Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) Certification

What's an AAP?

NACHA and the Regional Payments Associations administer the Accredited ACH Professional certification program to provide a method of recognition for payments professionals that possess a certain level of expertise related to electronic payments.  The AAP designation indicates that your organization is uniquely qualified to solve today's toughest electronic payments challenges.  Accreditation among ACH professionals creates a more efficient, secure, and reliable ACH Network.  Individuals earn the AAP designation by passing a 100-question multiple-choice examination.

What You Should Know for the AAP Exam:

• Knowledge of ACH rules and regulations

• Technical ACH skills and operational knowledge

• Understanding of ACH products and applications

• Risk management and other policy issues

• Marketing ACH services

• Regulation E and other federal regulations

EastPay can help you prepare for this exam; please scroll down the page for the dates of our AAP Review classes.

When is the AAP Exam?

The AAP exam is going electronic! The exam will be offered at computer-based testing facilities nationwide through LaserGrade. You must sign up for the exam at the NACHA website.

AAP Practice Test Available!

    * Please note this practice exam, other than the results page*, reflects the new format for the computer-based AAP exam. Please use this practice test as often as you like to help increase your comfort level with the testing format. You will be guided through a brief introduction of the LaserGrade testing format which then you will take a sample AAP Exam. Good luck and enjoy! Click here to access the LaserGrade site and then scroll down and click on AAP Demo Test http://65.106.153.37/

      *When completing the official AAP exam you will only see the results as "Pass" or "No-Pass." Scores are not given, nor will you be able to print the results page.

AAP Continuing Education Credits

In order to retain AAP status, an AAP must earn sixty (60) continuing education credits within the five-year accreditation period, with no more than twenty (20) credits earned in any one year.

 

Helpful Documents to Download

•  2007 Continuing Education Guidelines

•  Options for Maintaining Accreditation

 

Visit the NACHA website to submit your credits online! Click here

For for filing and paying by check

 

AAP Review Courses

EastPay conducts AAP Review courses approximately 1 month before the exam each year. Those who have attended our review courses have had tremendous success on the exam. The national pass rate for the AAP exam is about 60%.

Our review courses are 2 full days and will be held in the following locations in 2008:

Maitland, FL:  September 9-10
Charlotte, NC:  September 10-11
Glen Allen, VA:  September 9-10
Miramar, FL: September 23-24