About ICE
International Compliance Education SRL (ICE) is the exclusive training arm of the International Compliance Association (ICA) for Romania and the wider region. We offer certificated and graduate/postgraduate courses leading to professional qualifications in the fields of anti money laundering, compliance and financial crime prevention. For beginners and experienced practitioners alike, our courses increase knowledge, improve skills and enhance understanding.
ICE has formed a strategic alliance with the ICA - www.int-comp.org - and with the Romanian Banking Institute (RBI) - www.ibr-rbi.ro - to create a career framework of qualifications and training in the fields of compliance, anti-money laundering and financial crime prevention in Romania. Qualifications will be awarded by ICA in association with the University of Manchester Business School (MBS) and training will be offered locally by ICE and RBI.
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in a strategic alliance with International Compliance Association (ICA) and the Romanian Banking Institute (RBI/IBR) we offer the following qualifications in the field of Anti Money Laundering, Compliance and Financial Crime Prevention:
LEVEL 1 - ADVANCED CERTIFICATES
LEVEL 2 - DIPLOMAS (GRADUATE LEVEL)
LEVEL 3 - CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (POSTGRADUATE LEVEL)
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- HFT adds value to the forex market, says Bank of England
Risk.net The effects of high-frequency trading activity should continue to be monitored, but the practice adds value to the forex market, argues a senior Bank of England official ... - Tax-News.com: Dutch Report Substantiates Need For Austerity Budget
Tax-News.com: The Dutch government has recently presented to parliament the Annual Financial Report for 2011, pointing to disappointing economic growth and to a shortfall in fiscal revenues last year, and... - Tax-News.com: Slovakian Lawmakers Back Fico's Austerity Programme
Tax-News.com: Following weeks of debate, the Slovakian parliament has finally adopted by 82 votes to 53 the governments austerity programme, designed to reduce the budget deficit from 4.8% currently to below 3% of... - Tax-News.com: Australia To Reform Not-For-Profit Sector Regulation
Tax-News.com: The Australian government is to introduce a new regulatory framework for the not-for-profit sector, to be overseen by an Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. The government will, however,... - Prosecutor’s office goes after Syrians, Libyans
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has opened criminal investigations into suspected money laundering activities by several people close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and to former Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi. ... - Former president defends Blocher
Former Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey has defended as “normal” Christoph Blocher’s role in passing on to her details of the private banking transactions of then Swiss National Bank president Philipp Hildebrand... - Alabama Bank's Failure Raises 2012 Total to 24
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed Alabama Trust Bank in Sylacauga on Friday, making it Alabama's first bank failure in more than a year. - Lower Dividend Yields Caused by Stronger Stock Prices
Bank stocks are up 13% this year, despite the recent swoon tied to JPMorgan Chase's trading snafu. That appreciation is pushing dividend yields down, leading some to wonder if banks will eventually raise quarterly... - Dimon's Role on N.Y. Fed Board Sparks Fierce Debate
The fallout of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s $2 billion trading loss has reignited old worries of just how close Wall Street is to one of its top regulators, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Politicians and consumer... - Banks' Bitcoin Influence May Rise as Dwolla's Declines
When the alternative payments provider Dwolla changed its terms of service earlier this month, it made it harder for users of the digital currency Bitcoin to use Dwolla as a funding source - and easier for banks to step... - Chase Reinsurance Deals Draw New York Regulator's Attacks
JPMorgan Chase & Co's high profit margin on insurance it forces customers to buy "doesn't smell right," New York's Superintendent of Financial Services declared in hearings on tangled incentives in the force-placed... - National Bank Holdings Corp. in Boston Relocating to Denver
National Bank Holdings in Boston is shifting its headquarters to Denver following a string of bank acquisitions in Colorado and nearby states. - Bank M&A Dealmakers Gotta Get Some Imagination
