WesPay Membership

Joining WesPay gives your organization a team of professional payments experts on hand. The benefits of membership and knowledge gained will help you build revenue, stay connected, and reduce risk.

WesPay serves a variety of parties involved with payments.
Find out more by selecting a category below.

Financial Institutions

When you become part of WesPay, you join an organization dedicated to industry leadership and advocacy. From ACH Rules development and advocacy to education and information exchange, you have the resources you need to make the best use of electronic payments in your organization.

Our members enjoy discounts on training exclusively available through WesPay, as well as access to industry publications and support from experienced payments professionals.

Membership Benefits

For banks, credit unions and thrifts, joining WesPay is like having a professional payments team always on hand to help. The benefits of membership and the knowledge you gain will help you build revenue, stay connected, and reduce risk. Our training programs, events, services and publications will help you keep on top of the latest information surrounding payments.

Key Benefits

  • Unlimited access to the Payments Hotline
  • Member discounts on Education & Publications
  • Member discounts through our subsidiary, WesPay Advisors
  • Free Quarterly Member Update webinars
  • $100 annual Education Certificate
  • Complimentary annual Audit Checklist
  • Complimentary annual access to the Nacha Operating Rules
  • Monthly FedStats Report
  • Connect® - WesPay’s online member community

ODFI & Originator Support 

  • ACH Rules Impact Letter (Originators & Third-Party Senders)
  • Nacha Operating Rules & Guidelines
  • ODFI Toolkits
  • Originator Self-Assessment
  • Originator Training Video Series
  • ODFI & Originator Education
  • ODFI & Originator Publications

Advancement & Accreditation

  • Programs to support your staff’s payments knowledge and expertise, from basic to advanced
  • Functional Certificates – payments channel-based, core knowledge
  • Network Certificates – expanded exposure to ACH, Check and Cross-Channel Risk through curriculum and exams
  • Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) exam preparation
  • Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) exam preparation
  • National Check Professional (NCP) exam preparation
  • Continuing Education credits for AAPs, APRPs and NCPs

Associate Membership

For Service Providers in the Payments Industry

When you become part of WesPay, you join an organization dedicated to industry leadership and advocacy. Our members enjoy joint marketing and outreach efforts, discounts on training exclusively available through WesPay, as well as access to industry publications and support from experienced payments professionals. There are two types of Associate Memberships to fit your organization.

Associate Membership

For companies that provide payments-related services to the financial industry (accounting firms, consultants, data processing companies, law firms, software developers, systems integrators, etc.) or have treasury departments that originate payment transactions, a WesPay Associate Membership can prove invaluable. Associate Members have access to the full array of resources and programs we have to offer, including:

Key Benefits 

  • Unlimited access to the Payments Hotline
  • Member discounts on Education & Publications
  • Free Quarterly Member Update webinars
  • $100 annual Education Certificate
  • Complimentary annual access to the Nacha Operating Rules
  • Connect® - WesPay’s online member community
  • Member discounts through our subsidiary, WesPay Advisors

Advancement & Accreditation

  • Programs to support your staff’s payments knowledge and expertise, from basic to advanced
  • Functional Certificates – payments channel-based, core knowledge
  • Network Certificates – expanded exposure to ACH, Check and Cross-Channel Risk through curriculum and exams
  • Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) exam preparation
  • Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) exam preparation
  • National Check Professional (NCP) exam preparation
  • Continuing Education credits for AAPs, APRPs and NCPs

Premier Associate Membership

Membership for payments industry leaders committed to supporting the WesPay's mission to promote the growth and best use of electronic payments.

Expanded Benefits

  • Presence on WesPay’s website
  • Exposure to WesPay membership through periodic inclusion in email communications
  • Opportunity to author Tip of the Week member communication
  • Opportunity to coordinate with WesPay Education on a webinar for WesPay members
  • Opportunity to share White Papers
  • First opportunity for Sponsorship and Exhibiting at WesPay meetings and events, including our annual Payments Symposium, Fraud Symposium, and Hawaii Payments Symposium

Key Benefits

  • Unlimited access to Payments Hotline
  • Member discounts on Education & Publications
  • Free Quarterly Member Update webinars
  • $100 annual Education Certificate
  • Complimentary annual access to the Nacha Operating Rules
  • Connect® - WesPay’s online member community
  • Member discounts through our subsidiary, WesPay Advisors

Advancement & Accreditation

Programs to support your staff’s payments knowledge and expertise, from basic to advanced.

  • Functional Certificates – payments channel-based, core knowledge
  • Network Certificates – expanded exposure to ACH, Check and Cross-Channel Risk through curriculum and exams
  • Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) Exam Preparation
  • Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) Exam Preparation
  • National Check Professional (NCP) Exam Preparation
  • Continuing Education credits for AAPs, APRPs and NCPs