Accredited Payments Risk Professional    
(APRP) 

The APRP (Accredited Payments Risk Professional) Accreditation Program 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 3 – Saturday, August 29, 2026

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 Exam Prep Program

The APRP Exam Preparation 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 2026 APRP Exam Preparation Program provides the APRP Electronic Publication Package and 15 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 Exam Preparation Program.

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

2026 APRP Prep Program Schedule:  

3/25/2026                                                                                 Orientation
4/8/2026                                                                                    Payment Systems
4/15/2026                                                                                 Regulatory Environment, Part 1
4/22/2026                                                                                 Regulatory Environment, Part 2
5/6/2026                                                                                     Risk Fundamentals, Part 1
5/13/2026                                                                                  Risk Fundamentals, Part 2
5/20/2026                                                                                  Risk Fundamentals, Part 3
5/27/2026                                                                                  Risk Fundamentals, Part 4
6/3/2026                                                                                     Payments Risk Policy and Governance, Part 1
6/10/2026                                                                                  Payments Risk Policy and Governance, Part 2
6/17/2026                                                                                  Payments Risk Management and Controls, Part 1
6/24/2026                                                                                  Payments Risk Management and Controls, Part 2
7/1/2026                                                                                     Payments Risk Management and Controls, Part 3
7/8/2026                                                                                     Physical and Information Security, Part 1
7/15/2026                                                                                  Physical and Information Security, Part 2

The 2026 APRP Prep Program also includes the following: 

• On-Demand Training
• Online Practice Exams
• EPCOR’s APRP Study Manual
• RiskProTM Game
• 2-day Live Review Webinar (7/21 and 7/22/2026)

The APRP Preparation Publications Packages in electronic formats are available for purchase.  

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

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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)