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Training PPT Template: Objectives, Concepts, Practice
A training deck teaches: objectives up front, one concept per slide with an example, a practice exercise, the common mistakes, and a summary. People remember examples and exercises far longer than definitions.
Get these right
- 1Objectives say what learners can do afterwards, not what you will cover.
- 2Every concept slide gets a concrete example from the learners' own work.
- 3Put a practice exercise in the middle, not only at the end.
- 4Common mistakes deserve their own slide; that is where questions come from.
Structure
The deck opens with these slides, in this order.
- 1TrainingTitle
- 2ObjectivesBullets
- 3ConceptsSection
- 4Concept oneBullets
- 5Concept twoBullets
- 6PracticeBullets
- 7Common mistakesBullets
- 8SummaryBullets
- 9Thank youClosing
A complete example Β· 19 slides
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A one-hour training for new customer-support agents on handling payment-failure tickets: objectives (identify the decline reason, give the right next step, escalate when needed); concepts: decline reason codes, card versus bank-side failures, the 48-hour escalation rule; a practice exercise with three sample tickets; common mistakes: promising refunds, asking for full card numbers, escalating without the order number; summary and the internal wiki page to read next.
Handling Payment-Failure Tickets
A one-hour training for new customer-support agents
By the end of this hour you will do three things
- β’Identify the decline reason from the ticket and the reason code
- β’Give the customer the right next step for that reason
- β’Escalate to the payments team when the case needs it
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Part 1: Key concepts
Reason codes, card versus bank-side failures, the 48-hour rule
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Concept 1: The decline reason code tells you why the payment failed
- β’Every failed payment returns a two-digit reason code from the card network
- β’The code appears in the ticket's payment log under 'response'
- β’Read the code first, before reading the customer's description
- β’Common codes: 05 do not honor, 51 insufficient funds, 54 expired card
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Concept 1 example: three codes, three different answers
Code seen in the log
- β’51 insufficient funds
- β’54 expired card
- β’05 do not honor
What you tell the customer
- β’Retry with another card or top up the account
- β’Update the card expiry date and retry
- β’Contact the card issuer; we cannot see the reason
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Concept 2: Card-side and bank-side failures need different handling
Card-side failure
- β’Problem is with the card itself: expired, wrong number, blocked
- β’Customer can fix it alone with a new card or updated details
- β’Resolve on first reply with clear instructions
Bank-side failure
- β’Problem is with the issuing bank: holds, limits, fraud checks
- β’Customer must call the bank; we cannot override it
- β’Reply with what to say to the bank, then set a follow-up
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Concept 2 example: the same customer, two different failures
- β’Monday: card declined with code 54, card expired last month
- β’Agent asks for a new expiry date; payment succeeds on retry
- β’Thursday: new card declined with code 05 from the issuer
- β’Agent explains the bank blocked it and gives the bank phone script
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Concept 3: The 48-hour escalation rule
- β’If a payment is still failing 48 hours after first contact, escalate
- β’Escalate sooner if the order is time-sensitive or the amount is disputed
- β’Escalation goes to the payments team queue, not to a colleague
- β’Always attach the order number, the reason code and the steps tried
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Concept 3 example: when the clock starts and when it ends
- β’Customer writes in on Tuesday at 10:00 with code 05
- β’Agent replies with bank script; customer calls bank, still declined
- β’Thursday at 10:00 the 48 hours are up; agent escalates
- β’Escalation note includes order number, code 05 and both attempts
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Part 2: Practice exercise
Three sample tickets, ten minutes, work in pairs
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How the exercise works
- β’Read each ticket and find the reason code in the payment log
- β’Decide whether the failure is card-side or bank-side
- β’Write the one-sentence next step you would send the customer
- β’Mark the ticket escalate or do not escalate, and say why
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Sample ticket 1: 'My card keeps getting rejected at checkout'
- β’Payment log shows code 54, card expiry date last month
- β’Customer first wrote in two hours ago
- β’Order number is present in the ticket
- β’Your task: reason, next step, escalate or not
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Sample ticket 2: 'Bank says the payment is fine but your site says no'
- β’Payment log shows code 05, issuer gave no reason
- β’Customer first wrote in three days ago and has tried twice
- β’Order number is missing from the ticket
- β’Your task: reason, next step, escalate or not
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Sample ticket 3: 'Charged twice and the second one failed'
- β’Payment log shows one success and one code 51 insufficient funds
- β’Customer asks for a refund of the first charge
- β’Customer first wrote in yesterday morning
- β’Your task: reason, next step, escalate or not
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Part 3: Mistakes, summary and next steps
What goes wrong and how to keep learning
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Three mistakes that create more tickets than they close
- β’Promising a refund: only the payments team can approve one
- β’Asking for the full card number: never request it, last four digits only
- β’Escalating without the order number: the payments team cannot find the case
- β’Each mistake delays the customer and creates rework for another team
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Summary: read the code, pick the side, watch the clock
- β’Find the reason code first; it tells you the cause
- β’Card-side failures the customer fixes; bank-side failures the bank fixes
- β’Unresolved after 48 hours means escalate with order number and code
- β’Never promise refunds or ask for full card numbers
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What to read next
- β’Internal wiki page on payment-failure handling [wiki link needed]
- β’Full list of decline reason codes on the same wiki page
- β’Escalation template for the payments team queue
- β’Shadow one escalated ticket with your team lead this week
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Thank you
Questions now, or ask in the support-training channel
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Questions
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- Is it free?
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