Put aside the bellyaching about the disappointing deals market. Focus instead on creative deals, nontraditional acquisitions and the nuances of what can be done within current regulations and economic realities, experts... - N.Y. Bank Caught by Dodd-Frank Seeks Relief from Congress
A House bill would exempt Emigrant Bank - and only Emigrant Bank - from a new capital requirement. - Banks, Credit Unions Spar (Again) Over Tax Exemption
Now that a proposal to give credit unions more business lending power has been tabled, banks and credit unions have resumed their long-running battle over taxes. - BankTennessee Release from Fed Order
BankTennessee in Collierville has been released from a two-year-old enforcement order after it improved its capital ratios and sharply reduced its concentration of commercial real estate and construction loans. - SunTrust Rolls Out Retirement Planning Tool
SunTrust Banks in Atlanta is tapping into Generation X and Baby Boomer angst with a well-named retirement planning tool it's launching today: Retirement Income Navigator. - Bank of Ann Arbor Gets Customers to Mock Competitors on Facebook
Bank of Ann Arbor has invited local residents to write billboards poking fun of larger out of town banks' alleged lack of local knowledge in a new ad campaign. - Insurers Hit on Force-Placed Practices
Accused of price-gouging, kickbacks and borrower mistreatment, insurers QBE and Assurant sparred with the New York Financial Services Department in a Thursday hearing on force-placed insurance. - No improvement in porting since Lehman, CCPs say
Risk.net The collapse of MF Global last year saw clearing houses struggle to port client collateral to other firms - repeating problems seen after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 2008 ... - Regions Wins Votes, Quizzed on Expenses at Annual Meeting
Shareholders voted in Regions Financial's favor on say on pay and other matters, but some investors pressed for more cost cuts at the Alabama bank like jettisoning the corporate jet. - Cooler Heads Must Prevail in Bank Fights with Shareholders
Avoid the bluster and the defensiveness, and focus on communication and steps to improve the bank, veterans of activist investor fights like John Palmer of PL Capital advise. - Forcing Firms to Admit Guilt Could Endanger Banks: Regulators
Financial regulators told a House panel Thursday that requiring banks to admit wrongdoing as a condition of settlements could raise safety and soundness concerns. - SunTrust Invests in Struggling Atlanta Community Bank
A minority-owned bank in Atlanta that is under orders from its regulators to add fresh capital is getting a shot in the arm from SunTrust Banks. - Dimon to Testify on JPM Trade Losses
The Senate Banking Committee announced Thursday that it has invited JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to testify about the firm's $2 billion trading loss. A bank spokeswoman said Dimon has agreed to testify. - United Community Banks in Ga. Receives SEC Subpoena
United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga., received a subpoena and a notice of formal investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission related to its deferred tax asset valuation allowances and goodwill... - Coutte leaves SG CIB
Risk.net Flow fixed-income and currencies co-head is latest in a series of senior sales and trading figures to leave the bank - UK utilities face swap counterparty shortage
Risk.net Bank downgrades could leave many structured finance transactions without acceptable swap providers - a potential nightmare for UK utilities - FirstMerit to Slash Hundreds of Jobs
Just weeks after Capital One Financial (COF) said it was cutting 500 assistant manager jobs at its branches, FirstMerit (FMER) in Akron, Ohio, announced this week that it would eliminate all assistant branch manager jobs... - First Financial Gains More Support in Battle with Stilwell
Activist investor Joseph Stilwell is not winning much outside support in his bid to force changes at First Financial Northwest (FFNW) in Renton, Wash. - Central Bank in Minn. to Acquire Struggling Florida Lender
Central Bank in Stillwater, Minn., is buying another distressed bank. - Deutsche Bank Largest Unsecured Creditor in ResCap Bankruptcy Filing
When Residential Capital Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week it left behind a trail of unsecured creditors with claims totaling well over $1 billion, according to court documents. - Refinancing Applications Spike by 13%
A 13% increase in refinance applications led to a 9.2% seasonally adjusted increase in overall application volume for the week ended May 11, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. - MBA: Delinquencies Continue to Fall, Late Payments at 7.4%
