About Major Incident

A major incident is when one or more than one linked events take place about which Payment Service Providers (PSPs) are completely unaware and affects badly on the PSPs service providing facility.

Major incident affects the PSPs and their users too. It may affect in the following ways:

  • Affects the system protecting the data accuracy level

  • Users unable to use the payment services properly (Ex.- unexpected delay/stoppage of the services)

  • Disturbs the payment service providing facility

  • Confidential information may be publicised

EU Directive requires PSPs to have a provision and system to manage, identify, classify and assess the incident. There should be an effective system to control and minimize the level of the damage to the users and/ or to other PSPs. Delay in reporting / not reporting may lead to legal consequences.

The course material will instruct and inform about:

  • Criteria to consider incident as a major incident

  • Classifying incident based on the impact level

  • Assessing incident impact against the affected indicators

  • Information about reporting an incident to the EBA

  • Type of Reports, submission timeframe and contents included in it

Highlights of the course:

  • 100% online course

  • Clear and easy to grasp explanation

  • Simple language

  • Certification– certificate will be issued on accomplishment of assessment with 80% passing score.

In this course you will learn about:

  • What is Major Incident?

  • Who is responsible for reporting?

  • How to Report? Details about contents of the report

Course will provide advantage to:

  • Money Service Businesses (MSBs) top management, staff

  • Beginners in MSB

  • Responsible persons

  • Reporting officer (if any)

Course curriculum

    1. Reporting of Major Incident - Duration 45 minutes

About this course

  • £29.00
  • 1 lesson

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