Payments Training for Banks and Fintechs
Payments training teaches how money moves between accounts: card schemes, SEPA and instant transfers, cross-border payments and the rules behind them. Banks, payment institutions and the fintechs that sell to them send product, operations, compliance and IT staff. Dates of payments events are in the calendar further down.
What payments training courses cover
Introductory courses share a core. PayEd teaches #101 in Payments live over Zoom on two days, with card schemes, cross-border, digital and real-time payments, open data, innovation and regulation, for professionals moving into payments and leaders refreshing their knowledge. The Electronic Transactions Association sells Payments 101 as a self-paced online course of four modules and about four hours, with a final exam and a digital badge.
Febelfin Academy in Belgium goes further with its Qualified Payments Expert track (in French): four classroom days on European payments, cross-border payments, cards and point-of-sale payments, and trends and new entrants, each closed by a test that needs 60 percent to pass. It is open to payments, IT, audit and compliance staff, customer advisers and managers.
New rules in the syllabus
Recent EU law adds material to any payments course. The Instant Payments Regulation required payment service providers in the euro area to receive instant credit transfers in euro by January 9, 2025 and to send them by October 9, 2025. Stablecoins under MiCA, the Wero wallet of the European Payments Initiative and the planned digital euro are newer subjects next to SEPA and cards.
Upcoming payments events
Finance Loop and payments training
Finance Loop supported When Banks Say 'No', a half-day payments seminar in Frankfurt for compliance, treasury, finance, export and legal staff on sanctions, de-risking and digital assets in cross-border payments. It supported the Bybit EU x Circle Roadshow in Frankfurt, with panels on stablecoins, USDC and EURC, and it is a strategic partner of the Digital Euro Association.
The Finance Loop Academy lists payments formats such as Stablecoins 101 and The Future of Payments, and teams can ask for a private workshop in English or German.
What does payments training cover?
In the courses named above: card schemes and payment networks, SEPA and instant transfers, cross-border payments, open banking data and the regulation of payments. The Febelfin track adds point-of-sale payments and new market entrants.
Is there a payments certification?
Febelfin Academy awards Qualified Payments Expert after four tests, and the Electronic Transactions Association issues a digital badge for Payments 101 after a final exam.
How long does payments training take?
About four hours for the self-paced Payments 101, two days for PayEd's live course and four classroom days for the Febelfin track.
Is there payments training in Frankfurt?
Finance Loop payments events have taken place in Frankfurt, among them When Banks Say 'No' at the NEXTOWER. The page on payments in Frankfurt names the institutions and events in the city.
Payments Training and Finance Loop
Finance Loop supported a payments seminar in Frankfurt on sanctions, de-risking and digital assets, and brings people from banks, payment institutions and fintechs together at its events. Finance Loop places payments in its Payments & Digital Money track.
Finance Loop is a professional network and has the goal of driving the adoption of emerging technologies in finance, such as AI, digital payments, cloud and blockchain solutions. Finance Loop helps its members build skills and personal networks in these fields: Investment & Digital Assets, Payments & Digital Money, Digital Infrastructure & Sovereignty, and Risk & Compliance.