FCPA

What FCPA does

FCPA Group AS is a Norwegian specialist competence center dedicated to anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime prevention, headquartered in Lysaker near Oslo and operating across the Nordic region. The firm is organized around two pillars: an Advisory division offering compliance support, risk reviews, interim AML experts, and retainer-based expert assistance for banks, insurers, and non-financial reporting entities; and an Academy division delivering the Masterclass 2.0 subscription suite — three role-based quarterly digital programs (AHV Operations, AHV Governance, AHV Compliance) — plus custom corporate training and themed events such as the Terrorist Financing Conference and Investigation & Reporting Day. Service delivery is standardized on Microsoft Teams live sessions with on-demand recordings, and the company is privately held with 6 employees as of the data snapshot.

The business model blends recurring subscription revenue (annual Masterclass seats with certificates and a professional resource library) with professional services revenue (hourly advisory, fixed-hour retainers, and bespoke training) across four primary verticals: banking and finance, law firms, accounting and auditing, and real estate. The non-financial entity coverage is delivered in collaboration with strategic partner Stø. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based with group discounts available. Founded in 2023 by a team whose credentials include prior roles at DNB, FCG (now Advisense), Selmer law firm, and the Norwegian police, FCPA is positioned as the Nordic region's only ongoing subscription-based competence program in AML, with distribution driven primarily by the personal brands of its partners and direct enterprise engagement rather than broad marketing spend.

The customer base is described as 'hundreds of professionals from banks, insurance companies, and reporting entities,' but no specific logos or revenue figures are disclosed. The company is privately held, reports no funding rounds, and operates without any disclosed AI/ML technology layer — its product is fundamentally human-expert-led knowledge services, which both protects it from generic e-learning commoditization and constrains its ability to scale beyond the delivery capacity of its small team.

Name

FCPA

Legal name

FCPA Group AS

Website

https://fcpa.no

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FCPA Group AS is a Norwegian AML and financial crime prevention specialist serving Nordic banks, insurers, law firms, accountants, and real estate firms with advisory services and a subscription-based Masterclass training suite delivered via Microsoft Teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AML Compliance Training & Advisory Services

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAFAE

Financial Crime, AML/CFT & Sanctions Compliance

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Risk, Compliance & Governance Advisory

SECONDARYEDABADAD

Financial Crime Compliance (AML/KYC/Sanctions)

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Compliance, Ethics & Regulatory Training

SECONDARYBPAHAFAL

Fraud Risk Management & Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC)

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Risk, Compliance & Governance Advisory

SECONDARYBPAKADAL

Fraud Risk & Financial Crime Controls Advisory

Business & Public Services/Security & Investigations Services/Security Consulting, Risk Assessment & Audits

Keywords

• Anti-money laundering training
• AML compliance advisory
• Financial crime prevention
• Compliance masterclass programs
• AML risk review services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lysaker

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Training and Masterclass Subscriptions: Annual subscription programs for professional AML training delivered via quarterly live digital sessions. Includes masterclasses in governance, compliance, and operations for banking, finance, law firms, accounting, auditing, and real estate sectors.
2. Advisory and Compliance Support Services: Flexible advisory services including interim AML experts, fixed-hour retainers, and targeted compliance assessments for financial institutions and non-financial reporting entities. Billed hourly depending on seniority and scope.
3. Custom Training Programs: Tailored internal courses for organizations with specific needs, covering AML/CTF responsibilities, risk awareness, typologies, insider threats, and anti-corruption. Delivered as recurring courses or one-off internal sessions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

FCPA delivers specialized anti-money laundering (AML) advisory and an ongoing competence program for Nordic financial institutions and non-financial reporting entities. The Academy pillar offers three role-based quarterly subscription Masterclasses (Operations, Governance, Compliance) delivered digitally via Microsoft Teams with on-demand recordings, while the Advisory pillar provides interim AML experts, hourly retainers, GAP analyses, risk reviews, and tailored corporate training. Customers include banks, insurance companies, law firms, accounting/auditing firms, and real estate agencies across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland.