Mortgage delinquencies continued on their downward path in the first quarter with 7.4% of all loans considered past due, the lowest reading since the third quarter of 2008, according to new figures compiled by the... - Readiness of IFAs for Retail Distribution Review called into question
Risk.net Most independent financial advisers are still unprepared for the implementation of the FSA's Retail Distribution Review, according to market participants - Banks spend 25% of compliance budget on overseas regulation
Risk.net New research finds banks face steep extraterritorial compliance costs - Obama Has More Than $500K in Chase Account
Jamie Dimon may no longer be President Obama's favorite banker, but the president is still apparently a fan of Dimon's bank. - SAP Releases High-Speed Analytics Software for Banks
New programs based on the company's HANA in-memory database technology are intended to help banks analyze financial data and deposit transactions. - Ailing First Federal of Kentucky Selling Four More Branches
First Federal Savings Bank in Elizabethtown, Ky., is planning to sell four more of its branches as part of its ongoing effort to beef up its capital levels. - Banks consider OTF aggregation in response to Mifid
Risk.net Uncertainty over the future of single-dealer platforms under new European trading rules is prompting banks to consider price aggregation of OTC trading platforms - European certificates and leverage products see Q1 trading surge
Risk.net European exchanges record higher trading volumes in investment certificates and leverage products in the first quarter of the year - Fifth Third Rolls Out Smarter ATM
One drawback with most envelope-free automated teller machines is that checks and cash have to be deposited separately, but that could soon change for customers of Fifth Third Bank (FITB). - Union Bank's Oka Gains Lofty New Title
The Japanese parent of Union Bank in San Francisco announced Tuesday that the bank's chief executive, Masashi Oka, has taken on the additional title of CEO for the Americas. - FDIC to Release 1Q Earnings Details on May 24
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will give its next update on the health of the banking industry on May 24. - Isis Mobile Payments Build Momentum with New Merchants
The mobile payments venture Isis has already signed some major banking companies to its smartphone-based payment system. Its newly announced merchant roster likewise features big-name participants. - Sonabank of Va. Unloads Loans Acquired from Failed Bank
Less than a month after taking over a failed Maryland bank, Sonabank in McLean, Va., has unloaded the bulk of the problem loans it inherited in the deal. - Grand Bankshares in Florida Receives Fed Enforcement Order
Grand Bankshares in West Palm Beach, Fla., has been ordered by the Federal Reserve Board to serve as a source of strength for its struggling bank subsidiary. - Orrstown Financial CFO Departs
Bradley S. Everly, the chief financial officer at the ailing Orrstown Financial Services in Shippensburg, Pa., has resigned after 14 years on the job. - JPMorgan Loss Highlights Need for Financial Reform, Geithner Says
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Tuesday that the $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase makes a "powerful case" for the financial reforms being implemented under the Dodd-Frank Act. - Deposit, Reserve Charges Sink Earnings at Naugatuck
Naugatuck Valley Financial in Connecticut swung to a loss in the quarter that ended March 31 following its discovery that it had been underpaying interest on certain customers' certificate-of-deposit accounts. - Why structured products might benefit from the FSA's Retail Distribution Review
Risk.net Market participants in the UK are optimistic that the removal of commission in favour of fees for financial advice as part of the Financial Services Authority's Retail Distribution Review will... - A banker in the making
Thousands of jobs are being cut in the banking sector, but big banks still offer training programmes for future bankers. Even for those who make it, the days of job security and easy bonuses are over. - Senate Banking Committee Undecided on JPMorgan Hearing
The Senate Banking Committee has yet to decide whether it will call JPMorgan Chase officials to testify about the firm's $2 billion trading loss, according to a committee source. - Insider fraud rising, but controls improving, survey suggests
Risk.net Cifas study finds sharp rise in UK fraud by staff - The best press photos of 2012
Swiss Press Photo awards images published in the Swiss media. The 2012 top prize went to British photographer Mark Henley, who lives in Switzerland. He found a way of showing emotion and drama in the dry subject of the... - International Compliance Programs: Think Globally, Act Locally
