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November 17, 2025

NISM-IFSCA-01: Certification Course on Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing in the IFSC

Communiqué/Press Release

NISM/Certification/ NISM-IFSCA-01: Certification Course on Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing in the IFSC /2025/dated November 13, 2025

Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) and the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), NISM has developed a Certification Course named as: NISM-IFSCA-01: Certification Course on Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing in the IFSC. The certification course development is also aligned with Clause 8.4 of the IFSCA Guidelines on Training and Awareness.

The examination seeks to create common minimum knowledge benchmark for the regulated entities of the capital market intermediaries of IFSC ecosystem about the Anti Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) and Know Your Customer Guidelines of IFSCA.

The certification examination workbook content has been bifurcated in two parts, describing:

  • • PART A – General Rules and Regulations related to Anti-Money Laundering in India
  • • PART B – IFSCA Regulations for Anti Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) and Know Your Customer (KYC).

NISM announces the launch of NISM-IFSCA-01: Certification Course on Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing in the IFSC w.e.f. November 27, 2025.

The details of the NISM-IFSCA-01: Certification Course on Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing in the IFSC is given in Annexure – I and Annexure – II of this communiqué/press release.

The text of these annexures and the registration details will be made available at www.nism.ac.in.

–Sd–

Yogita Jadhav

Registrar

National Institute of Securities Markets

Enclosures: Annexure I and Annexure II

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