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Moraph Certified Financial Services Specialist: certification training

Prepare for the Moraph Certified Financial Services Specialist exam with condensed reviews of the six required courses, worked scenarios, knowledge checks and a practice exam.

Practitioner1 hr 34 min14 lessonsFor Users, Administrators, Implementation partnersCertificate of completion

Lesson plan (printable)

About this course

This course prepares you for the Moraph Certified Financial Services Specialist exam. It explains what the certification covers, how the adaptive exam works and how it is scored, then reviews the six required courses in condensed form: the AML & SAR Automation Hub, Vendor Risk Management, the credit union and bank operations products, the wealth and capital markets compliance products, the risk, capital and model governance products, and the managed security platforms. Each review lesson works through realistic scenarios and ends with the key points you should be able to recall on exam day.

Use it alongside the required courses, not instead of them. Start with the first module and the study plan exercise to find your weak spots, go back to the full course for any topic that feels unfamiliar, and use the knowledge checks to confirm you've closed the gap. Take the practice exam last, when you think you're ready. It doesn't count towards certification, but it shows you the mix of topics and difficulty you'll meet in the real exam.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain what the Moraph Certified Financial Services Specialist certification covers and how the adaptive exam routes and scores your answers
  • Build a study plan that maps each required course to its key topics and your own weak spots
  • Recall the key concepts, roles, approvals and limits of the BSA/AML, third-party risk, bank operations, wealth compliance, model governance and security platform products
  • Apply separation of duties, confidentiality and "who decides" reasoning to realistic scenarios across all six courses
  • Recognize where each product's role ends and your institution's judgment, counsel or vendors take over
  • Test your readiness with a practice exam drawn from all six required courses

Skills you’ll gain

  • BSA/AML operations
  • Third-party risk management
  • Credit union and bank operations
  • Broker-dealer and wealth compliance
  • Model and capital governance
  • Financial institution security platforms

Before you start

  • A free Moraph account
  • Completion of, or familiarity with, the required courses for the certification

Syllabus

5 modules · 9 readings · 1 practical exercise · 4 assessments

  1. Module 1The certification and the exam

    1. Reading: The certification at a glanceReading · 5 min
    2. Reading: How the adaptive exam worksReading · 6 min
    3. Reading: Planning your preparation and exam dayReading · 6 min
    4. Practical exercise: Practical: build your study planPractical exercise · 5 min

  2. Module 2Review: BSA/AML and third-party risk

    1. Reading: Review: AML & SAR Automation HubReading · 6 min
    2. Reading: Review: Vendor Risk ManagementReading · 6 min
    3. Assessment: Knowledge check: BSA/AML and third-party riskAssessment · 6 min

  3. Module 3Review: bank operations and wealth compliance

    1. Reading: Review: credit union and bank operations productsReading · 6 min
    2. Reading: Review: wealth and capital markets complianceReading · 5 min
    3. Assessment: Knowledge check: bank operations and wealth complianceAssessment · 6 min

  4. Module 4Review: model governance and security platforms

    1. Reading: Review: risk, capital and model governanceReading · 6 min
    2. Reading: Review: managed security platformsReading · 5 min
    3. Assessment: Knowledge check: model governance and security platformsAssessment · 6 min

  5. Module 5Practice exam

    1. Assessment: Practice examAssessment · 20 min

What completion gives you

Complete every lesson and pass each assessment to complete the course. You then get a completion record in My learning, and a certificate of completion you can print or share, with a code anyone can check at academy.moraph.com/verify.

Completion is not certification

Course completion records and certificates of completion show that a person completed a Moraph Academy course. They are not a Moraph certification (which needs the certification exam), a professional license or an accreditation, and they do not authorize anyone to configure, operate, resell or support Moraph products on Moraph’s or anyone else’s behalf.

Course updates

  • Version 1 · · First version.