Accredited Payments Risk Professional    
(APRP) Certification Program

The APRP (Accredited Payments Risk Professional) Certification esteems itself to identify those individuals who are competent in risk across payment channels at an enterprise level. There are more than 800 individuals who are now APRPs!

Exam Dates:  Monday, August 4 – Saturday, August 30, 2025

The exam will cover the following areas (Exam Blueprint):

• Fundamentals of Payments Risk Management
• Payments Risk Management Controls
• Payment Systems
• Physical & Information Security
• Regulatory Environment 
• Payments Risk Policy & Governance

APRP Certification Propels Your Business & Career Forward

Becoming an APRP will help you to advance both your financial institution as well as your career. Having an APRP employee shows examiners that your financial institution is committed to risk management and regulatory compliance. As an APRP, you can rest assured that you will rise above the rest by exemplifying that you are committed to your payments-related profession and helping your employer remediate risk.

APRP Prep Program

The APRP Exam Prep Program is a comprehensive series of webinars and resourceful publications that cover the details one needs to know for the APRP Certification Exam, plus an opportunity to gain payments risk knowledge. Our 2025 APRP Preparation Package provides the APRP Electronic Publication Package and 12 weekly webinars! Of course, an Accredited Payments Risk Professional from the SFE team is available for email and telephone support. All webinars are recorded and available following the scheduled weekly events.  

This program is excellent for those aspiring to be an APRP, but you do not have to be registered for the current APRP exam to enroll in the APRP Prep Series 

View So You Think You Want To Become an APRP? to learn more about what to expect and how to prepare.

Register here for the APRP Prep Program

Cost - $1,295 Members / $2,590 Non-Members

Webinar Weekly Schedule - April 9, 2025 to June 25, 2025

The APRP Preparation Publications Package in electronic format is included as part of the APRP Exam Prep Package. The Package includes the following publications:

• ACH Rules Book – Online Resource
• ACH Compliance Manual – eBook via App
• Revised Uniform Commercial Code Article 4A and the ACH System – eBook via App
• ACH Risk Management Handbook 8th Edition – eBook via App
• APRP Flashcards – Electronic Version
• RiskPro™ (Online) – Electronic Version

The APRP Preparation Publications Packages in electronic formats are now included as part of the APRP Exam Prep Program.  

Click here - To purchase the APRP Preparation Publications Packages in electronic format.

APRP Continuing Education Credits

An APRP must earn 60 hours of Continuing Education, with no more than 20 hours earned in any one year, during the five-year accreditation period. APRPs also have an option to retest during the fourth or fifth year if the Continuing Education requirements are not met.

• Filing Deadline: March 31st (for prior year)
• Late Filing Deadline - April 30th (late fee applies)