Education & Professional Development

Sharing knowledge, Creating peace of mind.

We have a variety of ways for you to stay up-to-date with your education while earning professional development credits. UMACHA‘s education programs are your resource to grow your skills and professional development in the areas of ACH, check, card, wire and other emerging payments types.

We offer several ways for you to learn: 

Our Accreditation Programs can help you attain or renew your Accredited ACH Professional (AAP), Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) or National Check Professionals (NCP) designations. Coming soon: The Accredited Faster Payments Professional (AFPP).

UMACHA is licensed by Nacha to provide ACH education, publications, and support, and we are recognized with their Mark of Excellence. "Financial institutions, businesses and other Network participants seeking ACH knowledge should look for this mark as a sign of excellence and commitment to consistency and accuracy in ACH education, publications and support." Read more about ACH education licensing & The Mark of Excellence.


UMACHA is an NCP Trusted Partner which means we have certified trainers on staff to offer NCP Exam Prep courses. Our trainers have completed rigorous check payments training to earn the designation of certified NCP Class Instructor.