Credit Card Authorization Systems Fundamentals
Master credit card authorization systems from end to end. Explore online and POS transaction flows, issuer authorization logic, fraud and risk assessments, scheme-specific rules for Visa, Mastercard, and Elo, plus monitoring techniques to design, debug, and optimize reliable payment platforms.

4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
This course provides a clear, practical overview of end-to-end authorization for online and in-store credit card transactions. Delve into core flows, issuer-authorizer architecture, fraud and risk checks, EMV and 3-D Secure validations, behaviors specific to Visa, Mastercard, and Elo, as well as monitoring, troubleshooting, and integration strategies to build, analyze, and maintain robust payment systems.
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Develop skills
- Map end-to-end credit card authorization flows for POS and e-commerce systems.
- Design issuer authorization logic for limits, fraud checks, and card controls.
- Configure and monitor authorization telemetry, alerts, and failure investigations.
- Integrate gateways, acquirers, schemes, and issuer cores in authorization stacks.
- Interpret Visa, Mastercard, and Elo rules, routing, and message formats.
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