Career Credentials Are Here!

Gain practical, role-specific eLearning designed to build expertise, validate your skills, and help you advance toward industry-recognized credentials and certification.

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Reimagining Payments

Discover the future of payments in this virtual summit featuring expert insights on A2A, wallets, embedded payments, and more. Free for MRC Members!

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Master the Essentials

Unlock your potential with our two comprehensive courses — Payment Essentials and Fraud Essentials. Complimentary access for MRC members.

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Payment Essentials and Fraud Essentials, complimentary enrollment from checkout.com

Apply to Speak

Share your expertise at MRC Vegas 2026. Call for Speakers is now open — submit your proposal by 1 October.

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MRC Amsterdam

Member-only access to cutting-edge fraud and payments content. Learn from experts, connect with peers, and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving global ecosystem. Join us 3-5 November.

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CPFPP: Advance Your Career!

The Certified Payments and Fraud Prevention Professional (CPFPP) credential is the first-ever industry-standard certification.

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Who We Are

The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) is the preeminent global non-profit association dedicated to safeguarding the integrity of e-commerce through deep expertise in fraud prevention, payments processing, and risk management. As a pivotal nexus for e-commerce fraud and payments professionals, solution providers, and brands spanning all sizes, MRC stands at the forefront of industry innovation and education.

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Become an MRC Member Today

Join a vibrant community of eCommerce professionals from across the globe and get exclusive access to payments and fraud prevention events, education, networking, and more valuable benefits you can’t get anywhere else.

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25+ Years of Merchant Advocacy

50+ Events Annually

750+ Global Member Organizations

525+ Merchant Members

11,000+ Payments and Fraud Management Professionals

MRC Education eLearning Courses

The MRC is the go-to place for payments and fraud prevention education. Our eLearning platform provides self-guided online learning opportunities focused on critical industry topics. Explore our extensive catalog of eLearning courses, expand your knowledge, and earn CPE credits today.

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There are very few places where you have a question you feel is unsolvable and someone else in that community will say, "I'm dealing with that now, and here’s my take on it." 

Chima Odunze

Ancestry.com

Being part of the MRC is fantastic, because you have a network of people that you can reach out to in safety and in security, and those people will be coming to you, asking you questions, and that sense of sharing in a safe environment...that’s been so important for all of us.  For anybody out there that is not part of this community, if you’re a payments and fraud professional, you need to be part of it. It’s only when you become part of it that you really see the value. 

Micheál Egan

Retail inMotion

The MRC community has provided me with an army of people that I can rely on to give me an answer to just about any question. You can lean on those connections and that network to really build your solutions, build your strategy...and evolve.

Brigette Korney

Adyen

The MRC is a forum where merchants can collaborate with each other, can talk to all the solution providers, and touch base with all the different payments stakeholders. It’s a great collaboration opportunity.

Leo Xue

Microsoft