Flagship course

Fintech Settlement Audit Mastery

An eight-week cohort for ops, finance, and risk practitioners who need to audit settlement cycles end to end—capture through clear, with defensible evidence.

Market data screens representing settlement monitoring

What you will practice

  • Map payment capture to expected settlement windows for card and account-to-account rails
  • Sample clearing files without drowning in full-population noise
  • Age suspense items and decide when exceptions become findings
  • Assemble an evidence pack that finance and compliance can both read

Modules

  1. Module 1 — Settlement anatomy
    Cut-offs, netting, fees, and where fintech ledgers diverge from bank statements.
  2. Module 2 — Capture integrity
    Authorization vs clearing gaps, duplicate risk, and merchant-level skew.
  3. Module 3 — Clearing file literacy
    Reading scheme and acquirer extracts; reconciling to internal journals.
  4. Module 4 — Suspense & exceptions
    Aging models, root-cause tags, and escalation thresholds used in labs.
  5. Module 5 — Sampling & evidence
    Workpapers, screenshots standards, and narrative discipline.
  6. Module 6 — Reporting the audit
    Findings structure, residual risk language, and follow-up tracking.

Learner notes

“Module 3’s file walkthrough mirrored our nightly batch almost too closely. I reused the checklist the following Monday.”

Junho · Payment ops · Suwon

“Strong on mechanics. The pacing in week five felt dense if you also run a full-time close calendar.”

Anonymous client in consumer lending

FAQ

Who is this course for?

Settlement analysts, finance partners embedded in fintech product teams, and internal auditors who already know basic double-entry but need settlement-specific method.

Do you cover Korean regulatory statutes in depth?

We reference Korea’s payment timing realities and common control expectations, but this is not a substitute for licensed legal counsel or a full regulatory certification.

What is a real limitation of the program?

We do not provide production access to third-party scheme simulators. Labs use anonymized extracts and synthetic files. If your stack uses a proprietary clearing format, you will still need an internal mapping session after the course.

Is payment available on this site?

No. Prices are informational. Enrollment is arranged after a conversation with our team.