Amsterdam, October 26th
The two leading education providers in payments and banking, PaymentGenes Academy and the Soltesz Institute, have joined forces to set standards and best practices for the industry's education landscape.
Payments and banking affect customer experience, risk management, technology, product, compliance and finance. Yet the professionals responsible for them are rarely trained to manage them. The topic is largely absent from accounting, economics and MBA programmes.
For enterprise merchants, payments are more than a cost line. Managed as a strategic capability, they increase transaction conversion and lift both revenue and profit.
The partnership was set up to close this gap, and to position payments and banking as a strategic function rather than a part of finance.
The companies embrace each other's strengths: PaymentGenes Academy has trained professionals from many of the world's largest companies, while the Soltesz Institute has become the leading EU and UAE-certified specialist education provider dedicated exclusively to payments and banking.
Together, the two organisations enhance knowledge by combining their expertise. PaymentGenes Academy brings the Payment Foundation Course with live consulting hours for participating companies, while the Soltesz Institute brings certified, specialist, and unique topics and leading industry experts as guest lecturers online and offline.
The first joint programmes will be announced in the coming months.
The education is independent and free from commission-driven provider bias. Professionals learn how payment systems work, how banks think, how money moves across entities and jurisdictions, and how these decisions affect the whole organisation.
Banks and regulators are moving fast. Stablecoins, open banking, safeguarding requirements, AI-driven monitoring and cross-border transparency are changing what businesses need to know.
Professionals who understand these developments at a strategic level will be better placed to build resilient payment and banking setups from the start, rather than react to change.
"In most organisations, ownership of payments is scattered across sales, product, IT, operations, compliance and finance. Teams that share a common understanding of the payments ecosystem are better equipped to meet both company growth targets and facilitate personal growth. This partnership gives them that foundation." Jeroen van Dijk, Managing Partner, PaymentGenes Academy
"I've known Jeroen and the PaymentGenes team for many years, and I have always respected the work they do with some of the world's leading companies. By combining their corporate experience with our specialist knowledge, we can create dedicated payment and banking education that benefits the whole industry. I'm looking forward to setting the standards and creating the base which professionals can rely on and follow." Viktoria Soltesz, CEO and Founder, PSP Angels and The Soltesz Institute
The programmes are designed primarily for anyone handling payments and banking in an organisation (COOs, CFOs, treasury and payments teams), as well as banks, fintechs, EMIs and payment institutions that want to strengthen how they manage payments and banking.
PaymentGenes Academy is the education arm of PaymentGenes, a payments and fintech consultancy group founded in Amsterdam in 2014. The Academy offers CPD-certified training in digital payments for individuals and companies across banking, fintech, issuing and mobility.
The Soltesz Institute offers EU and UAE-certified payment and banking education programmes globally. It is home to the only EU MBA specialising in Payments & Banking. The Institute forms part of the PSP Angels Group, which provides independent payment and banking consultancy to businesses and financial institutions worldwide.
Media contact: Meritxell Martinez, Marketing Manager, PaymentGenes meritxell@paymentgenes.com
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