Recertification

Recertification

Recertification Options

Upon earning the CPFPP credential, certification remains valid for three years from the date the CPFPP credential was awarded (one recertification cycle). Certificants can recertify by retaking the exam or by earning and reporting continuing professional education (CPE) credits.

 

Recertifying with CPE Credits

The CPE credits encompass a broad spectrum of activities that the MRC believes reflect continual learning opportunities. These activities validate the professional’s knowledge and strengthen the Payments and Fraud Prevention Professional by reinforcing essential skills and developing new ones.

Review general recertification requirements when applying based on earned CPE credits:

  • Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits must come from nationally approved or recognized continuing education organizations.
  • Certificants opting to recertify through continuing education credits must obtain 60 CPE credits within a 3-year recertification cycle. At least 15 CPE credits must be earned through the MRC (completing online courses and conference workshops, speaking at conferences, etc.).
  • Non-CPE credit hours may be accepted on a case-by-case basis via self-attestation. 
  • All CPE credits must be related to the role of the Payments and Fraud Prevention Professional. 
  • CPE credits must be distributed throughout the three-year recertification cycle.
  • Renewal applications and activity logs are due 30 days before the end of the recertification cycle.
  • Certificants are responsible for maintaining records of the earned CPE credits within the CPFPP certification portal.
 

Continuing Education Credit Requirements

Recertifying through CPE credits requires that the certificants earn the mandatory 60 CPEs from the following sources:

Qualifying CPE Credit Sources and Distribution

(1 hour = 1 CPE Credit)

 

CPE Credits

Minimum of 15 CPE credits from MRC

Completion of online courses and conference workshops

Speaking or presenting at MRC events

 

15

Minimum of 10 CPE credits on Card Mandates

It may be part of Self-attestation or MRC CPEs

 

10

Minimum of 10 CPE credits on Regulation Changes

It may be part of Self-attestation or MRC CPEs

 

10

Up to 45 CPE credits from nationally recognized continuing education organizations [link to relevant on-page section]

 

45

Up to 10 hours of Self-Attestation

Self-attestation that the individual attended educational programs or

read materials on any revised card mandates or regulatory changes in payments and fraud

 

10

 

Approved CPE Sponsoring Organizations

Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits must be earned through nationally approved or recognized continuing education organizations:

Merchant Risk Council

 

RAPID Edu eLearning courses

In-person workshops at conferences

 

Glenbrook

 

https://glenbrook.com/education/

Workshops and bootcamps

Webinars

 

Association for Certified Fraud Examiners

 

https://www.acfe.com/training-events-and-products

 

ACAMS

 

https://www.acams.org/en/training/certificates/fraud#overview-f6796c34

 

International Compliance Association

 

https://www.int-comp.org/programme/?title=ICA-Advanced-Certificate-in-Managing-Fraud

 

Udemy

 

https://www.udemy.com/

(Reviewed and approved on a case-by-case basis for courses specific to payments and fraud)

 

LinkedIn

 

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/

(Reviewed and approved on a case-by-case basis for courses specific to payments and fraud)

 

McAfee

 

https://www.mcafeeinstitute.com/

(Reviewed and approved on a case-by-case basis for courses specific to payments and fraud)

 

Mastercard Academy

 

https://academy.mastercard.com/event/b79a9c3b-d12e-49df-aac4-bc03b57c840d

 

Visa University

 

https://www.visauniversity.com/en/topics/disputes

 

Merchant Advisory Group 

 

https://www.merchantadvisorygroup.org/education/webinars

 

Thomson Reuters

 

https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/compliance-learning/training-courses#t=compliance-learning

 

 

Fees

 

MEMBER FEES

NON-MEMBER FEES

Recertification by Exam Fee

US$500

US$700

Recertification by CPE Credits Fee

US$150

US$250

Recertification Late Fee

US$50

US$50

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