Program areas at MRC
Merchant Risk Council's programs, goals, and objectives are built on four pillars - collaboration, networking, education, and advocacy. With those fundamental pillars as the guiding principles, Merchant Risk Council (MRC) hosted two in-person conferences, welcoming payments and fraud professionals from around the world and providing an environment for learning, sharing industry insights and best practices, and networking. To continually offer different ways for industry professionals to get together, collaborate, and learn from colleagues, the MRC also hosted a number of virtual summits on trending industry topics, as well as in-person regional networking events in the americas, europe, and asia-pacific.
The MRC leveraged its extensive institutional knowledge and relationships across the payments and fraud prevention industries to develop an unprecedented certification program. Certified payments and fraud prevention professional (cpfpp) certification provides verified proof of expertise for anyone hoping to advance their career in the related fields.
The MRC places great value on industry education and provides educational content through webinars, workshops, and an ever-expanding catalog of accredited online courses on topics relevant to payments and fraud prevention professionals.
In addition, advocacy is of the utmost importance to the MRC. The work that the MRC undertakes on behalf of the members continues to benefit the payments industry across the board as ecommerce industry grows in complexity and the challenges increase. Part of the advocating efforts is working with regulators and legislators to ensure they understand the impact their decisions may have on the merchants and the already complicated ecosystem. This means that the MRC needs to be closely connected with the community and on top of emerging payments and fraud trends. To that end, the MRC promotes collaboration and networking through various community groups and committees, and it conducts annual surveys in partnership with members resulting in benchmarking reports providing valuable insights in industry trends.