• Updates: installation of patches, message syntax tables, deployment packages, SWIFTRef files, and Application Service Profiles
• User Management and Security Parameters: default Alliance Security Officers, profiles, operators, authentication methods, and security parameters
• Alliance Gateway Connectivity: configuring Alliance Gateway connections, configuring Logical Terminals connections as well as emission and reception profiles
• Message Partners: connectivity of Alliance Access with external applications and printers
• Routing: defining routing rules in Alliance Access, purpose of routing schema, setting up additional routing keywords
• Message Searching and Reporting: using advanced searching functions and reporting
• Archive and back-up procedures: safe-storing SWIFT messages, events and software configuration
• Scheduling and Calendar: automation of daily tasks
• System Parameters and Event Log: how to change system parameters, how to troubleshoot effectively the system and how to activate or de-activate alarms
• Using the Monitoring GUI: supervising and operating the elements which are visible through the Monitoring GUI on Alliance Web Platform as well as using the new multi-instance monitoring tool

• Understanding SWIFT Basics
• Work with Messages in Alliance Access: Associate
• Work with Messages in Alliance Access: Professional
• Alliance Access Administration: Associate

Training material where applicable, such as the presentation or exercise document, will be made available in electronic format on SWIFTSmart.

Training material can optionally be printed on your own account.

Should SWIFT require the participating institutions to bring printed material for use at the training event, this will be communicated with sufficient lead time by the consultant.

• Messaging Services
• Software Solutions
• Introduction to Alliance Access

• Alliance Access/Entry Message Management GUI
• Create FIN and APC Messages Manually
• Create a Message from a Template
• Create an MX Message Manually
• Validate, Route and Dispose Manually Created Messages

• Manual FileAct
• Message searching and reporting
• Event Log and Monitoring

•  SWIFT in 5 minutes
•  About SWIFT

Training material where applicable, such as the presentation or exercise document, will be made available in electronic format on SWIFTSmart.

Training material can optionally be printed on your own account.

Should SWIFT require the participating institutions to bring printed material for use at the training event, this will be communicated with sufficient lead time by the consultant.

• Alliance Gateway overview: introduction of the different GUIs available on the Web Platform, licensing scheme
• Full system administration: performing user management, process control and monitoring
• PKI and security management: setting up PKI for external applications or WebAccess users, defining SWIFTNet virtual users, managing remotely an HSM cluster
• Connectivity with your back-office applications: creating message partners and related endpoints, presentation of the different host adapters
• Manual and automatic file transfer

• Understanding SWIFT Basics
• Security Essentials
• SWIFTNetPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• SWIFTNetSecurity Officer Professional

• Training material where applicable, such as the presentation or exercise document, will be made available in electronic format on SWIFTSmart.

  Training material can optionally be printed on your own account.

  Should SWIFT require the participating institutions to bring printed material for use at the training event, this will be communicated with sufficient lead time by the consultant.

• Customer payments using the Serial method
  with MT 103
• Customer payments using the Cover method
  with MT 103 and MT 202 COV
• Charging options in the MT103
• Market Practice Guidelines for the settlement of
  international payment charges MT 103.

• SWIFT in 5 minutes
• About SWIFT
• Messaging Services
• Introduction to Standards MT
• Introduction to the Payments Market

Training material where applicable, such as the presentation or exercise document, will be made available in electronic format on SWIFTSmart.

Training material can optionally be printed on your own account.

Should SWIFT require the participating institutions to bring printed material for use at the training event, this will be communicated with sufficient lead time by the consultant.

• PKI theory in the SWIFT context
• Managing PKI through the SWIFTNet Online
• Operations Manager
• Routing rules management and monitoring
• Reporting and its administration
• Offline security through Secure Channel

• Understanding SWIFT Basics
• SWIFTNetPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Training material where applicable, such as the presentation or exercise document, will be made available in electronic format on SWIFTSmart.

Training material can optionally be printed on your own account.

Should SWIFT require the participating institutions to bring printed material for use at the training event, this will be communicated with sufficient lead time by the consultant.

• Customer Payments Using the MT 103 with the Serial Method
• Customer Payments Using the MT 103 with the Cover Method
• Using MT 202 COV
• Charging Options in the MT 103
• Bank-to-Bank Payments with MT 202
• Cash Management Using MT 200, MT 202 and MT 210
• Cancellation, Investigation and Exception Handling of MT 103 Messages
• Market Practice Guidelines for the Settlement of International Payment Charges MT 103
• Payment Instruction Status and End of Day Account Reporting (MT 900, MT 910, MT 940, MT 950)

• Brief introduction on the Documentary credit process
• What is most needed in terms of Standards MT messages to help you send the correct message with the accurate information to your trade correspondent. The related messages for the following Trade Finance Operations will be converted: Import Letter of Credit, Export Letter of Credit.
• 3 case studies to illustrate the proper message flows and where to find information in the SWIFT standards User Handbook to help you complete the following messages: MT 700, 707, 710, 730, 740, 742, 747, 750, 754, 756, 796. You will also be familiar with how to transpose the terms under which the payment should be made as well as the interbank communication.
• Gurantees message flows and explanations based on the FIN Standards information: MT 760, 767, 768, 769.

• Trade finance settlement methods at a glance
• Collections ( Scenarios build on the complete process of Collections between banks linked with the proper FIN messages in category 4 associated to each step and the usage of the SWIFT User Handbook to help you complete each messages in category 4 (Mts 400, 410. 412, 416, 420, 422, 430). Exercises on the related payment order, MT 202, to execute the transfer of funds.
• Documentary Credit ( Six case studies covering the FIN message flow from category 7 (MTs 700, 701, 705, 707, 710, 711, 721, 730, 732, 734, 740, 747, 750, 752, 754, 756) and how to properly format each field of these messages based on the information from the SWIFT User Handbook and how to interpret them from a business point of view.
  Each case study varies based on the impact of the role that each bank endorses depending on the number of financial institutions involved and also the services they offer to their customers
  • Documentary credit available with the advising bank
  • Documentary credit available with the negotiating bank
  • Documentary credit available with the advising bank
  • Documentary credit available with the transferring bank
  • Documentary credit available with the negotiating bank
  • Documentary credit available with the issuing bank
• Guarantees (Two case studies to illustrate the use of Guarantees and related FIN messages from category 7 (MT 760, 767, 768, 769) linked with the information from the SWIFT User Handbook).