Payments in Practice – Product, Tech, and Risk

Target Audience: Mid-level professionals in product, risk, or operations
Format: Hybrid
Duration: 10 sessions (2 hours each)
Price: 1200 GEL
Objective: Bridge the gap between theory and real-world implementation.

Program Outline

  1. Advanced Payment Product Design – Lifecycle of a card product, BIN sponsorship, and white-label programs
  2. API Economy in Payments – APIs for tokenization, onboarding, settlements, and webhooks
  3. Merchant Risk & Onboarding – KYB, transaction monitoring, merchant category codes (MCC)
  4. Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) – BNPL, A2A, crypto, e-wallets
  5. Acquiring Strategies – Cross-border acquiring, multicurrency, dynamic currency conversion (DCC)
  6. Card Scheme Rules Deep Dive – Scheme compliance and reporting obligations
  7. Fraud Strategy & Tools – Machine learning in fraud detection, rule engines
  8. Dispute Resolution Masterclass – Evidence submission, fraud/friendly fraud, win-rate improvement
  9. Case Study: Payment Flow Optimization – Reduce friction while maintaining compliance
  10. Workshop: Real Payment Product Pitch – Design and present a payments product with a go-to-market plan