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In this video, we begin our Payments Fundamentals learning journey with Module 1, designed especially for beginners, budding Business Analysts, testers, banking operations teams, and anyone who wants to understand how payments…

In this video, we will understand the "Banking and Payment Ecosystem" in a simple and practical way.

If you are new to banking, payments, business analysis, fintech, or financial services, this video will help you understand how money moves between customers…

In this module, we explore the "End-to-End Payment Lifecycle" — the complete journey of a payment from customer initiation to final beneficiary credit.

This tutorial explains how a payment moves through key stages such as initiation, validation, enrichment…

In this tutorial, we decode the SWIFT MT103 message in a simple, practical, and beginner-friendly way. You will learn what MT103 is, why it is used in cross-border customer payments, and how to understand it block by block and field by field.

We cover the…

In this tutorial, we explain pacs.008, one of the most important ISO 20022 payment messages used for customer credit transfers between financial institutions.

You will learn what pacs.008 means, where it fits in the end-to-end payment journey, how the message…

Understand the SWIFT Network in a simple, practical, and banking-project-ready way.

In this tutorial, we explain what SWIFT actually does in international payments, why banks use it, how BIC/SWIFT codes work, and where SWIFT fits in the end-to-end cross…

In this video, System Architecture is broken down in a simple, practical, and non-technical way for Business Analysts, Product Owners, Testers, Banking professionals, students, and anyone who wants to understand how modern software systems are designed.
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Learn Payments Fundamentals in simple language — payment lifecycle, clearing, settlement, posting, SWIFT, payment rails, and BA/SME project perspective explained for beginners.

In this video, we will understand the Banking & Payment Ecosystem in a simple and practical way.

You will learn how payments actually move behind the scenes and the role of key participants such as customers, originating banks, beneficiary banks, clearing…

In this video, I explain System Architecture in a simple and beginner-friendly way. You will learn how frontend, backend, databases, APIs, external systems, monolithic architecture, microservices, event-driven architecture, SOA, and NFRs work in real software…

In this video, I explain Frontend, Backend, and Middleware in a simple and beginner-friendly way. You will understand how applications work behind the scenes, how users interact with the frontend, how backend systems process requests, and how middleware connects…

In this video, I explain the SWIFT Network and Infrastructure in simple language for beginners, Business Analysts, testers, banking professionals, and payment domain learners.

You will learn what SWIFT really does, why SWIFT does not move money, how banks…

Learn SWIFT MT Messages in a simple and practical way. In this video, we explain MT103, MT202, MT202 COV, MT940, MT950, message blocks, key tags, payment flows, cover payments, statements, investigations, and common field errors.

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In this video, I explain REST API and SOAP API in simple language for Business Analysts, testers, banking professionals, and beginners.

You will learn what APIs are, how REST and SOAP work, the key differences between them, and where they are used in real…

In this video, we go beyond REST and SOAP APIs and explore the important API concepts every Business Analyst should understand.

You will learn GraphQL, Webhooks, Swagger/OpenAPI, OAuth 2.0, JWT, API Versioning, Idempotency, Rate Limiting, and common API…

In this video, we will understand ISO 20022 and MX messages in a simple, beginner-friendly way. I will explain what ISO 20022 means, why banks are moving from traditional message formats to MX messages, and how important message families like PACS, PAIN,…

In this video, I explain the core concepts of payment clearing and settlement in a simple, beginner-friendly way. You will understand the difference between clearing, settlement, and posting, along with key models like RTGS, ACH, gross settlement, net settlement…

In this video, I explain Correspondent Banking in simple language and show how banks send money across countries even when they do not have direct access everywhere.

You will learn the meaning of Nostro, Vostro, and Loro accounts, how SWIFT/ISO 20022 messages…

Learn Apache Kafka in simple words with a practical producer-consumer flow demo. In this video, I explain why Kafka is used, how event streaming works, and the meaning of key Kafka concepts like Producer, Topic, Broker, Partition, Offset, Consumer, and Consumer…

In this video, I have explained the fundamentals of AML and KYC in simple language for beginners, Business Analysts, testers, banking professionals, and compliance learners. We will understand what Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer mean, why they…