Syllabus and Pricing: Paywise Academy Day
What You’ll Learn
The Paywise Academy seminar provides a comprehensive, up-to-date view of the global payments ecosystem — combining business models, technologies, and regulatory context. Content is updated monthly to reflect the latest developments across markets.
Syllabus: Company Seminar
What You’ll Learn
The Paywise Academy course provides a comprehensive, up-to-date view of the global payments ecosystem — combining business models, technologies, and regulatory context. Content is updated monthly to reflect the latest developments across markets.
You’ll gain a clear understanding of:
The Business Case for Payments:
Traditional and emerging models.
Payment systems and infrastructure:
How payment platforms enable credit, savings, and investment; core differences between systems and networks.
Payment cards and wallets:
Business models, market structure, digital wallets, and trends in consumer-facing payment products.
Account-to-account (A2A) payments:
Including instant payments, open banking payment initiation, ACH, RTGS, and check systems — for B2B, B2C, and P2P.
Digital currencies:
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, and programmatic cryptocurrencies — and their use cases.
Decentralized finance (DeFi):
As a foundational infrastructure for emerging financial services beyond traditional rails.
Cross-border payments:
Global payment flows, foreign exchange, and evolving models in cross-border commerce.
Risk, regulation, and compliance:
Including digital identity, AML/CFT, fraud, cybersecurity, business continuity, privacy and data protection.
You’ll gain a clear understanding of:
The Business Case for Payments:
Traditional and emerging models
Payment systems and infrastructure:
How payment platforms enable credit, savings, and investment; core differences between systems and networks
Payment cards and wallets:
Business models, market structure, digital wallets, and trends in consumer-facing payment products
Account-to-account (A2A) payments:
Including instant payments, open banking payment initiation, ACH, RTGS, and check systems — for B2B, B2C, and P2P
Digital currencies:
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, and programmatic cryptocurrencies — and their use cases
Decentralized finance (DeFi):
As a foundational infrastructure for emerging financial services beyond traditional rails
Cross-border payments:
Global payment flows, foreign exchange, and evolving models in cross-border commerce
Risk, regulation, and compliance:
Including digital identity, AML/CFT, fraud, cybersecurity, business continuity, privacy and data protection
Across all topics, we explore:
Latest trends, business opportunities and risks
Traditional and emerging players
Domestic and international perspectives
Key regulatory frameworks (PSD2, PSD3, IPR, IFR, SCA, DORA, GDPR, MiCA)
Standard Tuition
€990 / £850 per participant
Reflects the value of an MBA-level course delivered by a global leader in payments policy, regulation, and innovation.
Launch Edition Rate (limited time)
€390 / £345
Special introductory rate for the inaugural editions of PayWise Academy Day in Amsterdam (June 2) and London (June 10). Valid through May 27, 2025, or while seats last.
Team Rate
€290 / £255 per person
€290 / £255 per person for groups of three or more from the same organisation. Designed to help companies invest in the cross-functional literacy of their payments, strategy, compliance, or partnerships teams.