The National Check Payments Certification^TM Program is intended, in part, to recognize an elevated level of payments acumen among payment professionals.

Since 2005, the check payment system has undergone sweeping changes unlike anything previously seen in U.S. payments history. The processing of paper checks is now truly de minimis and the check system has only a small transition left to become a fully electronic payment system. According to the 2010 Federal Reserve Payments Study, during 2009 approximately 3% of checks were cleared as paper transactions. This means 97 percent of forward collection is now accomplished using image exchange.   
 

Through the certification process, National Check Professionals^TM (NCPs) will demonstrate a working knowledge of every significant aspect of the new check payment system including products and operations, relevant rules and laws that govern checks, industry standards and fraud and risk mitigation considerations.  Additionally, NCPs will explore those characteristics of check payments that make checks unique among payments and that continue to provide lasting value for tens of billions of payments each year valued at tens of trillions of dollars.

 WHY SHOULD I BECOME CERTIFIED?

A National Check Professional^TM (NCP^®) designation recognizes professionals who have successfully proven a certain level of understanding of the current check payments landscape. This sets you apart by:

WHY SHOULD I HAVE MY EMPLOYEES CERTIFIED? 

The National Check Payments Certification^TM program enhances the credibility of your team and gives you a competitive advantage in a constantly changing and challenging environment with: