Introduction To Cross Border Payments

A comprehensive course covering all aspects of Cross border payments.

What you'll learn

Understand cross border payments

Understand correspondent banking

Understand how Payment system models work

Understand SWIFT messages used in cross border payments

Understand foreign exchange market

Understand the serial and cover payment methods used in cross border payments

Requirements

No requirements or prerequisites for this course.

Description

I recollect my early days as a Business Analyst. I joined a consulting organisation as a fresh recruit after MBA and my first project dealt with Payments. As someone with no background around this domain, I had to rely heavily on my senior colleagues, had loads of questions, at times I would think that it's a stupid question and end up not asking it. I had to google a lot of things and compile the tons of unstructured information available on the internet so that I could apply it in my project.  My initial few months were definitely a nightmare. I felt less confident going into client meetings and hardly contributed to the discussions. Of course over a period of time my knowledge grew and I got into the game.As I look back on those years, I wish there was a course I could do which would have made my life easier. Unfortunately there wasn't. That is why today, after spending a considerable time in the Payments industry, I decided to create this course for anyone who is or was in a similar situation.Cross border payments are as one of the most complex topics in payments industry. The reason for it is because it involves many countries and currencies. The transactions go through multiple systems in interbank networks, Banks and Corporations. When people teach Cross border payments, the tendency is to directly go through the SWIFT standards and start looking at message types like MT103 or MT202 that are used for cross-border payments.My belief is that this is not the right approach. This is because many other crucial things must be understood initially. I had to struggle with cross border payments myself. But with the time I discover 4 key concepts that I think can help you to avoid the frustrations and the pains I went through. Once you have understood these principles and strategies, you will see that cross border payments are not as complex as you may think and you will be able to analyse many scenarios and cases that you will encounter in your projects with confidence. If not, at least ask the right set of questions.This course will give you everything you need to kick start your journey in the world of payments.This course is not a quick pill to become an expert. That takes years of professional experience. However, this course will cover all the fundamentals and help you in applying them to any real time project scenarios. What do I get with this course?In this course, you will learn about: 4 key concepts of cross border payments SWIFT BIC codeSWIFT messages and standardsDeep dive into MT103Serial and Cover payments flow with real SWIFT messages examplesWho is this course for?This course is designed for anyone who:is a fresher and joined a Payments team as a Consultant/BA/Product Owner or Project Managerwants to learn the basics of cross border paymentswants to expand their domain knowledgeis looking for better opportunities at work or outside is aspiring to gain professional credibilityNo prior knowledge of Payments is needed for this course.

Overview

Section 1: Course Introductions

Lecture 1 Welcome

Lecture 2 Why this course?

Lecture 3 Course Structure

Lecture 4 Value Adds

Lecture 5 About me

Section 2: 4 key concepts in Cross Border Payments

Lecture 6 Overview

Section 3: Payment System models

Lecture 7 Payment System Models - Type 1 and 2

Lecture 8 Anatomy of Payment System

Section 4: Correspondent banking

Lecture 9 What is correspondent banking?

Lecture 10 Correspondent account relationship

Lecture 11 Unilateral account relationship

Lecture 12 Bilateral account relationship

Lecture 13 Usage of correspondent accounts

Lecture 14 Correspondent network

Section 5: SWIFT Network & standards

Lecture 15 SWIFT network and standards

Section 6: Foreign Exchange

Lecture 16 Currency Types

Lecture 17 Foreign Exchange Market

Lecture 18 Foreign Exchange

Section 7: Key learnings from 4 key concepts

Lecture 19 Key learning from 4 key concepts

Section 8: SWIFT BIC code

Lecture 20 SWIFT BIC Code

Section 9: SWIFT messages & standards

Lecture 21 Message Categories

Lecture 22 Message Identifiers

Lecture 23 Message Blocks

Lecture 24 Message Block Elements

Section 10: Swift MT103 decrypted

Lecture 25 MT103 description

Lecture 26 MT103 message format

Lecture 27 Sample MT103

Section 11: SWIFT MT202 COV decrypted

Lecture 28 SWIFT MT202 COV

Section 12: Cover & Serial Payments

Lecture 29 Cover and Serial Payment overview

Section 13: Cover Payments - a deep dive

Lecture 30 Cover Payment overview

Lecture 31 MT103 announcement message

Lecture 32 MT103 announcement (Populated message)

Lecture 33 1st MT202 COV message

Lecture 34 1st MT202 COV message (populated MT202 COV)

Lecture 35 2nd MT202 COV message

Lecture 36 2nd MT202 COV message (populated message)

Lecture 37 MT910 message (narrative)

Lecture 38 MT910 (populated message)

Lecture 39 MT950 message (narrative)

Lecture 40 MT950 message (populated message 1/2)

Lecture 41 MT950 message (populated message 2/2)

Section 14: Serial Payments - a deep dive

Lecture 42 Serial Payment overview

Lecture 43 1st Mt103 message

Lecture 44 1st Mt103 message (populated message)

Lecture 45 2nd MT103 message

Lecture 46 2nd MT103 message (populated message)

Lecture 47 3rd MT103 message

Lecture 48 3rd MT103 message (populated message)

Section 15: Summary - Cover & serial payments

Lecture 49 Summary - Cover & serial payments

Section 16: Summary

Lecture 50 Course summary and conclusion

Section 17: Test your understanding

Business Analysts,Consultants,Product Owners,Project Managers,Program Managers,QA/Testers,Scrum Masters,Bankers,Developers,Anyone looking to making a career move into Payments domain