Product overview

FCPA is a Norwegian financial crime prevention competence center organized into Advisory Services and Academy divisions. The Advisory Services pillar provides compliance support, risk reviews, and training for financial institutions and non-financial entities across banking, law firms, accounting, and property sectors. The Academy pillar centers on the Masterclass 2.0 program, offering three role-based quarterly subscription courses—AHV Operations Masterclass 2.0 for operational AML staff, AHV Governance Masterclass 2.0 for AML officers and managers, and AHV Compliance Masterclass 2.0 for compliance officers—all delivered via live digital sessions with recordings available.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AHV Operations Masterclass 2.0 Quarterly digital training subscription for AML operational staff at banks, insurance companies, and reporting entities. Covers investigation methods, OSINT, risk frameworks, and regulatory changes, delivered via four live digital sessions per year with on-demand recordings, course certificates, and resource library access.
• AHV Governance Masterclass 2.0 Quarterly digital training subscription for AML officers and managers responsible for anti-money laundering governance at financial institutions and reporting entities. Covers regulatory changes, supervisory reports, trends, and AMLR preparation across four live digital sessions per year.
• AHV Compliance Masterclass 2.0 Quarterly digital training subscription for compliance officers and internal control responsible parties. Covers quarterly regulatory updates, best practices, and operationalization of compliance frameworks across four live digital sessions per year.
• Advisory and Compliance Support Services Flexible advisory services providing interim AML experts, fixed-hour retainers, and targeted compliance assistance for financial institutions and non-financial reporting entities. Specialists integrate with client teams to fill resource gaps and ensure ongoing regulatory compliance, billed hourly depending on seniority and scope.
• Risk Reviews for Financial Institutions Detailed AML assessments for financial institutions, including annual health checks, GAP analyses of compliance and internal controls, and evaluations of training programs to identify regulatory gaps, improve oversight, and strengthen AML effectiveness.
• Risk Reviews for Non-Financial Entities Structured AML assessments for non-financial firms, delivered in collaboration with partner Stø. Services include annual AML health checks for small and mid-sized organizations, GAP analyses for larger firms, and external evaluations of internal control systems and business-specific risk assessments, especially for real estate agencies.
• Custom Training for Organizations Tailored internal courses for organizations with specific AML/CTF training needs, covering AML/CTF responsibilities, risk awareness, typologies, insider threats, and anti-corruption. Delivered as recurring courses or one-off internal sessions for boards, management, and staff across financial institutions and non-financial reporting entities.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• StøcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Stø to provide comprehensive advisory and interim services for non-financial reporting entities. Through this partnership, FCPA offers AML/compliance specialist placement on a temporary basis, internal controls support, and retainer-based expert assistance. Services include annual AML health checks, GAP analyses, external evaluations of internal control systems, and business-specific risk assessments especially for real estate agencies. Training collaboration covers annual courses for boards, executives, and employees in real estate, commercial real estate, law firms, accounting, and auditing firms.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Silent Eight: Silent Eight delivers AI-driven name and transaction screening for AML and sanctions, serving the same compliance teams FCPA trains and increasingly intersecting with FCPA's KYC/CDD/EDD curriculum as automation reshapes operational practice.
• Napier AI: Napier AI provides AML transaction-monitoring and financial-crime compliance platforms used by banks and fintechs, complementing FCPA's operational AML training and representing an adjacent emerging player in the Nordic AML stack.

Direct peers

• ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists): ACAMS is the global standard-setter for AML certifications and ongoing training, offering subscription-style competency programs aimed at the same operational, governance, and compliance practitioner audiences FCPA targets in the Nordics.
• International Compliance Association (ICA): ICA delivers ongoing compliance and AML qualifications and CPD-style training to financial services professionals in Europe, directly overlapping FCPA's role-based masterclasses and recurring-subscription delivery model.
• Advisense: Advisense (formerly Nordic consulting firm FCG) is a Nordic risk, compliance, and governance advisory where FCPA's founders previously worked. It directly competes for AML advisory and training mandates at Nordic financial institutions and reporting entities with overlapping leadership pedigrees.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte (Nordic Risk Advisory / Financial Crime): Deloitte's Nordic Risk Advisory practice delivers AML advisory, KYC transformation, and corporate training that overlap materially with FCPA's services, especially when bundled into broader risk and regulatory engagements.
• EY (Nordic Financial Services Risk Management / Forensic): EY's Nordic Financial Services Risk and Forensic teams provide AML compliance support, training, and internal-control assessments to banking and reporting-entity clients, competing on scope and brand depth.
• PwC (Nordic Financial Crime practice): PwC operates a broad Nordic Risk and Financial Crime practice that bundles AML advisory, training, and assurance for the same bank, insurer, and reporting-entity clients, often competing head-to-head with FCPA's retainer and risk-review engagements.
• KPMG (Nordic Forensic / Financial Crime): KPMG's Nordic Forensic and Financial Crime units offer AML/CTF advisory, training programs, and managed compliance services to financial institutions, making KPMG a wide-portfolio incumbent competitor to FCPA's specialist offering.
• Wolters Kluwer (OneSumX / Compliance Learning): Wolters Kluwer provides global AML/KYC technology (OneSumX) and compliance-elearning content that overlaps FCPA's training delivery and risk-assessment methodologies, particularly for institutions seeking integrated platforms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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