GLOBAL PAYMENTS KNOWLEDGEISO 20022 / SWIFT / SEPA / MT / MX

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A complete directory of the academy — 71 curriculum topics, 14 message references, 198 briefs, the glossary, and every flow, comparison, and case. This page is generated from the content itself, so anything added to the site appears here automatically.

Main sections 8The top-level areas of the academy.

LearnStructured payments curriculum, beginner to expert
ExploreFollow payments through interactive flows
MessagesMT and ISO 20022 message reference
LibraryBriefs, glossary, sources, and coverage
CompareStandards, rails, and messages side by side
PracticeKnowledge checkpoints with explained answers
ScreeningSanctions screening academy and lab
NewsDated, sourced updates on payment standards

Learn — curriculum topics 51Every payments topic, ordered by prerequisite depth — start-here foundations first.

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What a payment actually isPayments foundations
Money, accounts, and ledgersPayments foundations
The parties in a paymentPayments foundations
The payment lifecyclePayments foundations
Instruments, rails, and schemesPayments foundations
Clearing versus settlementPayments foundations
A day in payment operationsOperations & architecture
The SWIFT network and BICsSWIFT & MT
Clearing and settlement mechanismsClearing & settlement
Correspondent banking, nostro & vostroPayments foundations
Open banking, PSD2, and payment APIsPayments foundations
Payment engines and hub architectureOperations & architecture
Payment security and fraud basicsOperations & architecture
SEPA: one euro payments areaSEPA & instant payments
MT message structureSWIFT & MT
SWIFT gpi and payment trackingSWIFT & MT
SWIFT connectivity, messaging services, and the CSPSWIFT & MT
SWIFTRef and reference data directoriesSWIFT & MT
RTGS versus deferred net settlementClearing & settlement
Charges and foreign exchangePayments foundations
Cross-border payment networks beyond correspondent bankingPayments foundations
Why ISO 20022 existsISO 20022 & CBPR+
Accounting entries and ledgersOperations & architecture
The SCT lifecycleSEPA & instant payments
SDD Core: payments that pullSEPA & instant payments
MT103: the customer credit transferSWIFT & MT
The annual Standards Release (MSR)SWIFT & MT
The Swift services portfolio and platformSWIFT & MT
Intraday liquidity and queuesClearing & settlement
Payment market infrastructuresClearing & settlement
Settlement risk, finality, and CLSClearing & settlement
The ISO 20022 message modelISO 20022 & CBPR+
Nostro reconciliationOperations & architecture
SCT Inst: instant paymentsSEPA & instant payments
R-transactions: reject, return, recallSEPA & instant payments
SEPA timelines and reachabilitySEPA & instant payments
MT101: the request for transferSWIFT & MT
MT202 and MT202 COVSWIFT & MT
MT9xx: confirmations and statementsSWIFT & MT
National and regional payment systemsClearing & settlement
The pain family: payment initiationISO 20022 & CBPR+
The pacs family: interbank messagesISO 20022 & CBPR+
Exceptions and investigationsOperations & architecture
Verification of PayeeSEPA & instant payments
SDD refunds: money with a return pathSEPA & instant payments
Serial versus cover routingSWIFT & MT
The camt family: cash management & investigationsISO 20022 & CBPR+
CBPR+: ISO 20022 for cross-border paymentsISO 20022 & CBPR+
How a payment declares what it isISO 20022 & CBPR+
MT-to-MX translation and truncationISO 20022 & CBPR+
The ISO 20022 migration timelineISO 20022 & CBPR+

Screening — curriculum topics 20Sanctions-screening topics, ordered by prerequisite depth — foundations to governance.

