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Domestic Payment Schemes in the UK – Part 1

Domestic Payment Schemes in the UK – By Pradyumna Acharya  Every day in the UK, millions of pounds are moved between bank accounts. This complex ecosystem is dominated by three main domestic payment systems...

SWIFT MT – Serial and Cover Method

SWIFT MT – Serial and Cover Method This is one of the most important articles from SWIFT payments’ perspective and it is critical that you fully understand the concepts laid out here. Payments are...

SWIFT MTs – Blocks 1 Through 5

SWIFT MTs – Blocks 1 Through 5 We have discussed in our previous article that there are 5 blocks in a SWIFT MT message. Now we will dive deep into each of these blocks...

PAYMENTS – BASIC TECHNICAL CONCEPTS – PART 1

PAYMENTS – BASIC TECHNICAL CONCEPTS BY Rabinarayan Sabata An Analyst’s basic skill is Analysis. The term ‘Analyst’ may refer to Payment Analyst, Business Analyst, Technical Analyst and so on. An Analyst is the one...

SWIFT MTs – Key Details

SWIFT MTs – Key Details In this article, we are going to cover some key details on the SWIFT MT message. Let us dive right into the topic Naming Convention SWIFT MT messages have...

SWIFT MT – Payments Perspective

SWIFT MTs from a Payments Perspective In the earlier article, we saw how we as a banking community arrived at SWIFT MT message. These MT messages have been the backbone of international finance for...

Introduction to SWIFT

INTRODUCTION TO SWIFT: The year was 1973, the world was changing rapidly. The United Kingdom, Denmark, and Ireland entered the European Economic Community, The first American prisoners of war were released from Vietnam, ‘The...

SEPA Credit Transfer – Payment Timelines

SEPA Credit Transfer – Payment Timelines In the past few articles, we have seen the different payment flows that constitute the major use cases of a SEPA credit transfer scheme. In this article, we...

Business Analyst Interview Question

Now that the job market is booming and there are a lot of interviews happening, I thought of compiling the business analyst interview question list. Note: This list is not exhaustive and must be...

SEPA Credit Transfer – Recall Flow

Sepa Credit Transfer – Recall flow : SEPA credit transfer – recall is a process through which an Originator or Originator PSP wants to cancel or get back the funds of an earlier credit...