Squaring the need for a single global ethics and compliance program with the diverse range of cultures around the world has never been easy. Monitoring and reporting tools help, but there's no substitute for in-person... - World Money Laundering Report Volume 11 Number 2 published 19 April 2012
World Money Laundering Report Volume 11 Number 2 FREE DOWNLOAD PERIOD EXPIRED 25 April 2011, 10 AM GMT Now available for Kindle/Kindle reader : To buy World Money Laundering Report Volume 11 Number 2 (USD9.99) click... - World Money Laundering Report Volume 11 No. 1 published 12 March 2012
12 March 2012 World Money Laundering Report Volume 11 Number 1 is published today and is available for free download by registered users for seven days. IN THIS ISSUE read more - FATF revises 40 Recommendations : Have Your Say
The Financial Action Task Force issued its latest revision of the Forty Recommendations - and it's by far the biggest revision in more than a decade. The 2012 issue of the R40 can be downloaded from the FATF website... - Get How Not To Be A Money Launderer (Kindle edition) FREE
A New Year's Gift from World Money Laundering Report Get How Not To Be A Money Launderer for Kindle and Kindle Readers ABSOLUTELY FREE. We have a little bit of fun to kick-start 2012. Let's see if we can make a textbook... - World Money Laundering Report archive now available in Kindle Library
London and Hong Kong 15 December 2011 Vortex Centrum Limited, the UK-based publishing arm of The Anti Money Laundering Network has today authorised Amazon.Com to release the currently available archive of World Money... - Vortex Centrum Ltd at last recovers WorldMoneyLaunderingReport.Com
London and Hong Kong: 26 November 2011 : 04:00 GMT The Anti Money Laundering Network is delighted to announce that its subsidiary Vortex Centrum Limited has, after several years of repeated attempts, at last gained... - Regulators Talk Export Control
Three regulators at Compliance Week 2011 gave a wide-ranging talk on how companies can manage the complex world of export-control law. It's not easy, Justice Department lawyer Jonathan Poling admitted. "You can't ...... - Delays and Difficulties Mar the Path to IFRS Adoption
A series of delays on accounting convergence projects will complicate the SEC's vow to decide this year whether to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards for U.S. companies. Indications of the SEC's thinking... - Bribery Act Guidance Retreats, Still Fails to Deliver Clarity
The British government has finally given prosecutors the green light to start enforcing the country's tough new Bribery Act starting July 1—and also published eagerly awaited guidance suggesting that the... - Libyan Sanctions Give Banks Compliance Headaches
After the Obama Administration imposed economic sanctions against Libya, U.S. banks uncovered $32 billion in tainted assets belonging to Libyan officials and the Libyan government. The funds now represent a compliance... - An Expensive Lesson on FCPA Compliance
Compliance officers looking for the latest guidance on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act might want to read a sweeping joint settlement reached earlier this monthwhich was bad news for the six companies involved, but... - IRS Seeks Input on Foreign Withholding Rules
Multinational corporations with foreign operations are facing new tax compliance headaches, thanks to the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Treasury pursuing offshore accounts they suspect are hiding from... - Guidance on Bribery Act Still Disappoints
The British government has begun to provide specific guidance on how companies can avoid prosecution under the countrys tough new anti-bribery laws, but it will be little comfort to compliance executivesespecially those... - U.K. Enforcement Agencies Brace for Shake-Up
Britains new coalition government is pushing ahead with its promise to dismantle the countrys Financial Services Authority and create a new agency to fight white-collar crime. But already concerns are emerging that the... - Tips on Tax Compliance for Foreign Withholding Rules
The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Treasury are moving ahead with new rules that will greatly expand the reporting and disclosure requirements for payments made to foreign financial institutionsbut they... - Doing Business in Europe? Know Your Competition Law
A senior business leader recently gave me high praisefor the compliance business, at least. Youve done a great job brainwashing us about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, he said. Now you have to do the same with EU... - EU Plans Governance Advances for 2010
