CPFPP Certification Primer Series
Trust Academy
Build your foundation in payments and fraud prevention.
Get a head start on the four core domains of the Certified Payments and Fraud Prevention Professional (CPFPP) credential through a focused video series designed for fraud and payments professionals. Each short lesson breaks down key concepts to build foundational knowledge before diving into the official Merchant Risk Council study materials.
Jerry Hoff
Host & Application Security Expert
Produced in collaboration with AppSec Training
COURSE CONTENT
Learn the Four CPFPP Domains
Follow the CPFPP exam structure one domain at a time. Each course includes a focused video lesson followed by a quick knowledge check to reinforce what you’ve learned.
PRIMER COURSE 01
DOMAIN PILLAR · 35% WEIGHT
Performance Management
Run time: 10 minutes
PRIMER COURSE 02
DOMAIN PILLAR · 30% WEIGHT
Operational Management
Run time: 10 minutes
PRIMER COURSE 03
DOMAIN PILLAR · 20% WEIGHT
Provider Management
Run time: 10 minutes
PRIMER COURSE 04
DOMAIN PILLAR · 15% WEIGHT
Features & Enhancements
Run time: 10 minutes
PREP COURSE 01
DOMAIN PILLAR · 35% WEIGHT
Performance Management
Deep dive into modeling key merchant fraud metrics, transaction success ratios, and programmatic savings evaluation. This course walks you through the core concepts and practical applications needed to master performance management for your certification exam.
Run time: 10 minutes
PREP COURSE 02
DOMAIN PILLAR · 30% WEIGHT
Operational Management
Best-practice queue management workflows, transaction audit standards, policy enforcement rules, and specialist capacity planning. This course walks you through the operational frameworks needed to master operational management for your certification exam.
Run time: 10 minutes
PREP COURSE 03
DOMAIN PILLAR · 20% WEIGHT
Provider Management
How to audit third-party providers, set SLA boundaries, model gateway routing logic, and run chargeback representment relationships. This course walks you through the core concepts and practical applications needed to master provider management for your certification exam.
Run time: 10 minutes
PREP COURSE 04
DOMAIN PILLAR · 15% WEIGHT
Features & Enhancements
Integration tactics for 3D Secure, passkeys, biometric checks, and managing modern payments security protocol releases. This course walks you through the core concepts and practical applications needed to master features and enhancements for your certification exam.
Run time: 10 minutes
UNDERSTAND THE DOMAINS
How the CPFPP Exam Is Structured
The Certified Payments and Fraud Prevention Professional credential assesses knowledge across four core domains of payments and fraud prevention. This primer series follows the exam weighting to help you understand where each topic fits within the broader curriculum.
35%
Performance Management
KPIs, data analysis, financial principles, payment performance, threat landscape, and information security.
30%
Operational Management
Fraud detection and prevention, chargebacks, payment requirements, fraud patterns, policies, and controls.
20%
Provider Management
Service provider and contract management, fees and fines, payment ecosystems, and global regulations.
15%
Features & Enhancements
System architecture, payment methods, product lifecycle, UX, compliance, and fraud technologies.
Important Study Guidance
This series is designed as an introductory primer, not a complete CPFPP exam-preparation course. Use these lessons to build familiarity with the four exam domains, then refer to the official Merchant Risk Council Study Guide and Candidate Handbook for comprehensive exam requirements, terminology, and preparation materials.
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Build your foundation across all four CPFPP domains with short, focused lessons you can complete on your own schedule.
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