updated 19 May 2026

This page explains who accredits AML Certification Centre certifications, what that means for the value of a certificate you earn with us, and what we don't claim. We aim to be precise — accreditation is a promise we want to be transparent about, not a marketing line.

1. Our headline accreditation

CPD Standards Office (UK)

CPD Standards Office is an independent UK accreditation body that certifies the quality of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) providers and individual training programmes. Their accreditation is recognised by professional bodies, regulators and employers across the United Kingdom, the European Union and internationally.

AML Certification Centre is a CPD Standards Office accredited provider — provider number 50475. You can verify our entry on the CPD Standards Office provider directory at https://www.cpdstandards.com/ by searching for AML Certification Centre or for the provider number above.

AML Certification Centre programmes carrying the CPD Standards Office logo on the issued certificate have been independently assessed for:

• Learning design — clear learning outcomes, appropriate methods, measurable assessment.
• Quality of content — accuracy, currency and relevance to the stated outcomes.
• Tutor / author expertise — subject-matter qualifications of the people who write and review the material.
• Assessment rigour — that the way we test understanding is genuinely capable of distinguishing knowledge gain.

Each CPD-accredited certificate from AML Certification Centre carries a stated number of CPD hours. These hours can be logged with most major professional bodies — the CPD Standards Office maintains a register of organisations that accept their accreditation.

2. Registered Estonian continuing-education provider

AML Certification Centre is registered with the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research as a täienduskoolitusasutus (continuing-education provider) under the Estonian Adult Education Act (Täiskasvanute koolituse seadus). The economic-activity notification (majandusteade) authorising AML Certification Centre to provide continuing-education training is recorded under registration number 261779 in the public Estonian Education Information System (EHIS).

This registration confirms that AML Certification Centre meets Estonian statutory requirements for:

• documented curricula with stated learning outcomes;
• competent instructors and authors;
• formal completion and graduation procedures;
• record-keeping appropriate for continuing-education attainment.

It does not make our certificates a state-issued qualification (Estonia distinguishes between täiendkoolitus — continuing professional development — and degree-awarding higher-education institutions; AML Certification Centre is the former, not the latter). What it does mean is that our completion certificates are eligible to be presented as continuing-education evidence to Estonian employers and to other EU countries' professional bodies under mutual-recognition arrangements.

Verify in EHIS: https://www.haridussilm.ee/ (search "AML Certification Centre" or notification number 261779).

3. Per-programme accreditation status

The programmes below are part of AML Certification Centre's CPD Standards Office accreditation (provider number 50475). The accreditation body issues an activity log to AML Certification Centre that is periodically updated as programmes are revised or added. Each certificate issued for a programme below names CPD Standards Office, the CPD hours awarded for that programme, and carries a publicly-verifiable URL on credentials.amlcertification.com.

CPD hours shown above are the formal independent CPD allocations agreed with the CPD Standards Office for the current version of each programme. Where a programme is materially revised, AML Certification Centre submits the new version for re-accreditation; an up-to-date authoritative activity log is held on file with CPD Standards Office under provider number 50475 and is reissued from time to time. Earlier versions of a programme remain visible on a learner's account at the CPD-hour total awarded at the time of completion.

4. What our certificates are — and are not

What they are

• Independent attestation that you have completed an AML Certification Centre programme to a documented standard, validated by a third-party accreditation body (CPD Standards Office).
• Recordable CPD evidence acceptable to a broad range of UK and EU professional bodies through the CPD Standards Office's mutual-recognition relationships.
• A continuing-education credential from an Estonian-registered continuing-education provider, suitable for inclusion in your professional portfolio.
• Verifiable: every certificate carries a public verification URL on credentials.amlcertification.com so an employer, professional body or regulator you share it with can confirm the certificate is genuine and unaltered.

What they are not

• They are not a regulatory licence. AML Certification Centre certifications do not authorise you to practise as an MLRO, compliance officer, investigator or any other regulated role. Regulatory licensing is the responsibility of national authorities (in Estonia: the Financial Intelligence Unit / Rahapesu Andmebüroo; in the EU: each member state's competent authorities).
• They are not endorsed by a specific national regulator. We do not represent that any specific financial-services regulator (FCA, BaFin, AMF, FINMA, Estonia's FSA, etc.) has endorsed AML Certification Centre programmes by name. Where regulators or supervised entities have, in practice, accepted AML Certification Centre certificates as evidence of AML / financial-crime training — and many do — that recognition has been on a case-by-case basis rather than via a formal endorsement scheme.
• They are not a degree. AML Certification Centre does not award academic degrees. We are a continuing-education provider, not a higher-education institution.
• They are not transferable to another person. A certificate names the individual who completed the programme. Presenting another person's certificate as your own is grounds for revocation and potentially criminal liability under impersonation and fraud laws.

5. How we maintain accreditation

We commit to:

• Reviewing every programme on a published cadence (typically every 12–24 months, or sooner where AML / financial-crime law materially changes). Updates trigger a version bump and new content review.
• Recording the assessor or author of every block of content in our internal records, so the audit trail behind a certificate is preserved.
• Retaining attainment records for 7 years after the end of an enrolment (see §7 of the Privacy Policy).
• Surrendering or correcting any certificate proven to have been issued in error or obtained through cheating, following the revocation process in §6.3 of the Terms of Service.
• Submitting to scheduled re-accreditation reviews by the CPD Standards Office and to any inspection by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research as required by Estonian law.

6. Where you can verify a specific certificate

• Public verification URL: every certificate carries a unique URL on credentials.amlcertification.com. Visit it in any browser.
• CPD Standards Office register: https://www.cpdstandards.com/ — the body that accredits us.
• EHIS / Estonian Ministry of Education and Research: https://www.haridussilm.ee/ — confirms our registration as a continuing-education provider.

7. Questions and complaints about accreditation claims

If you believe an accreditation claim on an AML Certification Centre certificate is inaccurate, write to [email protected] with the certificate URL and the nature of the concern. We will investigate and respond within 14 days.

If you wish to raise a concern about accreditation standards independently of AML Certification Centre, the CPD Standards Office accepts complaints directly: https://www.cpdstandards.com/contact/.

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