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:  Registration for the 2024 APRP exam has closed. Registration for the 2025 APRP exam will open in mid-January 2025.

The exam will cover the following areas:

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

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 Series

Register for the comprehensive APRP Prep Series which covers the details one needs to know for the APRP Certification Exam and learn all about payments risk. Our 2024 APRP Preparation Package provides the APRP Publication Package (listed below) 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 anytime after the dates below. 

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 

Click Here to Register for 2024 APRP Preparation Series

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

Webinars will be held at 1pm - 2:30pm CT

* The APRP Preparation Publications Packages in various formats are now included as part of the APRP Exam Prep Package. 

Click Here! - To purchase the APRP Preparation Publications Packages in various formats separately.

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

Registration for the 2024 APRP exam has closed. Registration for the 2025 APRP exam will open in mid-January 2025. To learn more, Click Here!