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What sanctions areSanctions foundations
Who imposes sanctionsSanctions foundations
Sanctions screening vs AML vs fraudSanctions foundations
Customer vs transaction screeningScreening execution
Asset freezes and restrictionsSanctions foundations
Money laundering, terrorist financing, and FATFSanctions foundations
Anatomy of a sanctions listList data & identifiers
The screening lifecycleScreening execution
Risk-based screeningSanctions foundations
Identifiers and data qualityList data & identifiers
List delivery and updatesList data & identifiers
Name matching and fuzzy logicScreening execution
Screening payment messagesScreening execution
Aggregation and provenanceList data & identifiers
Secondary identifiers and confidenceScreening execution
Screening system architectureScreening execution
Payment transparency and the travel ruleScreening execution
Alert investigation and false positivesInvestigation & governance
Governance and policyInvestigation & governance
Testing and tuningInvestigation & governance

Learning paths 7Guided, role-based routes through the curriculum.

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Message references 14SWIFT MT and ISO 20022 message types, field by field.

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MT ↔ ISO 20022 mappings 4How the old and new message formats line up.

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Annotated message samples 11Fictional, fully annotated example messages.

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Payment flows 47Interactive, step-by-step walk-throughs of real payment journeys.

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Exception scenarios 56What happens when a payment goes wrong, and who fixes it.

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Screening lab cases 6Deterministic, worked sanctions-screening cases.

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Comparisons 11Standards, rails, and messages set side by side.

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Practice quizzes 16Knowledge checkpoints with explained answers.

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Capstone cases 1End-to-end case studies that tie the curriculum together.

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The delayed supplier payment

Glossary 233Payments and screening terms, every acronym expanded.

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Sources 69The standards, rulebooks, and references behind the content.

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Brief categories 15Browse the learning briefs by category.

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All learning briefs 198Every plain-language brief the academy publishes.

