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Payment Fraud, Risk Management and Security

A practical approach to identifying, preventing, detecting and responding to fraud across card and digital payment environments. Covers fraud typologies, transaction monitoring, risk scoring, authentication, investigation, chargebacks and incident response.

What you will be able to do

  • Identify common card and payment fraud techniques
  • Assess payment fraud and operational risks
  • Develop effective fraud prevention controls
  • Understand transaction monitoring and risk scoring
  • Investigate suspicious payment activity
  • Improve fraud detection and response processes
  • Manage disputes and chargebacks
  • Develop appropriate fraud performance indicators
  • Strengthen payment security controls
  • Understand the use of analytics and machine learning in fraud detection

Course outline

  1. 01Understanding payment fraud, card fraud and account takeover
  2. 02Identity fraud, application fraud and merchant fraud
  3. 03Transaction fraud, e-commerce fraud and mobile payment fraud
  4. 04Social engineering, phishing and fraud risk assessment
  5. 05Practical: identifying fraud indicators from transaction scenarios
  6. 06Fraud detection frameworks and transaction monitoring
  7. 07Rules based detection, risk scoring and behavioural analytics
  8. 08Real time fraud monitoring, customer authentication and strong authentication
  9. 09Fraud alerts, fraud investigation and case management
  10. 10Practical: building a transaction monitoring scenario
  11. 11Payment risk management and fraud response procedures
  12. 12Dispute and chargeback management, fraud reporting and incident response
  13. 13Internal controls, fraud performance indicators and staff awareness
  14. 14Emerging fraud threats and machine learning in fraud detection
  15. 15Case study: responding to a major payment fraud incident
  16. 16Practical: developing a fraud response plan

Who should attend

Fraud prevention professionals, fraud investigators, risk managers, payment operations personnel, card operations teams, banking professionals, compliance officers, AML professionals, cybersecurity professionals, internal auditors, payment service providers, security and investigations personnel, and senior managers responsible for payment risk.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
28 to 30 Sep 2026Pretoria3R13,000
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Online3US$900
12 to 14 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500
26 to 28 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500
9 to 11 Nov 2026Mauritius3US$1,500
16 to 18 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000
24 to 26 Nov 2026Online3US$900
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Nairobi3US$1,500
11 to 13 Jan 2027Lusaka3US$1,500
25 to 27 Jan 2027Cairo3US$1,500
15 to 17 Feb 2027Cape Town3R13,000
1 to 3 Mar 2027Dar es Salaam3US$1,500
15 to 17 Mar 2027Harare3US$1,500
12 to 14 Apr 2027Dubai3US$1,500
10 to 12 May 2027Durban3R13,000
24 to 26 May 2027Kigali3US$1,500
7 to 9 Jun 2027Accra3US$1,500
28 to 30 Jun 2027Mozambique3US$1,500

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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