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208 briefings on payments, fintech, and AI money infrastructure.
PSP Reconciliation Failure Runbook: Break Types, Matching IDs, and Escalation Checklists
Operator runbook for PSP reconciliation breaks: three-way match, per-PSP ID chains, 10 settlement-mismatch types with causes and fixes, plus escalation steps.
June 12, 2026
SCT Inst Rejection and Timeout Runbook for Payment Operators
Operator runbook for SCT Inst rejections, timeouts, returns, and recalls — pacs.002 status handling, action per failure class, and bank escalation checklists.
June 12, 2026
SEPA Return and Reject Codes: The R-Transaction Reference
Every SEPA R-transaction reason code — reject, return, refund, reversal, refusal, recall — across SCT, SCT Inst, and SDD, with what each means for operators.
June 11, 2026
Verification of Payee and Confirmation of Payee: The Match-Code Reference
What VoP and CoP results mean — Match, Close Match, No Match, Not Possible — the EU's four codes, the UK's reason codes, and how operators handle each.
June 11, 2026
Tracing a SWIFT Payment: UETR, gpi, and Where It Gets Stuck
Operator runbook for tracing delayed SWIFT payments: UETR format, gpi Tracker status codes, stall-point triage, and what to ask your bank.
June 10, 2026
PSP Selection Checklist: How to Evaluate Shortlisted Providers Before You Sign
You have a PSP shortlist. How to evaluate finalists: score across 8–12 dimensions, run proof-of-claim tests, and disqualify before the contract.
June 9, 2026
Recurring Payments Operations: How Operators Recover and Retain Subscription Revenue
How operators manage recurring billing: MIT credential setup, network tokens, direct debit mandates, retry logic, and involuntary churn recovery.
June 7, 2026
VAMP Remediation Checklist: Steps to Exit Visa Acquirer Monitoring
Steps to exit Visa VAMP monitoring: confirm the TC40/TC15 ratio, stop it from worsening, and run parallel fraud and dispute remediation.
June 7, 2026
OUR, SHA, and BEN: Why SWIFT Payments Arrive Short
OUR, SHA, and BEN are SWIFT charge instructions that set who pays correspondent bank fees. SHA is the default — and why B2B invoices often arrive short.
June 6, 2026
South Korea Payments Operator Guide: Local Acquiring, PGs, and VANs
How foreign operators handle local acquiring in South Korea — the PG and VAN requirements, KakaoPay/Naver Pay, FSC-regulated MDR, data residency.
June 5, 2026