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Accounting Entries in PaymentsPayments - Introduction
ACK, NACK, and the Payment Status Report (pacs.002)SEPA
Adverse media screeningFraud & Compliance
AML transaction monitoringFraud & Compliance
AML transaction-monitoring typologiesFraud & Compliance
AML Typologies Across Sectors: Beyond the BankFraud & Compliance
Anatomy of a sanctions list entrySanctions Screening
Asset freezes and prohibitionsSanctions Screening
Australia's NPP and Distributed ClearingPayments - Introduction
Batch and file-based paymentsArticles
Beneficial ownership and UBOFraud & Compliance
BIC versus LEI: payment reference dataPayments - Introduction
Book and On-Us PaymentsPayments - Introduction
Brazil's Pix and STRPayments - Introduction
Buna: the Arab region's cross-border payment systemPayments - Introduction
Business Analyst Interview QuestionInterview
Business email compromise and mandate fraudFraud & Compliance
Canada's Lynx RTGSPayments - Introduction
Cash Transaction Reports and the AML Reporting ChainFraud & Compliance
CBDC and digital moneyPayments - Introduction
CBPR+: ISO 20022 for cross-border paymentsArticles
CGI-MP: Common ISO 20022 Practice for CorporatesArticles
Charges and FOREX (FX)Payments - Introduction
Cheques and paper instrumentsPayments - Introduction
China's CIPS and CDFCPSPayments - Introduction
CHIPS: clearing and nettingPayments - Introduction
Confirmation of Payee (UK)Payments - Introduction
Correspondent banking riskFraud & Compliance
Correspondent onboarding and de-riskingSWIFT
Cross-border payment networksPayments - Introduction
Customer risk rating and enhanced due diligenceFraud & Compliance
Customer screening versus transaction screeningSanctions Screening
Domestic Payment Schemes in the UK – Part 1Guest Articles
Domestic Payment Schemes in the UK – Part 2Guest Articles
Domestic Payment Schemes in the UK – Part 3Guest Articles
Domestic versus cross-border paymentsPayments - Introduction
FATCA, CRS, and Tax-Information ExchangeFraud & Compliance
FedNow: instant settlement at the Federal ReservePayments - Introduction
FINplus and BrowseSWIFT
High-value payments and HVPS+Articles
High-value, netting, and instant settlement systems comparedArticles
Hong Kong's CHATS: A Multi-Currency RTGSPayments - Introduction
How a fraud detection product worksFraud & Compliance
How a payment hub works: product capabilitiesPayments - Introduction
How a sanctions screening product worksSanctions Screening
How sanctions lists are delivered and updatedSanctions Screening
IBAN and BIC: anatomy and validationPayments - Introduction
IBAN Plus, SSI, and routing directoriesSWIFT
Identifiers and data quality in screeningSanctions Screening
India's RTGS, NEFT and NACHPayments - Introduction
India's UPI and IMPS: An Overlay on Instant RailsPayments - Introduction
Information-sharing requests (314(a))Fraud & Compliance
Instant payments around the worldPayments - Introduction
INTRODUCTION – FUNDS TRANSFERPayments - Introduction
Introduction to SEPASEPA
Introduction to SWIFTSWIFT
Investigating a screening alertSanctions Screening
Japan's BOJ-NET and the Zengin SystemPayments - Introduction
KYC and customer due diligence basicsFraud & Compliance
Liquidity and settlement risk in payment systemsPayments - Introduction
Liquidity saving and gridlock resolutionPayments - Introduction
List aggregation and provenanceSanctions Screening
Mastercard Cross-Border ServicesPayments - Introduction
Mexico's SPEIPayments - Introduction
Misc Payment ConceptsPayments - Introduction
Money laundering explainedFraud & Compliance
MT202 COV: cover payments explainedSWIFT MTs
Name matching and fuzzy logicSanctions Screening
Non-Bank Payment ProvidersPayments - Introduction
Open banking, PSD2, and payment APIsPayments - Introduction
Other Payment Message Standards Beyond SWIFTArticles
PAPSS: the Pan-African Payment and Settlement SystemPayments - Introduction
Parties in a Payment SystemPayments - Introduction
Payment EnginesPayments - Introduction
Payment exceptions and investigationsPayments - Introduction
Payment fraud typologiesFraud & Compliance
Payment hub reference and standing dataArticles
Payment market infrastructuresPayments - Introduction
Payment message templatesPayments - Introduction
Payment MessagesPayments - Introduction
Payment transparency and wire strippingSanctions Screening
PAYMENTS – BASIC TECHNICAL CONCEPTS – PART 1Guest Articles
Payments Books and Coursesbooks
Payments Interview PreparationInterview
Payments Interview QuestionsInterview
Payments Quiz – Basics 1QUIZ
Payments Quiz – Basics 2Uncategorized
Payments regulators and oversightPayments - Introduction
Polish Banking and Payment SystemsGuest Articles
Proxy and alias addressingPayments - Introduction
Purpose codes in paymentsArticles
Push versus pull paymentsPayments - Introduction
Reconciliation in paymentsPayments - Introduction
Request to Pay and e-mandatesSEPA
Resume Building ResourcesInterview
