The Power of ETA CPP Certification: A Tale of Two Professionals
1-13-2025
The payments industry is evolving rapidly, and professionals need a way to distinguish themselves while staying current with industry trends. ETA’s Certified Payments Professional (ETA CPP) program offers exactly that opportunity, as demonstrated by two professionals at different stages of their certification journey.
Fandy Montgomery, an Underwriting Manager at North, has held the certification since 2013. For Montgomery, the certification was a stepping stone to greater responsibility and leadership. “I became the go-to person for providing the underwriting team with the latest information and compliance updates,” she shares. This expertise eventually led to her current management position.
On the other hand, Kim Krzemien, a Project Manager at North, represents the newest generation of certified professionals. Coming from a background with limited payments experience, Krzemien found the certification provided crucial foundational knowledge. “I’m getting a lot of those aha moments throughout my day, connecting concepts across sales, compliance, and risk management,” she explains.
Both professionals emphasize the networking opportunities the certification provides, from internal company chat groups to industry-wide events and committees. The certification also offers continuous learning opportunities through webinars, seminars, and industry updates – essential in an ever-changing payment landscape.
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About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the world’s leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry. Our members span the breadth of significant payments and fintech companies, from the largest incumbent players to the emerging disruptors in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries around the world. ETA members make commerce possible by processing approximately $56.75 trillion annually in purchases and P2P payments worldwide and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.
ETAs membership spans the breadth of the payments industry to include independent sales organizations (ISOs), payments networks, financial institutions, transaction processors, mobile payments products and services, payments technologies, and software providers (ISV) and hardware suppliers. For more information, visit electran.org.