The Payments Academy is launched
At last, a training and learning institution providing courses to participants in the Banking and Payments Industry on key relevant topics from a number of payment experts, aligned with the timing of the Kalifa Report (https://lnkd.in/dctSY-a)
Launched by experts (Andy Coleyshaw, John Doyle, Eliot Charles Heilpern, Mattia Parati...) in the Payment and Banking sector: “The Payments Academy" www.thepaymentacademy.com is aimed at payment professionals who want to enhance their career prospects by adding formal lifetime education to their expertise.
Save the date
Save the Date – join us on the 14th June @4PM to 4.45PM
We officially launch the Payments Academy, take a walk around our unique platform, have your questions answered in our Q & A and join our key guest speakers.
Simon Lyons from OBIE will talk to you about Open Banking "Mind the Gap". Simon will explore Open Banking and give us a status of developments and share some of his interesting Use Cases of live initiatives.
John Doyle, will walk you through the paymentacademy.com website and platform.
Biometrics update by Matthew Key.
Jean Paul, author of SEPA will talk about payments education and training to acquire the skills and expertise that matter in the industry.
Q & A session with the presenters.
Who should attend? Payment Professionals, Academics, Recruitment Companies, Financial Institutions, would be Course Authors. Click here to register. If you register for this free online event, we’ll send you an eBook about ‘Ethics’ written by Eliot Charles Heilpern.
Microsoft Accredited Courses
We are delighted to announce, as we grow our courses, that we can now offer Microsoft courses. Given the array of topics we intend to cover, we seek additional payment experts, speakers and authors from the industry to join us and offer their knowledge to their audiences in return for on going royalties. Click here to purchase the courses.
Authors Wanted
Payment Experts Wanted!! We still need authors to expand our courses due to market demand. Why become an author for The Payments Academy?
Read our article on becoming an author ‘What can The Payments Academy do for you?’ www.thepaymentacademy.com
• Create market exposure/PR - SME as the course Author
• Be associated with TPA, the sector brand leader
• “Piggy back” TPA marketing and publicity
• Ongoing revenue stream, each time your course is used
• Choice to be visible as the author or go under the TPA brand
• Earn a % royalty fee each time your course is used
• First option to be the SME in your space i.e. Open Banking
• Be the exclusive author per subject www.thepaymentacademy.com
Contact Mattia Parati, Dean of the Academy mattia@thepaymentacademy.com to discuss becoming an author.
Our Partners
We are pleased to announce we are in talks with the potential partners below:
Birmingham School of code
SuperTech, The UK's only supercluster advancing professional services through technology. The first professional services technology (ProfTech) supercluster in the UK - aims to increase technology-led productivity gains within business and professional services organisations.
Other specialist organisations/ SME Authors in the Payment and Fintech space
Recruitment expert companies such as Cardandpaymentjobs.com
We are constantly looking for other organisations we can partner with, if you feel you can partner around payments with us, lets set up a call.
Kalifa Report
To further endorse the demand and timing of the launch of the Academy, see the Kalifa Report (https://lnkd.in/dctSY-a). In particular the report said about Skills:
The FinTech Industry must:
Retrain and upskill adults to meet the needs to UK fintech by ensuring access to short courses from high-quality education providers at low cost
Create a new visa Stream to enhance access to Global Talent for fintech scaleups
Build a pipeline of fintech talent by supporting fintech scaleups to offer embedded work placements to Further Education and Higher Education students and Kick-starters
Look forward to welcoming you aboard! The Academy Team