Course overview
In our ten year history of providing training courses via our training academy, we have provided close to 1000 courses and workshops, where our trainers and our materials have been rated by attendees between 'good' and 'excellent'.
Learning never stops
New technologies are developing every day and whilst you may be an expert in one area, you might require substantial information from another perspective in order to gain an advantage. On both a business level as well as a personal level. We provide training courses in the domains of payment, mobile, transport and ID management.
Payment
Payment Systems & Banking Infrastructure
This training course provides an excellent overview of what a ‘payment system’ is and points out the characteristics of the different payment systems. By attending this training course it will become clear why information exchange is the fundamental core of a modern banking system.
Card Payments: Issuing & Acquiring
The Card Payments - Issuing & Acquiring training course provides a general overview of the card payment landscape and different categories and technologies of card payments are defined. It discusses the roles and responsibilities for all actors involved (the 4 corner model). The drivers behind the developments both on business and technical level are explained. The lifecycle of cards, terminal and transaction processing is pointed out, and the challenges for the issuer and/or acquirer in the chain are addressed.
SEPA
The SEPA training course is specifically targeted at those who want to obtain insight into the impact of SEPA on their company, as a result of the PSD, the SEPA Credit transfer, SEPA Direct Debit and SEPA Cards Framework. You will learn about how to achieve SEPA compliancy in an efficient and effective way.
Online Banking & Payments
This training course will provide an extensive overview of both the online banking and the online payment landscape and the changes and developments within these worlds. We will focus on different methods for web-based communications and online security as well as innovations in online banking and online payments. You will learn to understand current and future developments in online banking and how to define secure, new and relevant online banking and payment services.
EMV
In this course, EMV is uncovered in clear, non-technical terms, providing instant knowledge of what EMV is. It also goes deep into the technicalities that drive EMV. We discuss the impact of EMV on cards, POS terminals, ATMs, acquiring networks and host systems. The EMV transaction flow is explained, as well as cryptography, issuer scripting, and EMV Core Definitions (EMV4.2)
EMV (US specific)
EMV Essentials for the US Market is a three-day training course that will bring you true understanding of EMV, its effects on the industry and your business, as well as the underlying technology. This training is the industry’s de-facto EMV education program suitable for business leaders, decision makers, project managers, and system developers. There is no easier way to prepare you and your employees for a role in an EMV project than the EMV Essentials for the US Market training.
Mobile Payments
This course will teach you all relevant information on mobile payments through an attractive and interactive
program. This training is designed to add value to a broad audience from the payments and mobile industry and is beneficial for employees of financial institutions (Issuers, Acquirers), terminal vendors and handset manufacturers as well as those who are interested in learning all that is relevant to know about mobile payments.
PCI PTS
This course outlines the PCI PTS program. It provides you with a detailed overview of the PCI PTS testing process and deliverables. Furthermore, we discuss what is new in PCI PTS. We will go over testing requirements of the four modules, including the core physical requirements, the core logical requirements and online and offline requirements. We conclude the day with a best practice example.
Mobile
Mobile Payments
This course will teach you all relevant information on mobile payments through an attractive and interactive program. This training is designed to add value to a broad audience from the payments and mobile industry. The course is beneficial for employees of financial institutions (Issuers, Acquirers), terminal vendors and handset manufacturers as well as those who are interested in learning all that is relevant to know about mobile payments.
Trusted Service Manager
Contactless transactions are enabled by NFC technologies via the TSM. This two day course will outline the role of the Trusted Service Manager in the NFC ecosystem to enable contactless mobile transactions, corresponding product features, business models, underlying technology and deployment.
Transport
Automated Fare Collection
This course highlights the fare management value chain as it exists in its public transport ecosystem. We explore the change drivers in this ecosystem, such as the mobility chain, regulations, technology, standardisation and consumer convenience. We provide you with an understanding of the AFC change drivers to allow you to make assumptions on the AFC future development.
Electronic Fee Collection
This training course is an excellent program for those who would like to increase their knowledge about EFC. Suited for an audience with both a business and a technical background this training course explores the electronic fare collection system in-depth. We will focus on the goals for introducing an EFC system and what system to choose and advise you on knowing you options (legal, pricing, technical, organisational) when designing an EFC system. We provide you with an overview of all the techniques and international standardization, as well as roles and responsibilities within the scheme. We will zoom in at three different EFC systems that are in practice so that you can make a well-informed decision on how to approach implementing an EFC system.
ID Management
ID management in the Public Domain
The deployment of electronic identity documents and inspection systems has been increasing over the last couple of years. There are many technological developments and as a result new challenges which need to be tackled and resolved. Even when the requirements are known, it is still often challenging to define how to proceed in terms of technology, infrastructure, and ecosystem. The ID management in the public domain training course helps you to gain the knowledge to successfully address these challenges.
ePassport
This course provides an interactive exploration of the passport industry. We look at the industry from the
perspective where ePassport is not a goal, but a means of achieving electronic identification, seamless interoperable travel and more. The course explores why an ePassport is needed, what an ePassport is, how it works from a functional point of view (no technical details) and the impact of the ePassport on the issuing and border control processes.
EU Digital Tachograph
The European (EU) Digital Tachograph training course covers both the business side (where did the European Tachograph come from and how can we use it) and the technical side (what data is in the Digital Tachograph and how is it secured). It includes full coverage of the developments, background and political stakeholders involved in the Digital Tachograph landscape.
