Risk Management Resources
The safety of the ACH Network for all participants is key. Nacha has numerous risk management resources available including fraud prevention and Nacha Rules compliance. You can filter the information by both resource type and audience.
Risk Management Resources

Fraud Prevention
Approaching Implementation of the New Risk Management Rules
Considerations for implementing new rules to address credit-push fraud.
April 7, 2024

Fraud Prevention
Balancing the Need for New Deposits Against Fraud Risk
Guidance to address Account-to-Account (A2A) funding frauds.
April 2, 2024

Compliance
Should an ODFI Ask a TPS for Proof of a Rules Compliance Audit? Here’s Why RMAG Thinks You Should
February 7, 2025

ACH Quality
Compliance
ACH Operations Bulletin #4-2024-Importance of Maintaining Up-to-Date Routing Transit Numbers
All parties involved in the origination of ACH payments should incorporate regular routing number updates as part of their ACH origination practices.
December 16, 2024

Compliance
Fraud Prevention
New Nacha Risk Management Portal Tool Will Help RDFIs Comply with New Rules on Fighting Fraud
Discover a new feature available to financial institutions to help with fraud prevention.
July 26, 2024

Compliance
Fraud Prevention
Considerations for Implementing the New Risk Management Rules
Start thinking about your approach to new Rule amendments.
July 26, 2024

Fraud Prevention
AI Presents Both Risks and Rewards
AI is used by fraudsters. We can use AI to fight fraudsters.
March 5, 2024

Compliance
Legal
Guiding Principles to Help Achieve Optimum Efficiency in Risk Management
Ways to achieve optimum efficiency in risk management.
September 5, 2023

Compliance
Legal
Fintechs, Third Parties, and ACH Risk Management
Determining whether a fintech customer is a Third-Party Sender.
September 5, 2023

Fraud Prevention
RMAG Guidance on Credit-Push Fraud Response Checklists for Originators
Originators’ checklist for responding to credit-push fraud.
July 24, 2023

Compliance
Legal
RMAG: Preventing and Recovering from Operational Errors and Accidents
Steps to recover and communicate are key following errors/accidents.
June 14, 2023

Cybersecurity
Regulatory Guidance and Information Involving Payments
Regulatory guidance for FIs/ACH Network participants.
June 1, 2023

Fraud Prevention
RMAG Guidance on RDFI Credit-Push Fraud Response Checklists
Credit-push fraud and the importance RDFI incoming credit monitoring.
February 28, 2023

Fraud Prevention
RMAG Guidance on ODFI Credit-Push Fraud Response Checklists
ODFI’s immediate and post incident steps to take for credit push fraud.
January 31, 2023

Compliance
Legal
A Checklist Approach to Payment Initiation
An Electronic Payment Checklist could help Originators reduce fraud.
January 3, 2023

Fraud Prevention
RMAG Offers Guidance for Risk-Based Controls to Address the Potential of Fraudsters Gaining Access to Illicit Funds
Ways to identify credit-push fraud and assist in recovering funds.
November 29, 2022

Fraud Prevention
Nacha Announces New Risk Management Framework for the Era of Credit-Push Fraud
Strategies to address frauds that make use of credit-push payments.
September 22, 2022

Fraud Prevention
Current Fraud Threats
Fraud scheme descriptions and ways protect your organisation.
October 1, 2021

Fraud Prevention
Unemployment Benefits Return Opt-In Program
Facilitate return/recovery of fraudulent unemployment benefits.
July 16, 2021

Fraud Prevention
IRS Refund Return Opt-In Program
Ways to return tax refund credits in cases of possible error or fraud.
November 30, 2020

Fraud Prevention
State Tax Refund Return Opt-In Program
Program to return tax refund credits in cases of possible error/fraud.
November 30, 2020