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eLearning for Continuing Professional Development
Education is at the heart of the MRC’s mission to make eCommerce better for everyone. One of the goals of the Merchant Risk Council is to serve as an educational resource for payments and fraud prevention professionals of all levels. MRC’s RAPID Edu eLearning program helps make that possible.
RAPID Edu is the MRC's proprietary on-demand educational platform designed to provide self-directed education on the fundamentals of payments and fraud. The wide selection of accredited courses allows professionals to learn at their convenience, receive certificates and earn continuing professional education (CPE) credits upon course completion. CPE credits may be applied to a variety of professional certifications, including Certified Payments and Fraud Prevention Professional (CPFPP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and others.
RAPID Edu is ideal for:
- Professionals who wish to revisit the fundamentals of payments and fraud prevention
- Individuals looking to enhance their professional credentials
- Managers looking for industry-specific training materials
- Anyone interested in exploring a career in this dynamic industry
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eLearning Course Catalog
The MRC currently offers the following RAPID Edu courses:
CPE Credits: 1.40
Course Length
2 hours
Course Topics
- Define Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)
- Identify the target audience
- Recognize what a Buy Now, Pay Later purchase looks like
- Identify potential risks of Buy Now, Pay Later for merchants and consumers
- Recognize the current regulatory requirements and potential future requirements
- List best practices for implementing Buy Now, Pay Later
Pricing
Members: $75 USD
Non-Members: $150 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 18/04/2022.
CPE Credits: 1.40
Course Length
2 hours
Course Topics
- Define Chargebacks
- Categorize Types of Chargebacks
- Identify the Key Stakeholders in the Chargeback Process
- Outline the Steps of the Chargeback Process
- Compare Open Loop vs. Closed Loop Systems
- Describe Reason Codes
- Identify Common Reason Codes
- Outline the Steps of the Merchant Challenge Process
- Calculate Four Common Chargeback Metrics
- Apply Chargeback Prevention Techniques
- Identify Common Chargeback Solutions
Pricing
Members: $75 USD
Non-Members: $150 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 12/05/2022.
CPE Credits: CPE:1.00
Course Length
minutes
Course Topics
- Categorize types of digital currencies
- Identify features of cryptocurrencies
- Understand the history of cryptocurrency
- Compare and contrast how cryptocurrency can be used for and against fraud
- Outline how cryptocurrency works as a payment method
- Distinguish between person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-business (P2B) crypto payments
- Identify key benefits for merchants who accept cryptocurrency as a payment
- Outline the general process of how merchants can accept cryptocurrency payments
- Highlight factors to consider when selecting a solution provider to accept cryptocurrency
Pricing
Members: $75.0 USD
Non-Members: $150.0 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 11/04/2023.
CPE Credits: CPE:1.00
Course Length
1 hours
Course Topics
- Recognize why authentication matters
- Identify benefits of 3DS
- Outline the 3DS ecosystem
- Identify best practices of 3DS
- Recognize global mandates and regulatory standards
Pricing
Members: $75 USD
Non-Members: $150 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 24/01/2022.
CPE Credits: 1.00
Course Length
1 hours
Course Topics
- Define First-Party Misuse
- Recognize why First-Party Misuse is an issue that needs to be addressed
- Identify cardholder motivations for submitting First-Party Misuse disputes
- Differentiate types of First-Party Misuse
- Classify evidence criteria needed to measure First-Party Misuse
- Calculate the percentage of chargebacks coded as fraud that are the result of First-Party Misuse
- Outline best practice strategies for merchants, issuers, and card networks to prevent first-party misuse
Pricing
Members: $75 USD
Non-Members: $150 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 12/07/2022.
CPE Credits: 3.50
Course Length
4 hours
Course Topics
- Define Fraud
- Identify and Describe Fraud Motivations
- Differentiate between Internal and External Fraudsters
- Outline the Payment, Product, and Technology Ecosystem
- Classify Vulnerable Business Components based on Fraud Risk
- Select Fraud Prevention Methods to Avert Fraud
- Identify Activities to Mitigate and Respond to Fraud
- Select Fraud Best Practices
- Identify Fraud Trends
Pricing
Members: $225 USD
Non-Members: $450 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 22/02/2021.
CPE Credits: 1.50
Course Length
1.5 hours
Course Topics
- Identify what is typically stolen from customers
- Identify where fraudsters can steal customer information
- Describe how fraudsters utilize online ads to attack companies
- Identify the techniques fraudsters use to steal from others
- Describe how fraudsters utilize websites and apps to steal data
- Identify and describe how fraudsters attack online accounts to steal information
- Explain the digital attack process utilized by fraudsters
- Describe the purpose of each step in the attack process
- Describe the digital attack lifecycle during an account takeover, scraping, and supply chain attack
- Explain how fraud attacks negatively impact merchants
- Understand the steps to prevent online fraud
- Explain the techniques organizations use to fight against online fraud
Pricing
Members: $75 USD
Non-Members: $150 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 28/07/2023.
