February 2023

Learn card payment systems for your job, decrease payment processing costs by up to 67% from the bestselling author of Anatomy of the Swipe

Ahmed Siddiqui

Ricky Graziosi

Card Payments Masterclass - Anatomy of the Swipe

Marqeta

Branch

- Land a Role in the Fintech Industry whether you're a Total Beginner or an Expert - Understand Payment Systems Like an Expert in as Little as 2 Days Without Confusion - Learn Quick and Easy Ways to Sell Your Products Better to Customers - Learn how you already use these systems daily when purchasing your favorite coffee! - Mistakes All Fintech Founders Need to Avoid to Build the Next Billion-Dollar Startup - 5 Secrets of How Processors, Card Issuers, Networks Actually Make Money… and How You Can Do It Too - A Simple Way to Navigate the Complex World of Interchange Fees and Pricing Models

Go from Payments Novice to Payments Hero in 1 Week

You just got a job at a hot fintech or payments company and want to know what the heck is happening and how you can better help

You are a Startup Founder in the fintech space, and you want to learn how payments will impact your business in an meaningful way

You want to close your next deal with a fintech company and want to get a better understanding of their business model

Who is this course for?

Key outcomes

You don’t know what you don’t know. We’ll walk you through the entire payments ecosystem, and dive deeply into how money is made for all parties, along with where there are opportunities for innovation.

Gain a Better Understanding of the Card Payments Ecosystem

We’ll study 3 case studies of successful fintech companies and their payment strategies to help your own GTM teams succeed. You will also understand your customers and competitors perfectly.

Understand your Customers so Perfectly you can make More Sales & Gain more Satisfaction

You’ll learn about interchange flows and how people build entire businesses on this concept. Discover what the true motivations are of merchants, processors, cars issuers, card networks, (and the differences amongst them).

Understand How Companies Actually Make Money with Cards… Even if the Consumer Doesn’t Pay Fees

Building a payments or fintech company can get lonely. Meet other individuals just like you in this cohort. It will be an amazing opportunity to build a valuable network.

Meet Others in the Payments and Fintech Space

Not only you’ll get our one-on-one attention, you’ll also get to work with people in your cohort in order to leverage payments in your company or startup.

One-on-One Help for Your Payments or Fintech Company

<ul><li>Learn about the different players in the payments ecosystem, and bring it into a real life situation you can relate with.</li><li>We'll go through all of the elements of the Payments Ecosystem including Issuers, Acquirers, Banks, and Card Networks.</li><li>We'll talk about the players in the space and some innovations happening.</li></ul>

Payments Ecosystem Overview

<ul><li>We'll talk about how money actually moves. What happens at time of authorization, and what happens at time of clearing.</li><li>What is the role of the banks and networks?</li><li>Discuss timing of money movement and what types of opportunities could exist because of this timing.</li><li>Challenges with moving money in real time</li></ul>

Money Movement

You'll be able to distinguish between the following card types:<ul><li>Credit vs Debit</li><li>Commercial vs Consumer</li><li>Durbin vs Durbin Exempt</li></ul> You'll be able to distinguish between the following merchant types:<ul><li>Online vs Offline</li><li>Interchange Fixed Pricing vs Interchange Plus Pricing</li><li>High Risk vs Low Risk</li></ul>

Card Types and Merchant Types

We'll discuss how all parts of the the ecosystem make money.<ul><li>What is the motivation of the merchant?</li><li>What is the motivation of the merchant processor?</li><li>What is the motivation of the card issuer?</li><li>What is the motivation of the card network?</li></ul> We'll also walk through the Payments Mocha and how revenue is made for all parts of the payments ecosystem.

Revenue Models in Payments

Course syllabus

Manager of Payments and Special Projects at Cargas Systems

Senior Product Manager - Creating Bliss @ Basis Theory

Who we've worked with

Meet your instructors

Card Based Payments and the Payments Ecosystem

Day 1: Monday, September 18, 2023

Revenue Models in Card PaymentsCard types and Merchant types

Day 2: Wednesday, September 20, 2023

September 2023: Course Schedule


Day 1: Monday, October 16, 2023


Day 2: Wednesday, October 18, 2023


October 2023: Course Schedule


Day 1: Monday, December 11, 2023


Day 2: Wednesday, December 13, 2023


December 2023: Course Schedule


Monday: February 5, 2024


Wednesday: February 7, 2024


February 2024 Course Schedule


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