Cards and Payments Professional
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Introduction
Objective
Who should attend
Individuals and organisations are seeking out non-face-to-face ways to accept and process payments. Everyone, from card issuers and acquirers to gateways and switches, Banks and Payments providers must continue to embrace new technologies and keep pace.
The Cards and Payments Professional Training Course provides the breadth of best practices for managing a cards and payments business, from the essential business acumen to the advanced competencies required to lead a profitable and sustainable cards and payments business.
The course covers how payment cards e.g. credit/debit cards are issued, how the transactions are processed, the use of Switch in card payments and all important aspects of card and mobile payment processes.
Course Outline
Fundamentals of Cards and Payments
- Overview of the evolution of payment systems
- Identifying key players in the payments ecosystem:
- Card issuers
- Acquirers
- Processors
- Networks
- Discovering types of card products and their features:
- Credit card
- Debit card
- Prepaid card
- Corporate card
- Describing card acceptance devices:
- POS terminals
- Mobile payments
- Contactless payments
- Identifying the role of major card schemes and networks in the industry:
- Visa
- Mastercard
- American Express
- Determining the role of payment gateways and payment service providers (PSPs) in the payment ecosystem
