Kyriba and AFP Launch Stablecoin Certificate for Treasury Teams Readiness

Kyriba and the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) are turning stablecoin readiness into a treasury skills issue.

Announced on April 28 at KyribaLive 2026, the AFP-Kyriba Stablecoins & On-Chain Liquidity in Treasury certificate is a jointly developed professional education program designed to help corporate treasurers evaluate stablecoin use cases, controls, custody models, policies, and operational integration. The program will be available in June 2026 and is AFP-recognized and CTP-credited, with the certificate eligible for approximately 7.8 CTP credits.

The announcement comes as treasury leaders face a widening gap between executive interest in digital assets and the practical knowledge needed to use them safely. Kyriba and AFP said more than half of financial institutions expect to adopt stablecoins within 12 months, compared with 13% currently using them. Recent regulatory developments, including the 2025 GENIUS Act in the United States, have also accelerated interest in stablecoin adoption.

“Treasurers are increasingly being tasked with evaluating use cases of stablecoins,” said Pat Culkin, president and CEO of AFP. “This certificate addresses the shift from theoretical to functional infrastructure by providing a methodical framework, rooted in real treasury practice, for navigating stablecoins.”

A Practical Framework for Stablecoin Use

The certificate is designed to move treasury teams beyond general awareness and into operational readiness. The program is structured around four modules:

1. The first module introduces stablecoins from a treasury perspective, covering core concepts, terminology, and use cases needed for internal discussions.
2. The second module focuses on instruments, risks, governance, policy, and security, including how treasury teams hold, govern, and assess digital value instruments.
3. The third module translates stablecoin concepts into treasury operations, covering payments, receivables, integration, reporting, reconciliation, and programmability.
4. The fourth module helps teams evaluate suitability, readiness, pilots, and next steps, including how to assess use cases, required capabilities, and an initial implementation phase.

That structure points to the real barrier for many finance teams. Stablecoin adoption is not only a payments decision. It touches custody, controls, settlement, accounting, integration, reconciliation, policy, and auditability. Treasury teams need a shared operating language before digital dollars can move into normal corporate workflows.

Kyriba Brings Education into Treasury Workflow

The certificate will have two access paths. Treasury professionals can request information through AFP, while Kyriba customers will be able to access the same AFP-recognized certificate through Kyriba Elevate, the self-paced learning platform embedded in Kyriba’s treasury management system.

Kyriba said it will offer complimentary access to 500 customers who enroll through Kyriba Elevate. The move gives Kyriba a way to pair its stablecoin and on-chain liquidity ambitions with professional education rather than leaving customers to interpret the market on their own.

Bob Stark, global head of market strategy at Kyriba, said treasurers need more than digital asset hype. “They need trusted education that respects the complexity of their role,” he said. Stark described the program as a way to reduce anxiety, build competence, and help treasurers lead internal conversations with confidence.

The partnership also signals a different model for how treasury technology vendors may support adoption of emerging financial infrastructure. Rather than pushing stablecoin capabilities alone, Kyriba is working with AFP to address the skills, governance, and decision frameworks treasury teams need before adoption can scale.

What This Means for SAPinsiders

Stablecoin adoption is becoming a treasury operating model question. The AFP-Kyriba certificate frames stablecoins around custody, controls, policy, reconciliation, and treasury workflow integration. For SAP finance teams, that shifts the conversation from whether stablecoins can move money quickly to whether organizations have the governance and operational readiness to use them responsibly.

Treasury teams need education before execution. Executive pressure to evaluate stablecoins is rising faster than many finance teams’ practical knowledge. A credentialed program gives treasurers a structured way to assess use cases, risks, and implementation requirements before pilots move into production finance environments.

Technology vendors are expanding into capability-building. By embedding the certificate into Kyriba Elevate, Kyriba is tying platform adoption to professional readiness. That approach may become more common as ERP, treasury, and finance vendors introduce tools for stablecoins, AI-driven liquidity, and automated risk management that require new skills as much as new software.