PPI-OP1 · Certificate
Digital Payments & Fintech Fundamentals
The shortest honest route into payments. You will not become an expert; you will become someone who can hold a payments conversation, read a settlement report, and answer the questions an operations or support interview actually asks.
What you will master
The whole route, session by session.
By the end you can explain how a payment is d, what happens at , how is done, and what a merchant must produce when land.
The Global Payments Ecosystem
Payment Architecture & Technology
Authorisation, Capture & Clearing
Settlement & Security Fundamentals
Alternative & Local Payment Methods
Payment Fraud: Typologies, Detection & Prevention
Acquiring, Processing & the Settlement Lifecycle
The Future of Payments: CBDCs, Real-Time Rails & AI
How you are assessed
You can actually fail this one.
Real marks, a real bar to clear, and a certificate with a QR an employer checks in eight seconds. A certificate everyone passes is worth what everyone paid for it, which is nothing.
30%
Session MCQs
10 questions after each session, autograded. Best 7 of 8 count.
30%
Assignments
Two take-home briefs.
40%
Final assessment
40 MCQs, 60 minutes, randomised, covering all 8 sessions.
GATE
Attendance
Minimum 75% live attendance to sit the final. Recordings do not count. Not scored.
Weightings differ by programme. Overall pass is a 60% weighted average. Distinction 85%+, Merit 70-84%, Pass 60-69%. Attendance is a gate, not a grade. Your certificate carries a unique ID that anyone can verify here.
Where it leads
The role families this maps to.
Representative employers who hire for these roles, not placement partners. We prepare you for these desks and open the door; we do not promise a job, and no employer here is under any obligation to us.
Enrol
₹5,900
All-in (₹5,000 + GST).
Runs at 30 paid enrolments
Next intake coming soon
Minimum 30 paid enrolments, maximum 60. Confirmed seven days before start. If it does not fill, choose a free roll-forward or a full refund.