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Fraud Prevention Professional Credential

Build advanced fraud prevention expertise to protect your business and accelerate your career.

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The MRC Fraud Prevention Professional Credential validates your ability to detect, analyze, and mitigate fraud across the customer and transaction lifecycle. Designed for professionals safeguarding revenue and strengthening fraud defenses, this program equips you with the strategies, tools, and recognition needed to stay ahead in an evolving threat landscape.


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What You'll Learn

 

This program equips you with both foundational knowledge and advanced strategies to tackle today’s most pressing fraud threats:

 
  • Spot fraud risks across the entire customer journey—from onboarding to post-purchase.
  • Measure performance by interpreting KPIs that inform strategy and decisions.
  • Defend against abuse by responding to refund fraud, bot attacks, and chargeback schemes.
  • Leverage data signals from mobile, devices, and geolocation to verify users and flag anomalies.
  • Apply AI and machine learning concepts used in both fraud attacks and defenses.
  • Balance protection with growth by reducing risk without harming conversion or customer experience.
  • Scale defenses with modern fraud prevention frameworks that evolve with your business.

FAQs

  • The Fraud Prevention Professional Credential includes 11 on-demand courses spanning the full fraud lifecycle, combining core foundations with emerging defenses shaping today’s risk landscape:

    1. Fraud Essentials
    2. Payment Essentials
    3. Fraud in the Customer Journey
    4. Fraud Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
    5. Preventing and Fighting Common Chargebacks for Merchants
    6. Refund Fraud and Abuse
    7. AI Fraud Attacks
    8. Machine Learning for Fraud Prevention
    9. Mobile Data Uses for Fraud Prevention
    10. Geolocation Technology in the Fight Against Fraud
    11. Bot Mitigation Strategies for eCommerce

    The Fraud Prevention Professional Credential includes 11 on-demand courses spanning the full fraud lifecycle, combining core foundations with emerging defenses shaping today’s risk landscape:

    1. Fraud Essentials
    2. Payment Essentials
    3. Fraud in the Customer Journey
    4. Fraud Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
    5. Preventing and Fighting Common Chargebacks for Merchants
    6. Refund Fraud and Abuse
    7. AI Fraud Attacks
    8. Machine Learning for Fraud Prevention
    9. Mobile Data Uses for Fraud Prevention
    10. Geolocation Technology in the Fight Against Fraud
    11. Bot Mitigation Strategies for eCommerce

  • This program equips you with both foundational knowledge and advanced strategies to tackle today’s most pressing fraud threats:


    • Spot fraud risks across the entire customer journey—from onboarding to post-purchase
    • Measure performance by interpreting KPIs that inform strategy and decisions
    • Defend against abuse by responding to refund fraud, bot attacks, and chargeback schemes
    • Leverage data signals from mobile, devices, and geolocation to verify users and flag anomalies
    • Apply AI and machine learning concepts used in both fraud attacks and defenses
    • Balance protection with growth by reducing risk without harming conversion or customer experience
    • Scale defenses with modern fraud prevention frameworks that evolve with your business

    This program equips you with both foundational knowledge and advanced strategies to tackle today’s most pressing fraud threats:


    • Spot fraud risks across the entire customer journey—from onboarding to post-purchase
    • Measure performance by interpreting KPIs that inform strategy and decisions
    • Defend against abuse by responding to refund fraud, bot attacks, and chargeback schemes
    • Leverage data signals from mobile, devices, and geolocation to verify users and flag anomalies
    • Apply AI and machine learning concepts used in both fraud attacks and defenses
    • Balance protection with growth by reducing risk without harming conversion or customer experience
    • Scale defenses with modern fraud prevention frameworks that evolve with your business

  • Level: Intermediate

    Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge

    Format: QAS self-study (7 on-demand courses + final exam)

    CPE Credits: 22.9

    Completion Time: 29 hours

    Price: $100 for members; $2000 for non-members

    A final exam validates your ability to apply concepts in real-world contexts. Successful participants earn the Fraud Prevention Professional digital credential, recognized across the global payments and fraud prevention community.

    Level: Intermediate

    Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge

    Format: QAS self-study (7 on-demand courses + final exam)

    CPE Credits: 22.9

    Completion Time: 29 hours

    Price: $1000 for members; $2000 for non-members

    A final exam validates your ability to apply concepts in real-world contexts. Successful participants earn the Fraud Prevention Professional digital credential, recognized across the global payments and fraud prevention community.


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Advance your payments expertise and earn industry recognition. Whether you’re optimizing operations, scaling product capabilities, or building strategic insights, the Payments Professional Credential provides the knowledge and credibility to succeed in today’s payments ecosystem.

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MRC Education 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

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MRC Education Refund Policy

MRC Education eLearning course 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.