Emerging Payments Academy – Merchant Acquiring

Start:12 Mar 18 09:00 AM (Event is over)
End:12 Mar 18 05:00 PM
Location:Emerging Payments Academy, 3rd Floor, Colechurch House, 1 London Bridge Walk, London SE1 2SX, UK

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Understanding the ecosystem, opportunity, risk and regulation 

Learn everything about the flow of payments between the customer or card-holder and the merchant or retailer.

This data-rich, insightful one-day course dissects the payments ecosystem and explores the roles of the different stakeholders. Through clearly signposted sections it reveals payments economic models and pricing, the complexities of settlement, international variations and implications, merchant signing and lifecycles, data security, chargebacks and dispute management, risks and relevant regulations.

Monday 12 March 2018 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM GMT
Mid‐morning and afternoon refreshments and lunch are provided

Emerging Payments Academy, 3rd Floor, Colechurch House, 1 London Bridge Walk, London SE1 2SX, United Kingdom
Tel: 02073789890

Members £525 + VAT / Non‐Members £700 + VAT
Group booking and multiple‐course booking discounts are available.

Trainer: Stanley Skoglund
Stanley is a seasoned payments industry professional with extensive leadership experience in domestic and international card payments, products, authentication, innovation and a wide range of risk issues, as well as deep knowledge of the drivers for innovation and regulatory developments in Europe and globally.

Who should attend?
• Payment Service Providers, merchants, ISOs; investors and other professionals in the payments field, with a basic understanding of Merchant Acquiring
• Relevant to roles including legal, regulatory, risk, pricing, compliance, underwriting, technology, business modelling and sales
• Particularly suitable for relatively new staff or those moving from a different role or segment

Course content
• Economic models
• Roles in Merchant Acquiring
• Different types of acquirer
• Different types of merchant
• Payment system rules
• Chargebacks and fraud
• Cross-border acquiring
• Underwriting and risk
• High-risk merchant verticals
• Alternative payments (non-card)
• Current and impending regulations

What will you gain?
• Improved understanding of the environment and the available opportunities
• Better able to negotiate and collaborate
• Business-oriented overview of merchant acquiring
• Insights into the key disciplines involved
• Understanding of the key issues and business drivers in merchant acquiring