Financial authorities plan to support financial companies so they can proactively strengthen their anti-money laundering (AML) capabilities to effectively respond to recently more advanced and diversified money laundering risks.
The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on the 24th announced the "2026 AML/CFT education operation plan."
Specifically, it will advance AML training based on on-site demand, strengthen risk response capabilities against new types of money laundering, and establish a reasonable training evaluation system.
In addition, through commissioned research, the FIU will establish an AML education operation roadmap that reflects demand by industry and job function, and reorganize the education system with an on-site focus from a mid- to long-term perspective. It aims to build a public-private collaboration framework involving industry associations by sector, private education institutions, and inspection consignment institutions so the entire process from education to system implementation and inspections is organically connected.
To prepare for new money laundering risks linked to transnational crimes and crimes that harm people's livelihoods, it will also build practical response capabilities. For sectors such as venture investment, where education implementation levels have been low, it will introduce customized curricula to narrow gaps in AML response capabilities between sectors.
It also decided to strengthen follow-up measures by focusing on whether training was implemented for indicators that performed poorly in system implementation evaluations during inspections. It will introduce a certification system for excellent training programs and grant extra credit for training performance in system implementation evaluations.
It will enhance incentives for the Testing of Proficiency in Anti-Money Laundering Competency (TPAC) certification and expand opportunities for professional networking to raise public awareness of AML expertise.
An FIU official said, "We plan to actively support financial companies so they can effectively build anti-money laundering capabilities."