The Cards & Payments Industry professional Course is designed to help you understand the dramatic way in which product and payment services have changed. This shift is driven by businesses and consumers as their habits and preferences adapt to new ways of living and working.

The Cards & Payments course provides a comprehensive insight into the end-to-end world of card, payments and Interchange. Key insights from this course will open up your understanding of this this vast, complex ecosystem, for an even greater appreciation of present challenges, emerging trends and new opportunities.

• Understand the role participants play, and how these are governed and regulated to provide a safe, predictable business environment.
• Learn how different types of payments suit different segments, which are growing and declining and more based on macro-economics and shifting consumer preferences.
• Gain inside insight into the sub-industries working behind the scenes to keep e-commerce and the payments economy ticking.
• Learn how merchant acquiring and issuing works, how the competitive landscape is changing, and the role financial institutions play in this space. Also look at the key players and the revenue and cost flows across card issuing and acquiring and see where the opportunities lie.
• Learn how 3- and 4-party card schemes differ and grasp the key features of EMV and CUPS and how EMV transaction is processed and more…