CPE Credits: 1.00
Course Length
1.5 hours
Course Topics
- Define payments orchestration
- List key challenges that payments orchestration aims to solve
- Outline how payments orchestration works
- Identify and describe the components of payments orchestration
- Identify the key benefits of payments orchestration for merchants
- Describe payment and fraud management costs
- Identify initiatives that drive more efficient cost ownership
- Outline key considerations for merchants looking to partner with a payments orchestration provider.
Pricing
Members: $75 USD
Non-Members: $150 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 27/07/2023.
CPE Credits: 2.50
Course Length
3 hours
Course Topics
- Define machine learning
- Distinguish types of models and their applications in fraud management
- Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages between the traditional approach to fraud fighting and machine learning
- Convert data into features that a model can use
- List methods to label transactions as fraudulent or not
- Deconstruct the components of a model
- Identify key metrics for evaluating machine learning models
- Examine common types of drift that can impact a model's performance
- Define model scores
- Differentiate between raw scores and calibrated scores
- Explain decision thresholds
- Summarize how thresholds can be combined with rules and manual review to make decisions
Pricing
Members: $150 USD
Non-Members: $300 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 20/01/2023.
CPE Credits: 1.20
Course Length
1.5 hours
Course Topics
- Define open banking
- Understand use cases of open banking
- Identify types of data access methods
- Understand the key differences between data access methods, including security considerations
- Understand the regulatory vs market-driven approach
- Define the key markets globally and the different market approaches
- Explain the unique position of the US in the open banking ecosystem.
- Define open banking key terms
- Understand the general open banking payments flow
- Understand the benefits of open banking for both consumers and merchants
Pricing
Members: $75 USD
Non-Members: $150 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 31/05/2023.
CPE Credits: 3.50
Course Length
4 hours
Course Topics
- Recognize Payment Concepts
- Identify Key Payments Stakeholders
- Outline the Key Payments Processes and Ecosystem
- Compare Payment Methods
- Recognize Chargebacks and Interchange Fees
- Differentiate between Payment Laws, Regulations, and Standards
- Select Payments Best Practices
- Identify Payment Trends
Pricing
Members: $225 USD
Non-Members: $450 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 09/02/2023.
CPE Credits: 2.50
Course Length
2 hours
Course Topics
- Define the four main impacts that chargebacks have on merchants
- Identify risk factors that can increase a merchant's chargeback rate
- Examine how these risk factors contribute to chargebacks in high-risk industries
- Distinguish common tools used by merchants to prevent chargebacks
- Categorize types of chargebacks
- Determine which factors to consider when deciding whether to fight or accept a chargeback
- Examine types of evidence that can be included in a chargeback representment
- Outline how to prevent and fight the following types of chargebacks:
- Fraud
- Cancelled Recurring
- Cancelled Merchandise/Services
- Declined Authorization
- Merchandise/Service Not Provided
Pricing
Members: $150 USD
Non-Members: $300 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 30/03/2023.
CPE Credits: 1.40
Course Length
60 minutes
Course Topics
- Define tokenization and its benefits
- Compare and contrast tokenization and encryption
- Differentiate between network and PCI tokens
- Describe in-house and third-party tokenization
- Categorize types of third-party token providers
- Detail the utility of differing token formats
- Define network tokenization and its benefits
- Distinguish network tokens and authenticated tokens
- Identify key qualities to look for in a token provider
- Outline critical questions to ask a potential provider
Pricing
Members: $75 USD
Non-Members: $150 USD
(taxes not included)
This course was developed on 01/05/2023.
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I took the First-Party Misuse Essentials course. The course was very helpful in order to get a solid knowledge of this type of fraud that is affecting so many merchants. Highly recommended!
LinkedIn
This [Chargeback Essentials] course is perfect for anyone new to the chargeback process; each module is clear and easy to understand. I highly recommend this course for beginners and as a refresher course for seasoned employees.
TJX companies
I would definitely recommend these MRC Rapid Edu courses to both seasoned professionals and those who want to revisit the actual trends across the anti-fraud industry and payment risk-related concepts. This knowledge-sharing exercise was really helpful and delivered in a well-structured way.
Nethone
After I started with Riverty, one of my first tasks was to go through the Payments, Fraud, and Chargeback courses of the MRC. That led to valuable insights and immediately helped me understand ongoing discussions amongst our experts way better.
Riverty
I would highly recommend taking the courses offered by the MRC RAPID Edu. I’ve been in my role for over a year now and it was a great resource to reaffirm my knowledge. I also found it filled in some gaps that I wasn’t aware of. Anyone making a start in the industry should definitely give them a go.
Nintendo
Continuing Education for You and Your Team
RAPID Edu eLearning courses are accredited with the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit standard.* This accreditation allows professionals to acquire specialized knowledge in fraud and payments, demonstrate their commitment to continuing knowledge growth, and maintain their certifications, such as MRC’s Certified Payments and Fraud Professional Certification (CPFPP).
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RAPID Edu Accreditation
The Merchant Risk Council is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: nasbaregistry.org
RAPID Edu Refund Policy
For the RAPID Edu program self-study courses, refunds and cancellations are determined on a case-by-case basis. Cancellations and requests for refunds must be communicated in writing to programs@merchantriskcouncil.org. Refunds will not be issued once a course is started. Additionally, courses must be completed within one year of the course enrollment date.