FICA Compliance for Accountants: What 2025 Demands
To help professional accountants understand and apply the latest FICA compliance requirements for 2025, with practical guidance, real-world examples, and clear answers to common problems.
What will set you apart
By completing this course you will gain the following competencies
- By attending this webinar you will gain the following competencies
- ✅ Understand what full FICA compliance really means for your practice in 2025
- ✅ Learn how to build, review and improve your RMCP with confidence
- ✅ Know exactly what to do during onboarding, risk assessments, and reporting
- ✅ Avoid the most common mistakes that trigger fines and failed inspections
- ✅ Stay up to date with new legal changes, FATF greylisting, and what’s coming next
Event breakdown
- South Africa and the FATF greylist: Where things stand and what it means for FICA
- The FICA checklist: What full compliance looks like in 2025
- Self-assessment: Are you doing FICA right or missing key steps?
- The RMCP: How often should you update it, and what must it include?
- Legal updates: What changes are coming in the law—and how to prepare
- Reporting requirements: SARs vs STRs explained simply
- Onboarding requirements: Screening, verification, red flags and recordkeeping
- Ongoing obligations: Risk reviews, monitoring and keeping things up to date
Description
FICA compliance continues to be a major concern for professional accountants, and for good reason. The rules are technical, the expectations keep changing, and many practices aren’t sure if they’re doing it correctly. This session gives you the clarity and direction you need—without jargon or theory.
Led by a specialist who’s helped dozens of accountants prepare for and pass FIC inspections, this webinar focuses on what works. You’ll learn what your RMCP must contain, how to manage client onboarding, and what to expect from upcoming changes. It’s about gaining confidence in your systems—not just avoiding penalties, but doing compliance properly.
You will earn a certificate
On successful completion you will receive a certificate for 3 CPD units in Financial Reporting.
Requirements
- Laptop, desktop, or mobile device with internet access
- Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, or Firefox browser