TRAINING COURSE - INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS

Johannesburg, South Africa, 15 & 16 November 2010

This is an intensive 2-day primer for payments professionals on International Payments. This course has been tailored for payment professionals, either in commerce or banking who need to gain a closer understanding of International Payments.

The course provides them with a comprehensive foundation for understanding payments in a global context, covering the key principles, concepts, infrastructures, practices, issues, and current developments. The course includes critical subject material on, among others:

• Foreign exchange & currency principles
• High-value global payments
• Retail International Payments
• Alternative Payment Arrangements & Systems (Correspondent Banking, Hawala)
• Purpose & role of SWIFT
• Purpose & role of CLS
• International Payments & the Law
• International Standards, Conventions & Principles
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
• Anti-Money Laundering
• Global Clearing & Settlement
• Liquidity & Treasury management
• International trade facilitation
• Risk management, and 
• Legal & Regulatory issues.

This course will be of especial interest to payments professionals who wish to expand their knowledge base and advancing their careers into the global payments arena.

For a fully descriptive brochure please send a blank e-mail to courses@citadeladvantage.com with INT-JHB in the Subject line.