Certified FinTech Payments Manager (CFTPM) Designation
The payments industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace. FinTech disruptors, real-time payments, embedded finance, and regulatory changes are reshaping the landscape. Are you equipped with the knowledge and skills to stay ahead?
The Payments Academy is proud to support our community by offering payment professionals like yourself the opportunity to showcase their skills and expertise.
The Certified FinTech Payments Manager (CFTPM™) Designation is designed for professionals who want to master the complexities of payments, gain a competitive edge in the FinTech ecosystem, and demonstrate expertise that sets them apart in the industry.
Why Get Certified?
- Accelerate Your Career – Whether you're a Program Manager, compliance officer, product lead, or payments executive, certification gives you the credibility and confidence to drive payment innovation.
- Gain Deep Industry Expertise – Understand the full payments stack, including BINs and interchange, settlement, revenue and expense factors, risk management, card features, and compliance. Learn how FinTechs build scalable, compliant payment programs.
- Master Regulatory & Compliance Frameworks – Stay ahead of evolving BSA/AML, OFAC, CFPB, and payment network rules that impact FinTechs, banks, and payments providers.
- Expand Your Professional Network – Join a community of payments professionals, FinTech leaders, and banking executives shaping the future of digital payments.
- Stand Out as a Payments Leader – Certification proves that you have the skills, knowledge, and strategic thinking to manage payment programs, optimize transaction flows, and navigate complex regulations.
Who Should Enroll?
- Program Managers & FinTech Founders – Learn how to structure BIN programs, optimize network relationships, and scale payment solutions.
- Payments Compliance Professionals – Gain the knowledge to ensure regulatory compliance while maintaining a competitive payment strategy.
- Banking & Financial Services Executives – Understand how to partner with FinTechs, learn their motivations, and launch new payment products.
- Payments IT Leaders – No one ever gives IT great requirements. Increase your knowledge to get your team the knowledge to ask better questions and deliver better results.
- Operations & Risk Management Professionals – Learn how to mitigate fraud, manage chargebacks, and streamline merchant & cardholder transactions.
What You’ll Learn
- The Full Payments Ecosystem – What FinTechs, banks, Networks, Merchant Processors, and Issuing Processors do and how they work together.
- BIN Management & Card Issuance – Dedicated, shared, and split BINs, and how to optimize them.
- Interchange & Fee Structures – Understand revenue opportunities and cost strategies.
- Regulatory & Compliance Frameworks – Stay compliant with AML, OFAC, UDAP, Reg E, Reg P and the CFPB rules. Hone this understanding with how it fits into your payment products.
- Operational Best Practices – Building and scaling a successful payments program.
Get Certified – Gain the Edge
Don’t just work in payments—lead in payments. The CFTPM™ Designation is your passport to credibility, expertise, and career acceleration in the FinTech and payments space.
? Take the next step. Become a Certified FinTech Payments Manager today.