Reversals, returns, recalls, and cancellationsArticles
Risks in Payment SystemsPayments - Introduction
Sanctions evasion typologiesSanctions Screening
Sanctions screening system architectureSanctions Screening
Sanctions screening versus AML and fraudSanctions Screening
Screening for politically exposed persons (PEPs)Fraud & Compliance
Screening governance, policy, and ownershipSanctions Screening
Screening the payment messageSanctions Screening
Secondary identifiers and match confidenceSanctions Screening
Security and fraud controls in payment operationsPayments - Introduction
Sending money from India to the US: one remittance, start to finishSWIFT MTs
SEPA Clearing and SettlementSEPA
SEPA credit transfer – Four Corner modelSEPA - SCT
Sepa Credit Transfer – Happy PathSEPA - SCT
SEPA Credit Transfer – Payment TimelinesSEPA - SCT
SEPA Credit Transfer – Recall FlowSEPA - SCT
SEPA Credit Transfer – Reject FlowSEPA - SCT
Sepa Credit Transfer – Return FlowSEPA - SCT
SEPA Direct Debit coreSEPA
SEPA Direct Debit exceptions and refundsSEPA
SEPA Direct Debit: B2B versus CoreSEPA
SEPA Instant – Happy Path FlowSEPA Inst
SEPA Instant – IntroductionSEPA Inst
SEPA Instant R-Message flowsSEPA Inst
SEPA Payment MessagesSEPA
SEPA Payments SchemesSEPA
SEPA stakeholdersSEPA
Serial and cover in ISO 20022: pacs.008 and pacs.009 COVArticles
Settlement risk and CLSPayments - Introduction
Settlement through central banksArticles
Singapore's payment systems: MEPS+, FAST and PayNowPayments - Introduction
Stablecoins and crypto railsPayments - Introduction
Standing orders and scheduled paymentsPayments - Introduction
STEP2: the pan-European ACHSEPA
Structured and hybrid addresses in ISO 20022Articles
Structured remittance informationArticles
Suspicious activity reporting and escalationFraud & Compliance
SWIFT – A Communication PlatformGuest Articles
Swift Alliance interfacesSWIFT
SWIFT Cancellations and Investigation MessagesSWIFT MTs
SWIFT financial-institution funds transfersSWIFT MTs
SWIFT for corporates and SCORESWIFT
SWIFT for trade financeSWIFT MTs
SWIFT for treasury and securitiesSWIFT MTs
SWIFT Go: low-value cross-border paymentsSWIFT
SWIFT gpi and payment trackingSWIFT
SWIFT gpi service variantsSWIFT
SWIFT hosted compliance servicesSanctions Screening
SWIFT investigation and exception messagesSWIFT MTs
SWIFT message validation: mandatory and optional fieldsSWIFT MTs
SWIFT messaging services: FIN, InterAct, and FileActSWIFT
SWIFT MT – Payments PerspectiveSWIFT
SWIFT MT – Serial and Cover MethodSWIFT
SWIFT MT101SWIFT MTs
SWIFT MT103SWIFT MTs
SWIFT MT1xx Customer Payment MessagesSWIFT MTs
SWIFT MT2xx Financial Institution MessagesSWIFT MTs
SWIFT MT9xx: statements and confirmationsSWIFT MTs
SWIFT MTs – Blocks 1 Through 5SWIFT
SWIFT MTs – Key DetailsSWIFT
SWIFT payment pre-validationSWIFT
SWIFT System and Service MessagesSWIFT MTs
SWIFT Universal Confirmation and gpi ServicesSWIFT
SWIFTNet and connecting to SwiftSWIFT
SWIFTRef: reference data servicesSWIFT
Swiss Interbank Clearing: SIC and euroSICPayments - Introduction
T2 and Central Liquidity ManagementPayments - Introduction
TARGET2-Securities: DvP Settlement in Central-Bank MoneyArticles
Testing and tuning a screening systemSanctions Screening
The annual Standards Release (MSR)SWIFT
The BIC Directory and Bank Directory PlusSWIFT
The Bodies Behind AML: FATF, FSRBs, Egmont, and WolfsbergFraud & Compliance
The Business Application Header (BAH)Articles
The camt family: cash management and reportingArticles
The FATF frameworkFraud & Compliance
The Fedwire Funds ServicePayments - Introduction
The four-corner modelPayments - Introduction
The ISO 20022 message modelArticles
The ISO 20022 migration timelineSWIFT
The pain.001 payment initiationArticles
The Payment Engine ProblemArticles
The real cost of paymentsArticles
The risk-based approach to screeningSanctions Screening
The sanctions screening lifecycleSanctions Screening
The SWIFT Customer Security Programme (CSP)SWIFT
The SWIFT KYC RegistryFraud & Compliance
The SWIFT message categoriesSWIFT MTs
The SWIFT Payment Controls ServiceFraud & Compliance
The SWIFT Transaction ManagerSWIFT
The travel rule in paymentsFraud & Compliance
Thunes and quote-then-pay cross-border networksPayments - Introduction
TIPS: instant settlement in central-bank moneyPayments - Introduction
Trade-Based Money Laundering: Value Hidden in TradeFraud & Compliance
Translating MT to MXArticles
Types of lists in a screening productSanctions Screening
Understand payments in 10 days (No Charge)Interview
US ACH and National SettlementPayments - Introduction
US Real-Time Payments (RTP)Payments - Introduction
Verification of PayeeSEPA
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What a payment declares about itself — and who carries itSWIFT
What sanctions are and why payments are screenedSanctions Screening
Who issues sanctions: regimes and authoritiesSanctions Screening

Reference & about 12The shelf around the academy — library, method, and site info.

779 entries across 18 sections.