APRP (Accredited Payments Risk Professional Certification)

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, Aug. 4 – Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025

The exam will cover the following areas:

• 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 which covers 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 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 

Register here for the APRP (Accredited Payments Risk Professional Certification) 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 various formats is included as part of the APRP Exam Prep Package. The Package includes the following publications:

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

Click Here! - To purchase the individual APRP Preparation Publications Package in various formats separately from the APRP Prep Program.

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)
• Contact Southern Financial Exchange to request a paper form (800) 626-4733 option 1 or email education@sfe.org