2010 is shaping up to be a year where the European Union will implement previously planned measures to tighten the screws of financial regulation. The question is whether those efforts will line up with reform plans... - Corporate India Strives to Hit 2011 IFRS Goal
When India announced in 2007 that it would fully adopt International Financial Reporting Standards by 2011, nobody doubted it would. Two years later nobody is quite so sure. - Positive Signs From China on Regulation
Compliance executives should take note of a spate of new tax rules from the Chinese government for two reasons: first, the nuts-and-bolts headache of obeying the laws; and second, for the deeper message Chinese... - State Secrets, Business Information in China
The broad contours of the dispute between mining conglomerate Rio Tinto and the Chinese governmenthardball business tactics, espionage charges, four Rio employees under arrestare enough to leave any compliance officer... - Britain Proposes SOX-Like Change to Tax Reporting
Large British companies and foreign businesses that pay U.K. taxes are suddenly facing a big increase in their tax compliance costs, thanks to a surprise proposal announced in the governments recent budget. - Financial Reporting Summit Outlines Problems
World leaders at the G-20 summit in London last week pledged to make accounting reform a pillar of their efforts to restore stability to the global financial system. Accounting rulemakers meeting in the city at the same... - Once Feared, China Labor Law Eases Its Bite
The Chinese Labor Contract Law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2008, amid suspicions that it might be used to force Western companies into compliance with the whim of whatever Chinese regulator happened to use it. - U.S. Regulatory Arm Stretches to U.K.
The long arm of U.S. regulatory compliance is now reaching ever more deeply into overseas corporations—even, when necessary, reaching over the shoulder of local regulators not enforcing their own standards to U.S.... - China Whets Its Enforcement Appetite
For most of the last decade, China seemed to take a light approach on regulatory enforcement; it worried that strict application of its many laws, rules, and regulations would scare off investors when the economy could... - Struggling for Coherent Reforms Globally
Expect 2009 to be hectic year for international corporate governance and compliance. - Shop Talk: Best Practices on Fraud Risks
When it comes to managing fraud risk, compliance and internal audit executives say the toughest challenge isn’t winning support from the board or top management; it’s winning over everyone else in the company. ... - Global Turmoil Triggers EU Regulatory Reform
In the shadow of the global financial crisis, the European Parliament has plunged into a wholesale overhaul of Europe’s legislation to supervise its financial markets. From banks to insurance companies to credit-rating... - EC on Fair Value; Sustainability Reporting Rises; More
The European Commission has decided not to make unilateral changes to the way that the fair-value rules in International Financial Reporting Standards are applied in Europe—an idea that would have undermined the... - Japan Moves Closer to International Accounting Standards
The United States is not the only nation moving in fits and starts down the long—long—road to International Financial Reporting Standards. On the other side of the world, Japan is making the same trek, and finding... - FSA Short-Sale Ban; CSA Revamps Exec Pay; ERM; More
British financial firms face a tougher regulatory environment after Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged to “clean up” business practices in the City of London. - Increased Enforcement of FCPA Violations
Note to compliance officers: If you aren’t already seriously worried about being ensnared by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, you should be. - China’s SOX: A Pipe Dream at Best
If Chinese authorities could have their way, all public companies in that country would begin complying with “CSOX”—China’s version of governance and financial reporting akin to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the... - EU Auditors: EuroSox Misses the Mark
Public companies in the European Union’s 27 member states should be complying with “EuroSox” by the end of the summer to establish a pan-European framework for governance and financial reporting akin to the... - PwC on Pay; EU Shirks Audit Reform; More
Non-executive directors at British companies are still enjoying tidy pay rises, but the rate of increase has leveled off and directors are expected to work harder for their money, according to a study by...